80's Cruise - Day 1

We were up at 6am and on the road before 7am - LOTS of rain the night before (304 ml in 12 hrs) and we were concerned about road closures. It was the most hair raising trip to Brisbane I've ever experienced!!  After we passed Tiaro we started to get really concerned - flooded areas and water started to cross the road. At one spot the traffic was stopped and we thought the road was closed but cars were just slowly crossing the road.  We watched the cars crossing and made a judgement call it was safe enough to cross. If we had left 30 mins later this morning, we would have been stuck at Tiaro cause the roads closed not long after we went through! An hour and 30 mins out side of Brisbane the rain poured down and made visibility very difficult, but slowly eased up after 30 mins - the trip tooks us over 5.5 hours!

We finally made it to the port...then had to wait for Tab's bags to arrive from port parking.

Carnival's very cute mascot!

Our room - 

Bags in our room and straight to the Pantry for a very late lunch!

Back to our room to watch the sail away and get ready for dinner.  While Craig chilled out on the balcony - Clay and I decorated the room to celebrate Craig's 50th birthday :)

The theme for tonight was 80's icons.

Dinner at Drafon Lady - declious!

We caught up with Tabs & Torrie at the Piano Bar 88 to listen to a great duo, then to the Encounter Hotel for another great band and lots of people watching! There were so many fabulous costumes!

Dessert before heading to bed.

First towel animal for the trip - Ellie elephant :)