Olivia remained well and was as chatty, excited and active as ever. The doctors did their rounds quite early and gave us the go-ahead to leave. However, we had to wait around for Olivia’s antibiotics to be sorted out with the pharmacy (she had to go home on oral antibiotics). James and Sarah arrived at around 9.30 and we managed to get out of there by about 10. However, we had to make a trip back to hospital some time later to pick up Olivia’s medication as it wasn’t ready earlier.
 
We managed to get in a visit to the beach. The weather wasn’t exactly what we hoped for as it was overcast and very windy. Nevertheless, the girls had a lovely time collecting shells, building sandcastles and dipping their legs in the water.
 
When we returned to the apartment, the girls had a sleep. They were both pretty exhausted.
 
We decided to go out for dinner for our last night on the Gold Coast. We thought it might be nice to take the girls out especially since Oli had to spend so much time in hospital. We found a really lovely (and popular) Italian restaurant. The place was buzzing. It was so busy that we were squeezed onto a table that was barely separated from the tables beside us. You wouldn’t want to go there for an intimate dinner but the food was beautiful. We then headed down the road to Cold Rock for some yummy ice-cream.