Bitter - sweet farewell to our dear friends processed foods & coffee! Arrive at gold coast airport to meet our camp...I mean team...leaders. Journey to Gwinganna to begin our 5 night health journey which begins with a broken down bus and what may as well have been a vertical hill. Yes, thats right gentle viewers, our relaxing holiday began with what we can only describe as the Mt Everest decent in reverse! Well we survived that and were welcomed in to our new abode...shared abode...who are we Rockafella!? Gym session, orientation, spa tour with beetroot and mint juice (WTF) surprisingly good. Dinner & meet and greet with other detoxees which was a relaxing 45 minuted followed by an hour of terrifying...walk back to our cheap room one of us scared of axe murdering Ivan Milat the other scared of bear attacks. It then starts to pour...no wait...hail. Tin roof. Shit. Blackout. Lights out...
Day 2
The bears didn't show & Ivan cancelled. 5:30am wake up call to the very awkward room 18 where shock horror two friends shared a bed...an uncommon occurrence apparently! 6am meet for chi gong. 7am hike very slippery (Mt Everest ascent!) 8am breaky served poached eggs with gluten free toast, spinach & tomato - delish! Off to our stretch class at 9am & Tammy's headaches kick in (yay for Nat) 9:30am spin class followed by fit ball. 11am morning tea banana smoothie - would have killed for a solid food - followed by nutrition lecture. Tams nausea sets in...double yay for Nat! Lunch is what can only be described as bowls of flora/garden. 3:30 dream time has begun and so has our awesome spa treatments. 7pm dinner served...reef fish. 8:30 = land of nod
Day 3
Nat takes on morning Chi Gong and vigorious hike up the aforementioned driveway while Tammy...does not. Breaky is a veggie fritata and if you ask what a fritata is the chef will tell you that it's...welll...a fritata lol ahhh crystal clear. Stretch class again followed by weights class with saucy Jason. Ahhh Jason...a delicious gym covered treat that you can't say no to. You think you're enjoying the vigorous weights class but inside you wanna die. Annnnnndddddddd...hernia. Morning tea another liquid juice of beetroot, celery, carrot & spirulina. We miss lecture and take in a game of tennis, with a surprise visit from Jason who calls us Stephie & Martina. Tam loses and does fake nudie run for facebook purposes. Bake by the pool waiting for lunch. Off for lymphatic drainage. 6pm lecture on poop then dinner lol...something healthy I'll bet! Bed by 9:00.
Day 4
Tam comes back to the land of the living however we miss morning hike and decide for a gym sesh. Breakfast at the famous table 1 where all who sit here are served first! Another class with Jason...boxing! Good god we want to die but hide this from Jason. Creative dance boxing in our one on one! Missed exercise lecture and lie by the pool. Lunch. More herbal tea...and water...what is with the liquids around here? 5pm our vitality analysis at the wellness centre. Tears were shed. Nats bio age 23, Tam not so good at 26...she is 26...damn cortisol. Drank some more tea...this time in our room. Back to table 1 for dinner with our usual crew Anna, Bev, Lucinda & Lauren. Bed.
Day 5
The greatest day. A beautiful hike with Sharon on sunset path up to the gwinganna house and a meet & greet with the horses. Andy, Stevie and two we forget but you'd like them! Breakfast = 3 bowels of cereal as we do not like corn pancakes. Off to stretch & then...TRIBAL DANCING. Yes, sounds fruity we know and believe us it started off that way but it turns out...best activity we did all week! It was like the adult version of the hokey pokey. Tears from some...not us. Amazing lecture with Sharon on emotional wellness and stress management/positive thinking. Lunch with table 1 who are fast becoming known as the oinkers. Spa treatments followed by dinner and 80ml of organic wine...that's right 80ml. The daily allowance. Back to room to pack ready for our last day.
Day 6
Caroda trail hike. Kill me. No, it was ok! Successful hike and a hat trophy that's just a hat. Victory breakfast and applause from others for the successful trek! Off to stretch and a zumba class (couple of old pro's!) Back to the room to pack and Nat thinks of ways to get out of hugging fellow detoxee's on departure...damn British not liking hugs!? Cooking demonstration bit of a snooze fest but they make us great quinoa sushi mmm. Last lunch at table 1 and off to the courtesy bus. Get to airport and Tam has her holy grail coffee and two other detoxees head to the bar! We all catch each other out....hilarious. Cheers.
All in all an awesome week of massages, facials, reflexology, chi nei sang, steam room sessions, spas, organic food & lots of laughs. Will be back one day...
