"We just were playing Monopoly, playing games, playing stories. And it was just felt like how families described the 80s,"she said.
"I'm conscious we've got 250,000 people on the Gold Coast without power, so we've just got to wait and see, and just make the most of it."
"We're not sure exactly but we're prepared, we've got ice and barbecue meats … it's important to keep morale up around the house."
"Some of our family is on a network that's down, it does concern me that they can't connect with the outside world and check what's going on,"she said.