Day 38 - Saturday 1 September Coast Day!!! Left the house late and was pretty hungry so had to stop for food - Hungry Jacks (Burger King at home). Drove down Mt. Cotton Road hoping to see some Aussie wildlife.... no such luck! Only took an hour to get to Surfers paradise which was pretty much as expected, lots of surfers and skanks... very touristy! Checked into our apartment half way between surfers and broad beach - Emerald Sands, $90 each for 2 nights for...

Day 36 - Thursday 30th August My contact lenses had really dried out on the flight, had to replace then in the immigration queue... must have looked like really suspicious, me poking myslef in the eye, blinking constantly like a crazy person! Collected my bags and went through more customs scans. Linda was waiting in arrivals, it was so nice to see her.... had been nearly 3 years! We drove back to hers, she lives with Paul (her boyfriend) and his mum, Linda i...