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After this we drove down to Brisbane and had a look around for a few hours. We drove down Edward Street and all of the streets coming off of it were named after past British Monarchs, showing that they are proud of their heritage.
Queen Street was the main shopping street in Brisbane, and we went in to an Opal shop for a presentation on the Opal Stone as it is the national stone of Australia.
After Brisbane we drove in to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and went for a meal at a Thai restaurant which was reccommended by our tour leader.. it was great!
On Tuesday we walked around the town, where everything seems a little bit cheaper than the rest of Australia that we've seen so far! I bought a top from Rip Curl purely because it has Gold Coast written on it. In the evening we went out with the rest of the group to a bar called Melbas, some of the group didn't get home until 5am!
There is everything in Surfers, it sort of has a city feel whilst being relaxed, and is surrounded by stunning beaches and harbours. As you can tell from the name, everything was very surf orientated, and there were loads of surf hire shops and shops like Quiksilver and Billabong. Whilst we were here they were setting up for Octobers SuperGP race, which goes right through the middle of the town on the main roads.
There were a lot of jobs going in Surfers too, for anyone thinking of coming here on a working visa!
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