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Surfers Paradise - 15th - 18th September
We really enjoyed Surfers Paradise it was great fun. It was only an hour and a half from Brisbane so once we checked into Hostel we headed straight to the beach to see our first proper glimpse of a beach for a while. We spent the afternoon on the beach and then headed back to get ready for the, "Backpackers Big Night Out" bar crawl. We paid approx 10 pounds for free punch at our hostel for an hour, then free entry into 4 clubs with a free drink in each. There were about 200 of us!
They are really strict on ID here, you cant go anywhere without it, you have to carry it at all times and show it to get into pubs and clubs even though its obvivious your over 18!
It was on the bar crawl whilst drinking punch at the hostel that we met Angela, Dan and Dave. Ang and Dan are a couple and Dave is Dan's bestfriend. They are from London and travelling together. We have been with them since really as they were also heading down to Sydney to live and work for a while. We had a great night and the next day whilst nursing hangovers the 5 of us decided to hit the theme parks together over the next 2 days.
So early the next day the 5 of us set off for Whitewater World. We managed to get on most rides 3 or 4 times, so we definitely got our moneys worth. We had a quiet one that night as we had to be up early again the next day for Dreamworld theme park.
Dreamworld was fantastic it was another theme park with quite a few really scary rides such as the claw, wipeout and the worst one by far the giant drop! The giant Drop was about 10x worse than Alton Towers the Oblivion! The Giant drop is a huge tower 119metres high, you get all strapped in and then begin the journey into the clouds god I was petrified! When you get too the top they just leave you there for a minute which is horrific because you have no idea when it is going to drop! When it does finally drop you fall 39 storeys at a speed of 84 miles per hour and fall 9.814 metres per second. You free fall for 5 seconds and there is a gravitational force of 4G's! Unbelieveable!
Dreamworld is also the home of Australia's Big Brother House and you are able to walk around it and even sit in the diary room chair! I loved it as you can imagine, lots of photos im afraid! The place was huge, you can even walk the way the evictees walk to their eviction interview. Along the way you pass the containers that house all the tasks and props!
Dreamworld also had a tiget sanctuary which we also gave a visit....next stop Byron Bay!
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