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G'day mate! We are now in Queensland and heading up the Gold Coast of Oz. Cant believe how quickly time is flying. We are now over a quarter of the way through our trip - depression! Already on my 3rd pair of flip flops and soon to be 3rd digital camera - good going! But no real disasters yet. Our friends were on their Fraser Island and their bus (containing all their stuff) burnt down!!
After our last day in Byron we got up early and took the bus to Surfers Paradise. We had heard really dodgy things about this place but I quite liked it. The Beach was beautiful and we had perfect weather for the 2 days we were there. It felt a lot like America - like Las Vegas on the Beach - or trying to be at least. The postcard pic above shows what its like. Lots of Hollywood references and almost trying too hard to be something it isnt. But very touristy and lots of cute little restaurants and clubs and bars. very commercial!
We spent our 2 days on the beach and eating sushi and smooties - for a change!! The waves were crazy and I was very aware of the shark threat after sightings earlier in the week. Finally did some excercise and went for an early morning run across the beach which was so beautiful. Watched the surfers and got very jealous. Our last night in Surfers was pretty crazy. We went out on 'Backpackers Big Night Out' pub crawl. The name speaks for itself. BIG night out! Met some nice ppl and also some guys who knew George and Jamie from Notts. Got to bed at 5am....got up a 7am to catch the bus to Brisbane. Not cool! Despite only 2 hours sleep I still managed to get eaten by bed bugs - nice!
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