Blogs from Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 5

A quick xmas update from the comfort of our room in the Sofitel. We have been in Broadbeach for a couple of days now and have enjoyed the luxury lifestyle. The cocktails have gone down well in the evenings and we are stuffed full of good food. The Sofitel is not very Christmassy. No tree, decorations or festive music. They even ran out of turkey at Christmas dinner! However we have had a great time and have eaten and drunk plenty, making the most of the all you can eat/drink Christmas buffet, Aussie Christmas fare consisting of Seafood (Lobster, Oysters, Prawns, Mussles, Squid, Crab and Moreton Bay Bugs), tradtional roast (beef, pork, ham, fish, chicken, no turkey) and numerous desserts (inluding a gingerbread house with no rats). There were however crackers on the tables (the Aussies ... read more

G'day all! Well it's official now since of last Saturday. Its summer. It said on the papers that when spring school holidays start it means Summer starts on the Gold Coast. Yippee! It certainly feels like it! We have had wonderful weather here for a while and boy are we enjoying it! Carolina doesnt start work till 3 or 4pm so we just spend the time before that on the beach. If Mitch isnt working he joins us. Cool, ha? We finally walked to the other way from our flat yesturday. There's a park full of trees and birds over there. We usually just go the other way, to the beach. We found out there wasnt much birds, but bats, and a whole lot of them. Actually it was colony of bats. It was pretty cool ... read more

Yeah, I got to know the GCH, otherwise known as the Gold Coast Hospital. They had been on the news a lot with not having enough space or staff and beeing too full the whole time. Oh boy did I experience all that! I had this pain growing in my lower back which I tried to kill of with pain killers. Didnt really work and after I didnt sleep on Sat night I decided to go seek help. It turned out to be an infection that needed surgery. So after waiting to see the Doctor for 5 hours I had to wait for the Surgeon for 3hours. Then it was to the operating room and then it was done. I spent the night in the hospital and the following day. When I got home the pain ... read more