Blogs from Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 12

Hei igjen:) Den 24. mars svinga bussen vaar inn paa busstasjonen i Surfers Paradise..den kortaste bussturen vi hadde hatt paa lenge..:) Surfers Paradise bestaar av ei lang fin strand, daarlige surfeforhold (brutale boelge, iallefall for Gunnar), masse hoege bygninga, shopping, festing og masse turista, ikkje saa ille naar vi va der..:) Vi tok inn paa Islander Backpackers rett over veien for busstasjonen, Surfers ekje saa veldi dtort, saa alt va ganske naert :) Vi bodde der i to daga, sida veiret va ganske surt saa blei d ikkje gjort saa masse..vi trakka litt rundt og shoppa litt :) Paa mandag flytta vi til Sleeping Inn, litt meir "backpackersplass", litt meir liv:) Paa kvelden kasta vi oss me paa en pub crawl rundt om i Surfers..kjempearti kveld:) Vi begynte tidli paa hostellet, vi va et heilt ... read more

url='/Videos/2339.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2339.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Giant drop It's been a while since i put up a blog mainly because i have been really busy...HA who am i kidding i just haven't bothered my arse! Anyways surfers paradise was brilliant so i stayed there for 5 nights. It was very American in that it had high rise buildings right along the beach and the gold coast is apparently the only place in Australia where the council have allowed this. There were a couple of BRILLIANT theme parks we went to, firstly a waterpark which was fantastic and the other was called dreamworld. Dreamworld had the first ride to scare the shit out of me in about 10 years. It was literally just a massive tower that was 120m high (just to put that into perspective i am about 1.8 meters ... read more

So having come from byron, a quiet little town and amazing beach, surfers paradise was a bit of a shock! high rise buildings and sky scrapers lining the coastline.......not such a postcard picture. however the beach was still nice, the sun still shone and our hostel was really cool. Bex and Matt were still with us so we had a little apartment for 8. Was luxury, we had our own kitchen and bathroom! hehe. The first day at surfers we hit the beach, it was really windy and waves were rough so we didn't stay long, so we headed back to the hostel and lounged around the pool (and in the hot tub i must add!!) Our second day we booked a trip to wet n wild, was really good fun but the weather wasn't great. ... read more

Its only a short ride to Surfers from Byron, about one and a half hours and then we checked into The Islander Resort which had a spa and sauna which was a bonus. Lovely beach but full or sky rise hotels which is not the most attractive sight, not overly much to do there really but had a good time nevertheless. We went to a theme park called "Wet & Wild" where I went on a slide that had a drop of 30 foot!!!! I nearly chickened out when the attendant decided to warn us that you could be paralized for life if you don't lay correctly and that if you don't keep your arms behind your head and you ankles crossed you could get severe burns, she annoucned this just before it was my turn ... read more

Over the last few days the Gold Coast was hit by a cyclone. I only managed to take a few pictures from my balcony because I didn't want to bring my camera out into the rain and risk it breaking. But the cylone was pretty cool, I didn't know what to expect but it was like a miniature hurricane or something. There were really strong winds that were strong enough to rattle the windows that go out to our balcony. In addition to the wind there was a hard rain that would come and go and with the wind, it made the rain even stronger. Like I said before, I would have taken more pictures but I was worried about my camera. I am going to bring my camera with me to school shortly to take ... read more