Today we eventually managed to leave the comforts of Brisbane behind, and trundle on in our mini home. I had to do all the driving today as Alex is still struggling with his bad cold. He is freaking about 'missing some point break gold' as he put it, as he is not well enough yet to get in the 'cold' water. We braved the high rise of Surfers Paradise after a brief stop at 'the spit', the northern most point on the gold coast. It is an urban monstrosity of high-rise apartments, yet the beach remains beautiful with clean, fine, white sand. The sand squeaks as you scuff your toes through it! It was slightly overcast, so after a walk along the beach, we headed back to the van and moved on, driving past Miami,
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