Blogs from Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Hello everyone! From Byron Bay we came to Surfer's Paradise (March 14), but we're actually staying in Mermaid Beach which are both part of the Gold Coast. We're really enjoying staying in a room of our own in a resort with our own bathroom, kitchen, balcony and tv. There are also several pools but we tend to stick to the adults-only pool. So far this week we've done some shopping at an outlet mall, a lot of hanging around in our room or by the pool, and some walking around Surfer's Paradise. On Wednesday we went to Wet'n'Wild Water World and did some watersliding which was pretty fun. Most of the slides had tubes which cut down on the scrapes you get from going over the joins in the waterslide, although there was one slide where ... read more

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I haven't really had time to post anything due to my travelling around. I'm currently at Nicola's in the Gold Coast area, and loving the heat and sun :) We went out last night to Waxy's Irish Pub and had several drinks. We were lucky enough to attract some Irish guys who felt obliged to buy us some drinks for the remainder of the night. We did go to two other spots, but Melba's was empty, and Sin City was charging $10 so we just went back to Waxy's. Waxy's had some great live music as well. A guy was just playing his guitar and had quite a range of songs that he knew. All in all it was a great night. I think we got in around 3:30am, ... read more

At times, it's not always felt like we were actually at home, but more like on holiday, but then on the other hand, it's been hard work for both Stef and I, organising everything, new house, getting into the day to day swing of things and such like. We're ready for a holiday and some sunshine. The aussie winter, has not been anywhere near as darn miserable as good old Dewsbury, but, there have been some cold days to make you wrap up warm. The houses lack insulation and it's always cold at night, we even had a touch of frost a couple of nights, brrrrr.... We've booked for the Gold Coast, which the kids wanted to visit for all the theme parks, wall to wall sunshine and the good beaches. About 2-3 days before we ... read more

a summary -- there wasn't all that much to the actual sailing really. i mean it wasn't like you see on the tv during the america's cup race with guys on the rails and cranking on sails screaming at each other. we could go long hours without adjusting a thing. also, with the trade winds blowing rather consistently and our sailing direction suitable in using those prevailing winds, it made "sailing" the boat convenient. plus, with the modern technology of gps and george (our auto-pilate), we would simply plug in the coordinates and press 'go to'. it was all pretty elementary but then again it WAS a real nice boat. so i got lucky as well. and the aussies i traveled with... i couldn't have asked for a better mix... again, very fortunate. now then, life ... read more