Blogs from Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 23

Adelaide / The Great Ocean Road / Melbourne / Return to Brisbane The End Of the Road Trip The Great Ocean Road: Left Adelaide for the days drive to Warnambool which is the start of The Great Ocean Road at its western end. Set up for the night (very cold) and went exploring the town which was surprisingly nice (probably could have spent a little more time there if we had known) Found a great old fashioned type burger place and had the best burger since we got here (it reminded me of the diner in 'Grease', so much so that I nearly broke into my rendition of 'Beauty School Dropout' but was missing my big silver hairdryer and also Paul didn't look that keen on the idea!) Left early the next morning for the drive ... read more

Blog time- luckily for you Ive managed to turn what little intellect I had into incoherent gibberish the result being an incredibly short blog! Since arriving in Surfers Paradise on the gold coast we have settled into a happy routine.... happy..but not very healthy. Our dreams of becoming the oldest Trolley collectors were dashed when the dodgy pom never called us back to give us our shifts. There was a week where Jess and I sat staring at each other..not quite sure what to do..with the dollars rolling out the bank with ease..and the prospect of a job a distant dream. Luckily as soon as we decided to 'Go bust and Go home', fate intervened and Jess found employment. She is now ' The Cleaner'. I forayed in the sun...existing like I'd dreamt of... sleeping...swimming...sunning..and waiting ... read more

Day 268 (20/12/07) We left Brisbane with a new passenger to the van. Conrad from our Western Oz road trip was also in Brisbane and heading towrds Sydney and decided to make part of the journey with us. We now had approximately 3 days to travel just under 1000km but there were still a few places on our list of things to see so we had to leave fairly early to make a start. A short (by Australian standards) journey took us into the heart of Surfer's paradise - a place that was much bigger then we expected. The long stretches of sand and obviously surf are fronted by a huge strip of skyrise buildings. We made our way staight to the beach to check out the waves and see why the place got it's name. ... read more

Bikini packed, beach towel packed and sunglasses on- destination Surfer’s Paradise!!! We flew to Brisbane on Christmas Day about 3pm and got the train link to Surfer’s which took about 2 hours all in, so we arrived at the apartment around 6ish. We had pre booked a meal at the local Vietnamese restaurant for about 8, but we were both starving and went early. The food was fantastic and the bottle of wine was even better!! (I learned my lesson on the flight out here!! wait till you are on the ground before tanking into the wine!). After dinner, we walked down to Surfers which took us about an hour, but we were just happy taking in the scenery and enjoying the heat! We were told by some people that the centre was quite tacky but ... read more

Okay so we arrived here yesterday..I freaked out in the traffic..so busy, soooo busy!! I guess I found the city a little intimidating because of all the massive sky scrapers and buildings. I drove all the way past where we had booked in and paid a deposit and I had to pull over and call them to ask for help. They were lovely and gave me easy enough directions but WOW, when I got there I almost died. We are used to staying in country places where the accommodation is very private and secure and quite personal and warm. This place was different, we got there and no one was on reception. I had to pick up a phone out the front that was breaking up and so the line kept cutting off. I finally got ... read more