Blogs from Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 24

8-10th Dec. We moved from Brisbane onto Surfers Paradise, been given mixed reviews of the place but wanted to see it for myself, found it looked like Miami Beach with all the high rise apartments and hotels, but overall I liked it, great beaches and a real holiday feel to it, somewhere people def go just for holidays I think living there would be too much, its very american and slightly cheesy but worth a few nights there. We stayed at Cheers Backpackers which was an okj location but the beds were appalling, thin mattresses on metal bunks were just really uncomfortable :( They do a BBQ there everynight for $6 which is good value and drinks in there bar are good value too. Everynight they take you on club/bar crawls if that is your thing ... read more

Surfers Paradise seems to me like a mix och Las Vegas and Miami. Althought I haven't been in Miami so it might not be like it or maybe is just like it? Surfers has a beach, shopping, clubs, bars, amusement parks in abundance and the southern hemisphears tallest residential building with an observation deck at 230 meters, so I am guessing it beats the tall residential building "Turning Torso" in my hometown Malmo, hehe. Funny enough I didn't during my 7 days in Surfers go swimming in the ocean at all, haha. It seems I have seen and been at enough beaches and not impressed anymore. My days were filled with walking around, visiting Coolangatta, reading one of the great books I found in Brisbane, going to the amusement park DreamWorld which has mostly rollercoasters, but ... read more

Cette semaine nous avons decide d'ecrire le blog a l'image de nos dernieres semaines, c'est-a-dire, chacun de notre cote avec une petite partie commune (tout de meme!). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surfers, Surfers! Nous y revoila. Toujours sur la Gold Coast nous profitons du soleil, quand il se pointe. Depuis 2 semaines, nous avons recu plus d'eau que dans les 3 dernieres annees mises ensemble. Il pleut plus ici qu'au Quebec en automne (ou presque). ;P Malgre tout, nous continuons de bouger. Je me suis trouve un autre emploi. Je travaille dans un "woodshop" et je fabrique des "shutters", des stores horizontaux, des portes et autres, en bois. En gros, je sables des planches et je les resables. C'est pas si mal, ca sent bon (ca sent le bois) et la gang est super. Le transport, par contre, 2 ... read more

3 semaines se sont ecoulees depuis notre arrivee dans le paradis des Surfers, qui soit dit en passant, est en effet un genre de paradis californien typique ou poupounes et monsieurs muscles paradent, mais ou, paradoxalement, les vrais surfers sont inexistants. Comme la majorite d'entre vous le sait deja, nous nous sommes actives des notre arrivee. Apres seulement une nuit passee dans un backpacker (qui fut anecdotique et croyez-nous, mouvementee) nous avons trouve cellulaire et appartement pour combler tous nos besoins. Le lendemain, nous emmenagions dans notre spacieuse chambre avec vue sur... la maison d'en face! Pour un prix tout a fait raisonnable, nous partageons avec 4 autres colocs, une maison deux etages comportant cuisine amenagee, salon et salle a manger a aires ouvertes, quatre chambres, deux salles de bain, salle de lavage, cour arriere avec ... read more

Fri 12th Oct: We stopped at Danger Point on the way to Surfers Paradise, catching some amazing views across the bay to the concrete city itself. Surfers was only about an hours drive, which was nice after the longer drives we'd been doing. Weather back on track, we strolled around the town, topping up on milkshake. We decided this would be a good place to have a night out so stopped at an internet cafe to find some accomodation. We almost got stuck in another freak downpour but fortunately got inside just in time. Turned up to Cheers hostel, checked in then took them up on their bbq and night out to the Bedroom Nightclub. The hostel also had a bar so it was again time to sample the vodka (not bad as it happened!) Headed ... read more