Blogs from Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 6

So it's been 4 days since i left Byron Bay (didn't do the bike ride in the end Dean!!!) and I still want to go back! Surfers Paradise was cool but a bit too much like Benidorm, don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with Benidorm and Sticky Vicky but you dont expect to come across that sort of resort all the way over here! Thought the Aussies were a bit more sophisticated!!! Went to Movie World, Wet n Wild and Sea World in Surfers and didnt have a single drop of alcohol, still letting my liver recover after the bashing it took after my 16 hour session the other day! Arrived in Brisbane last night, thought it would look a bit battered after the floods but it doesn't at all (in case anyone wanted to ... read more

Nu har vi antligen kommit in i Queensland, rattare sagt Surfers Paradise. Har ar det varmare an nagon annanstans i Australien. Just nu rinner svetten ganska bra. Igar fick vi reda pa att Lifegaurds pa stranden funkar utmarkt, da Jens och Henrik rakade simma utanfor flaggorna. De blev kungligt uppvaktaded av livvaktsjeepen, med kraftiga hogtalare pa taket. Viktor fick sig ocksa en kyss av en marine stinger som ar en ganska ofarlig manet. Lite svullnad och sveda. Idag har vi bokat jeep och camping pa Fraser Island (25-27 feb) samt en seglingstur till Whitsunday Islands (1-3 mars). Imorgon bar det vidare till Brisbane, dar vi planerar att stanna 3 dagar. Hoppas att det ar varmt i Sverige....... xD //Jens o Co... read more

Hello Greetings from Surfers Paradise. When leaving Sydney on Monday the sky was overcast. But when the aeroplane was starting it's descent into Coolangatta airport it was clear that the weather was much better here than in Sydney. Welcome to Australia's Gold Coast. Arrival procedures went smooth and so after having picked up my new suitase I hopped on bus 702. On the way to Surfers Paradise we passed by some really nice beaches. But thé place to be at Australia's Gold Coast is Surfers Paradise. Surfers Paradise (http://www.surfersparadise.com/) is not only a great place to surf, but it has everything to please the tourists : beaches, lots of shopping malls, lots of entertainment possibilities and of course lots and lots of possibilities to indulge yourself with delicious food. My hotel : http://www.vibehotels.com.au/default.asp?page=/vibe-locations/gold-coast-hotels/vibe-hotel-gold-... read more

We woke up bright and early as we were excited about going to the water park. They market themselves as the biggest and best in Auz so even though the kids were still of school we couldn’t miss it. We had a quick breakfast and left early so that we could be first in line. When we arrive it looked like a lot of people had the same idea as us - the queue was massive. They let people in early and the queue soon died down. We threw our stuff into the locker and went in search of the first slide of the day. On our way round we noticed that many of the rides slides we closed for maintenance. The rides that were open were the tame slides and because around a third of ... read more

Hey all! Just a quick update to let you know that we are safe just stuck in Surfers Paradise due to the flooding north and south of us. There is no flooding here though and we figure there are worse places to be stranded! it does look like we will now be going to NZ a little earlier and missing out on Fraser Island but at least we are not under water! Hope you are all well and we will update properly soon. Take care love Sam and James xxx... read more