Wet n Wild fun and more sun on the Gold Coast - after the worst ever bus journey!
November 12th 2010 After an amazing few days in Byron Bay it was time to move on up the coast, so we decided to go to a large town on the Gold Coast called Surfers Paradise about an hour away, predominantly so we could check out one of its famous water parks. We had booked on a bus at 6.30pm and it was on time and empty which was a good sign, so we jumped on and sadly said goodbye to Byron, one of our favourite plac
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