Gold Coast

The Gold coast was a blur.. seriously. We spent half a day looking for the Billabong factory shop in Burley but laughed that off and headed on south. We did see some great places beyond Surfers Paradise though. Just short of Coolongata or that general area are some great beaches and BBQ spots on the beach. Did I tell you that in Aus there are free BBQ's on 99% of the beaches and parks. We stayed the night in Tweed Heads and it was fantastic. Again a great campsite just back from the estuary - what more can you ask for? Maybe some dolphins at sunset.. oh yes, they were there too sharing the break with the surfers. They spent hours dancing around in the waves and we spent hours loving the place and wildlife.

Tweed Heads is also on the border of QLD & NSW which have an hour time difference between them. The NSW(halers) and the rest of the coastal states are always saying how backward QLD(ers) are so they never could adapt to daylight savings. If it's any consolation we could never apply it in South Africa either, too much confusion!!

It kind of reminds me of living in London when the clocks go back and you get an extra hour partying at night.

....anyway