The Gold Coast, Australia Travel Blogs

The VERY TACKY Gold Coast!!
Nov 5, 2006 (4 photos)

Just some pix to show you what we mean!

Surfer's Paradise
Apr 8, 2007 (10 photos)

... slightly better conditions than we did. Some of them make it look so easy - it really isn't! We've had a great time around the Gold Coast and Brisbane and are a bit sad to leave. Hopefully we'll be back someday! Lots of love, Jilly and Laurie xx

Surfer's Paradise
Mar 25, 2006 (2 photos)

The Gold Coast is a large commercial city and is also Australia's most famous tourist destination. The Gold Coast itself consists of 30 miles of beaches stretched out over 5 towns. We stayed at Surfer's Paradise, the most famous destination on the Gold ...

Sand in our sandwiches
Feb 10, 2006 (10 photos)

... a long time. It's a fascinating lifestyle and we've been trying not to stare! We entered what is know as the Gold Coast. This an area over massive over developement where the bush has been hacked back to build tower blocks, shopping malls and luckily ...

Rugby World Cup fever in Oz
Nov 5, 2003 (18 photos)

... ! Yup, I was caught on film by a film crew in Cairns. There I was having lunch with Michael, being very rude and reading the Australia Lonely Planet and discussing our next stop. We did not notice them filming us until they gave us a thumbs up - just a ...

Driving North and Mad Lizards
Jan 7, 2007 (2 photos)

... be compared to my car at home. Not difficult at all. So another day of driving up the coast; this time to the Gold Coast, where I'm staying for two nights with a friend of mine who has kindly offered me a bed. Setting off with Hotdog as company, I ...

Wonderful WELCOME MAT Moments: Fujian Province
Jan 5, 2005 (26 photos)

... February 2007: In Memory of Billy Thorpe Whilst living and working on Queenslands Gold Coast I worked with a guy named Matthew March 2007: The Second Great Aussie Care Package Maaaate, it finally arrived.  My second Aussie Care ...

G'Day Mate, its THE GREAT WELCOME MAT OF CHINA
Jan 1, 2005 (79 photos)

... for the 'Great Welcome Mat of China' Life prior to China 2005: My life living on Queenslands Gold Coast prior to a life eating noodles in China 2005: The Rockin N Beering of it all in Melbourne Australia 2005: Of all places in the world, why I ...

The Gold Coast (Seeya Later Mate)
Feb 12, 2005 (17 photos)

    ***If someone was to ask me the question, 'Mate, how hard was it to give up life on the Gold Coast?' I'd say, 'Mate, one of the hardest things I've done. I had a DREAM life there in paradise!' OK, ready for this; I'd wake and ...

Why In The World Would You Choose China?
Feb 11, 2005

... I wanted to and still want to comprehend what it is all about. From research prior to leaving and after leaving Australia, china has the world's fastest growing economy. Not so bad for a country so recently opened. It population is so huge I believe ...

Frisbee, Beaches and Waterfalls
Feb 18, 2006 (27 photos)

... back to Beaudesert. A delicious meal and good nights sleep awaited us that night. The next morning we all headed up to the Gold Coast. The sun blazed down and we had a fantastic time. The waves were very fun and we all caught them and rode them ...

Wonderful WELCOME MAT Moments: Shaanxi Province
Jan 6, 2005 (30 photos)

... 2009 - How Much MORE Can A Koala Bear? Extreme drought, ferocious bushfires and urban development are killing Australia's koalas! And could push the species towards extinction within a decade!  Koala is an aboriginal word meaning "no water". ...

Writing a Travelblog Eddakath Style
Jan 13, 2005 (21 photos)

... each day.   I began mine simply for my family and some of my friends who seemed interested in my adventure. When I left Australia I knew I wanted to live in China and I knew I had no intention on returning home for a long time. What I didn't know ...

Thankfully it's a WIKI World Out There My Friends
Jan 12, 2005

... in all the sub headings you can browse when you get there. Beers N Noodles toya.....shane ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   WHY WIKI AND WHAT IS A WIKI?   A wiki is a collection of web pages ...

The Gold Coast and Surfer's Paradise
Feb 8, 2006 (1 photos)

The Gold Coast & Surfer's Paradise

Gold Coast
Oct 2, 2004 (3 photos)

The GOLD Coast! Here we are in the Gold Coast, surfing some big ones and meeting the locals!