Mint Resorts & Apartments - Points North Apartment Gold Coast Coolangatta

... in a weekend of 12 stages of rock'n'roll bands and the biggest car show I've ever seen.
We found a campsite for 3 nights until the weekend. On our 3rd night we met Colin, a chap from London we know who makes and sells 50's shoes at these sort of events. He's the 1st person we've bumped into that we know from the UK, by chance.
The gigs were a bit 'hit and miss' as far as good quality 'real' R'n'R and Rockabilly music is concerned. With bands like the menacingly ...

... true surf chick, beach bum, I got washed away by the first wave! So powerful, the wave dragged me across the bottom of the sea for what felt like ages, up for air then dragged back down by the next wave, The surfboard which was attached to my ankle flipped around and around taking me with it! Phill found it hilarious watching me fight for my life not looking so cool anymore! I eventually surfaced and left the sea sharpish ...

... you ask them ;). Food I can't sign off without saying something about the food. Well, we ate more portions of potato wedges (they serve them with sour cream and sweet chili sauce) than I can count. We also had a "fine dining" experience at one of the hotels, which Max summed up as "high quality" (he had the nachos). We ate more servings of Cold Rock Ice Cream than anyone should have in a week. But a definite highlight was the Mexican--yes ...

... Probably the stupidest thing you can do after 5 days of rain and the first sign of sunshine you leg it to a water park but heh when the sun does shine its mingin hot. It was already 28 degrees at this stage and as you can see our ickle tent hasnt really got room for a fan, nor does it have a porch to shelter under the sun so you spend most of your time looking for shelter from the sun! Great fun at the water park, the best was the surf rider and ...

... met us and it was lovely seeing a friendly face. We stayed with them fr about 20 minutes before we left Pam, Pat and Doug. Our escorts form Cosmos met us. There were three women about 20-28years who met the incoming clients. There were another two Aussie's on our flight for another Cosmos Tour. They were only staying about 10 days which seemed along way to come for that short of time. We arrived at Heathrow at 12.15hrs and estimated we had had about 23 hours ...

... out of the diving in Cairns, I needed to go to the Coral Sea which is away from all the commercial dive sites, that are battered and bruised by inexperienced divers as they try to learn buoyancy skills. She told me she was doing an excelerated dive course the next day and I joined it. Learning to dive is very tiring - there are a lot of things to think about besides the obvious - air supply. When you are floating, you need to be aware of ...

... at our favorite place called the "Cheeky Monkies". Here the dancefloor is build as tables and chairs..! And of course Line and I had to dance on a table the first night we went there, but unfortunately for Line the mixture of the bottle of vodka and a pair of high heels resolved in a fall town from the table to the floor. Just before she fell, she grabbed my back, and when it broke she and the back fell..! It ...

... forest park which is part of the D'Anguilar Ranges. We spent the night in a bush camp at a place called Neuram Creek. It was great - we were the only people camping. It was so peaceful and we saw various wildlife - it really was camping at it's best! Heading back the day after, we stopped off at various points along the way before visiting the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary to see the koalas ...

... board in real surf conditions. On day 3, we opted to take a break from playing in the waves. We hiked to the famous Cape Byron Lighthouse , which is the strongest light in Australia, and is at the eastern most point of Australia. From there, we were able to see whales breaching in the distance, 30+ dolphins riding the surf near shore, a sea turtle make its way out past the surf, and some kind of ray flying ...

... Paradise.onboard the coach there was a giant stick insect. which laura, increasingly disturbed by its proximity prompted us to move seats. When we arrived at our apartment it was dark and the reception was closed. i started thinking we were going to have to sleep on the beach or streets. luckily the owner had left me a note advising me to call a number. after doing so, i obtained the code to unlock a safe box that was located just outside the ...