Beach House Seaside Resort Coolangatta

... from the escarpment road above. Settled in to stay free of charge behind a water tower with plentiful supplies of tap water.
A very rewarding day to remember.
31/5
Used this spot as our base for the next 3 days visiting Caloundra for shopping and cinema and a day at Steve Irwin's famous Australia Zoo, which was very impressive. Here we saw Elephants, Camels, Tigers, Crocodiles, Kangaroo (some with Joeys), Koalas,Wombats, Red Pandas, Tasmanian Devils, Echidnas ...

... you may as well just buy one if you're gonna be hire daily" Before I had registered what I'd said, Phill was running back to the campervan, screaming "I'll get my wallet whoop whoop!". Ten minutes later he was the proud owner of Mick Fanning's (World Champion Surfer) second hand surf board! He was elated! We went straight to the Main Beach. Before we had even laid our towels, Phill was waxing the board in preparation ...

... list was, but it sounded like something we should really do (and besides, my travel book said it was a must-see). Max had had about enough walking and rainforests, so he wasn't thrilled, but it was still fun. It was rainy....naturally, but the unique thing about this park is the skywalk. You take a short walk along a wood platform and you're over the rainforest canopy, so you can get a birds eye view of a rainforest. The walking trails were ...

... concern where children walk for up to 10 km each way, each day, in fierce temperatures, without water, to gain an education. Although huge progress has been made, there is still much to do to complete their needs and offer the school the capability of educating its pupils to Secondary School Level. Work to be undertaken includes the building & refurbishment of an additional 2-4 classrooms, building of Teacher accommodation, sports facilities, Dormitory ...

... tuna or shark... very disappointing! The funniest was when this old man caught a scorpion fish...TWICE! These things are seriously poisonous and he had no idea!!! The skipper wasn;t too impressed about having to get this thing off the hook without touching it. A couple of hours in and the smell of raw fish, diesel and 2metre swells are starting to take their toll. One lady heaved over the side and suddenly everyone was catching fish... weird!!

... 6 week trip which started in Sydney at his mates wedding - pretty lucky to get that long off work! Got my lift (driven by a hungover/stoned young lad) and checked into the hostel - must admit it wasn't that great but I'd only paid for 2 nights and was sure I could hack it - was pretty grotty and full of people who slept/watched TV all day and smoked/drank all night (Cape Byron Lodge). Used one of their free bikes which was a rusty old thing with back pedal brakes ...

... He bent over me and I kept telling him about the shark behind him (about half a metre from his back foot). He kept telling me to stop and calm down. I felt like laughing and screaming and then thought, well, if you get bitten don't tell me I didn't warn you, and stayed put while he fiddled with my buoyancy jacket. After a few minutes, he got me to test the jacket and it worked. He held my arm and I thought it was because he thought I ...

... warm that day so I declined. They didn't mention that I might want it to prevent rubbing all of the skin off of my legs and stomach (which I did!). Our lesson was pretty good but the waves were pretty small. Almost eveyone managed to get up and it turned out to be really fun. We had another lesson the next morning and we were all a little better at getting up, but the waves were no better, so it was not as challenging as it should have been. Still, I ...

... It was really great seeing everyone again. We shared a few beers and even managed to get a busker to sing 'Starry Starry Night' in Surfers on a Saturday night (if you ask the ones in Canterbury they usually do too!) We also found the only other place in the world that plays the same songs in the same order as the Bizz (our local nightclub at home). Fantastic! Next time we see them will probably be somebody's wedding (we're going to miss Roy and Jac when they go to England for ...

The flight from Sydney to Coolangatta airport didnt phase me, having been on planes numerous times before. Laura on the other hand had never even stepped foot on a plane previously, let alone left the state of NSW.saying laura was nervous would be an understatement. Laura later relaxed and eventually enjoyed the flight. I remember when i was little my mum and i preferred take-off rather than landing, whereas my father and sister much preferred ...