Crowne Plaza Gold Tower Surfers Paradise

... pretty good because it meant a cheaper night out haha.<br><br>On Sa**************ed to the Q1 building. This is the 20th highest building in the world and also the number 1 highest residential building in the world! We had to pay like 13 bucks to go up to the top to the observation deck. We got into the lift and the attended told us its the fastest lift in the world and takes only 43 seconds to get from 0 to floor 77. It felt alot less time than this and before we knew it we were ...

This place is good if you like parting with your cash. Its a huge city with a mirrored skyscraper skyline towering over white shores. The beach is beautiful and there are areas which are pretty but its mostly a bit of a tourist trap here. The main street looks American. Its gaudy and full of neon signs for McDonalds and Burger King (which they call Hungry Jacks here) and all that. It was mobbed with overweight tourists eating ice cream ...

... shade on the beach from a building. I just didn't really like it. Surfer's is known as being a mix between Miami and Vegas. Apparently whoever said that had never seen either of them. I was expecting there to be bright lights or something, but there was only one bright sign...kind of dissapointing. The one good thing about Surfer's was that I was able to have some pancakes, which I had been craving, and I also tried some "Mexican" food. Both ...

... of which had a good range of locally made products. We then caught the city ferry under Storey Bridge around Kangaroo point to Brett's Wharf, this gave us a great look at Brisbane especially at all the huge houses and old renovated wool stores along the way. From the G.C Nick and I went for a few trips. Once into the coasts hinterland to go walking through the rainforest at Tambourine Mountain and Witches falls - which had very little water and so, was more ...

... has a freaking nickname. There's JJ, Wiggy, Zaf, etc) and he is a big fan and offered to buy me tickets and he also took the time to explain to me how to get to the Stadium and told me a little bit about the teams playing and who are "the players to watch". I bought tickets in the best section possible, midfield Row 1!!! My section was 302 - Row 1. Those HAD to be unbelievable seats and I ...

... flags we see and people seem to just appear from all directions. By the time we push through the throngs of fans, walk all around the perimeter of the ground to find our gate, line up for half an hour and find our seats, we have missed the anthems, it is 10am and the first ball is just about to be bowled. For the first hour or two, the atmosphere is electric - Poms are singing, Aussies are yelling and cracking jokes and most people are on to their second ...

... in proceeding under the launch track to join the queue waiting for the ride to open in 10 minutes at 10:00am. Queuing to join a queue is a strange concept, but at least it gave us time to observe the no loose items "this includes even 5c coins!" policy by Belinda hiring a special locker next to the queue for our bags. Being outside also gave us an opportunity to enjoy the Superman movie theme being played endlessly on the speakers in the adjacent gardens and also ...

... Shan <br>Summer Break August 2006: Songpan really is sooooo beutiful <br>The first day in a week spent at Songpan. Join me on a three day horse trek to Ice Mountain where I was thrown off my horse. It was cold, beautiful &amp; a little scarey <br>Summer Break ...

... headed to the ancient romantic walled city of Pingyao in Shanxi Pro ince and after a over bearing stint on the famous Wutai Mountain I met up with Luo Wei. Together we headed first north and then west to the dry northern provinces of Inner Mongolia Province and Ningxia Province. We ...