Magic Mountain Resort Gold Coast Surfers Paradise

... kite surfers bombing up and down the waves. I had three days here which was plenty. The first full day I was there I walked in from my hostel to the main bit of Surfers. It took me a while - my hostel wasnt as central as I'd thought! But it was a nice walk, I switched between the beach and the path along side the beach as my mood took me. I sunbathed a bit on the main beach then walked back home again. Had got chatting to two girls the previous ...

... of hundred km's away and we only have limited time before our flight from Brisbane. So, after a crisis meeting we decide to head North towards Surfers Paradise and by the time we get there we should know more about whether we need to hot foot it up to Noosa.

For a bit of a change of scenery we decide to leave the pacific highway for a while and head inland to a place called Nimbin ...

... quick drink yesterday, which is a reference for we got pretty hammered, who headed off this morning. the night before we ripped it up in the 'down under bar' below our hostel. it had $10meal+pint deals and cheap drinks all night. some wierdos and a runt little bouncer that was begging for a punch in the face, but nothing out of the ordinary. drinking sambuca all night with the british girls from our oz bus ...

... was ... "yea, I want to ... I wanna go ..." belive me people, I wanna go to so many places, see different people, cultures, feel their vibe, just look at what they are doing ... wake up with the sunrise and you know ... anyway I continued: "but see I have to get a job and start doing something, I'm not 20 anymore" she gave me that look ... and said: "but you know - you're gonna live until you are 80 or maybe 90, there is plenty of time to work ...

... NSW coast. One of the best spots was Emerald beach, where the caravan park was just back from the beach. For the people that like wild life, this park had lots of kangaroos with joeys bouncing around and like all caravan parks lots of wonderful birds. Another good play was trusty Byron Bay. Here we enjoyed the lighthouse and Cape, beach and of course the Beach Hotel, which we visited several times for drinks and food. I enjoy Byron, probably like most people ...

... in Byron friday, I basically blew $80 as it was too late by the time we coped it. Mongo!!! Its so easy to do it as half the time you don't know what day of the week it is. We didnt have a leg to stand on but we didnt go down without a fight. It was up to the management but they were having none of it. To stay the sunday night they wanted more money from us, $130 this time. Just laughed and excepted our fate. Turned out ...

Christmas morning Kennedy and I woke everybody up, we were so exited. After everybody was fully awake Kennedy and I dressed up as Santa and an elf p.s. I was Santa. After everybody opened their presents we went to a lake and went paddle boating. At first we kept going in circles but after I took the wheel we were fine. After that it was so hot we had some ice cream and left.

... Rapid Transit system, featuring maps and posters on the wall and a sign or two directing guests to the platform. Queuing time can be killed by watching the safety breifing (all in theme of course) several times or perhaps enganging in other less formal queueline activities. Periodically announcements can be heard saying that the city engineers had detected tremours, but not to be alarmed and that the situation will be monitored. At the head of the queue, 4 guests are ...

... and how many actually need you to teach them your Native English Language. In the poorer areas like where I usually teach I find myself teaching not only the students but I also find that I am teaching the actual teachers too.

Most bring a note book to class and when I begin teaching the new weeks words they sit with the students and write them down. During class I see them with their language dictionary finding out the ...

... am amazed how tacky some of the shops were…not just the products they sold, but even the names of the establishments. With names like “Condom Kingdom” and “Off Ya Tree Bong Shop” there was little left to the imagination.

Being that we were not beach prepared we were left fairly bored. All the shops seemed to be the same, it was too cool to go for a dip and there just wasn’t any ...