Oceana On Broadbeach Gold Coast

... hartes Leben. Zu fünft haben wir also Pizza bestellt, Bier getrunken, Surf Videos angeschaut und letztendlich laut Musik gehört. Nach dem sich die Nachbarin beschwerte, kam dann auch die Polizei mit einer Geldstrafe. Als wäre das aber nicht genug gewesen, kamen sie eine Stunde später noch mal und haben Tommy in Handschellen abgeführt und seine Stereoanlage gleich mitgenommen. Ich habe meinen Augen nicht trauen wollen, und dann auch meinen Ohren nicht, als ich die Cops zu Steve habe ...

... to see some old family friends (well, they are more like family really). Only to realise later that they lived roughly 4,000km away on the Gold Coast and not Townsville (what a donut I am). I managed to change the flight in the end but as the original one was double price I lost out on AU$70 (well, at least I was going to the right place). June 2nd Today was one of those rainy days where nobody wanted to do anything including myself. We all made an effort to do ...

... not. Its a good place to check out, have a beer, and pass through. The morning of the 30th came and it was time to put Phil out of his misery. In January we had just been to see Jose Gonzalez and had an amazing time. We were on the net killing time and looking at what gigs were going to be on while we were in OZ. We came across something on Phil's birthday that I knew we all liked and was on near where we thought we would be at that time. So we made a snap decision ...

... died by the time this goes to press, some fish, lizards and an abundance of mosquitoes and cockroaches... not to mention the aboriginal man living on the sofa which no one knows who he is or where he came from. A houseful of the misdemeanours.. it's like Cairns all over again. I'm living on the Gold Coast, just off Surfers Paradise with Daiji.. who I am driving mental as you can all imagine!! We're both Taurean so we're battling with each other to get the last word all the ...

... the waterslide especially (as has Julian as you can see below). Calvin finally arrived from his first semester in college and we couldn't be happier! Christmas was quite different here, but at least we got to spend it with family. We only wish that Christopher and the rest of y'all could have been here too. Santa had no trouble finding our little apartment and everyone received great gifts. We also ate a wonderful ...

... my eyes to the north and east at least! Wandering through the town later I was aware of just how much Surfer's is party central, and this is perhaps another reason that I did not enjoy it as much as I might. I did not come to Australia to party, I can do that at home. I came to see the country, which means that a lot of the places that are recommended, in truth should be treated with caution. There is a feeling I think, that a lot of people ...

... native Australian animals. So fun! Our guide was Tony and he taught us a whole lot about everything and helped relieve most worries we had about the different creatures we may encounter. I got to hold a koala, a baby saltwater crocodile, a blue-tongued skink and a python, I got to feed pademelons (small rock wallabies) and hundreds of lorikeets (these things were crazy but beautiful!) and then pet a cockatil. I also got to lick the ...

... at American Pie, which was on the box. I also got a text off blockhead, which for those who can't remember is the lad from Birmingham who I used to know when I lived there who I'm also meeting later on tonight. Yep, you guessed it! I'm in Peterpans again, with all the hours I'm clocking up here though, I'm going to be able to see all of the west coast in style at the end of this month. Some german kids just come in and spent 3 grand on tours and accommadation, which to put in ...

... the bar by 7, it only kicked in when we got to the bar that we had 4 hours of drinking before a ball was kicked so I startd straight on the jim beam and cokes because the first drink was free. Me and Steve then had a jug of lager between us and were back on the spirits by 8 because it was happy hour on house spirits till 10. It was in the happy hour that I got my face painted and the chants started ringing round the bar. Typical bloody Aussies didn't even have 3 lions to play though ...

... announcers can't hide the fact that England dominates the game. Australia puts it into overtime, but Johnny Wilkinson's final 3 points through the uprights is simply a fitting end to a game that should have been won many times over by the English forwards. I don't mention this view too loudly. As if in sympathy with the nation, a storm rolls in and drowns the coast with rain and lightning, lashing the palm trees outside the window until they seem wigged out rag dolls.