Victoria Square Apartments Gold Coast Broadbeach

... the Central Station and within reasonable distance of the main touristic spots. It was OK for the first few days, except the cockroaches, the dirtiness and the holes in the bed base (it's hard to sleep on 3 slats, two under the shoulders, one under the feet, and nothing inbetween), but at some point some gay asian gigolos started renting rooms for their activities, so we started seeing shady men coming and going... After seing one coming out half naked to go to the bahroom, I ...

... stayed warm and sunny for entire sky with temperature of 26 degrees the last 2 days. Friday had one of those sometimes boring days, where you end up doing laundry, catching up with emails etc that you have when traveling for any long period of time. Saw Inglorious Basterds at cinema, which was tad disappointing. Saturday spent down at the Rocks (oldest part of Sydney); wandered round the market and shops and cafes. Sunday was ...

... I posted pictures on facebook of the storm. <br><br>Well Saturday, Nick Jeremy and I all made our way back to the market, and took it by storm! Bought the hiking pants, bought a waterproof jacket and I also bought an australian leather hat, for all the hikes! I bought 3 pairs of pants and the jacket for $100, which made me feel like i was stealing b/c we went to other outdoor stores that day just around the city and they were no less than 100 per each pair of pants ...

... Ein einladendes Lädchen steht neben dem nächsten und wir finden alles, was wir brauchen. Wir genießen die Ruhe fernab vom Trubel des Stadtkerns und machen noch einen kleinen Bummel. Als wir zurück kommen, haben Sofia und Peter im Motel schon angefangen, unsere Tomaten- und Zwiebelreste für den Salat vorzubereiten. Mit unserem Abendessen setzen wir uns vor Paddys Rechner und machen einen gemütlichen Fotoabend.<br><br> <br><br>Dienstag, 28.4.2009:<br><br>Ab heute werden wir ...

... I slept and then wandered around a deserted and closed shop Sydney. Nothing, I mean nothing was open on Good Friday in Australia, except for specifically tourist shops (Get your genuine souvenirs here, type affairs) and bars and pubs. The whole CBD was like a ghost town and apart from a few bemused tourists and tumbleweed; dead. So Brad was stuffed again, hoisted onto my back and taken to yet another airport as I headed north (in an attempt to ...

... don't worry Mom we made it out alive). We checked into a cool hostel called the Funk House a few hours after arriving in Australia's largest city, Sydney with a population just over 4 million. It was in an area known as Kings Cross and is the backpacker heaven for nightlife. The next day we made it to Bondi Beach (beach closest to downtown) and did an incredible 45-minute ocean to Coogy beach walk. After spending 4 days dehydrating at ...

... to sign. Then they outfitted me and the rest of the group with our special jumpsuits. You have to put your street clothes and all personal items in a locker. Then, they make you pass through a metal detector to make sure you are not trying to bring anything with you on the climb. They are very serious about this, because even a loose coin dropped accidentally from the bridge arch, could wreak havoc on a car traveling on the bridge below ...

... Glacier Lodge had arrived with our 2 coats in it,<br>and was there for us. Our room is on the 14th floor, and our jaws<br>dropped when we walked in because it was so well furnished and<br>definitely homely so we could finally take it easy and settle into one<br>spot for 4 nights. There are also perfect views of the ...

... and watching the sun go down. It was amazing. You could see the mountains in the distance and between the peaks you could see bright blue sky.. which was obviously the nice weather on the other side! On this side though you could see the rain from the grey clouds moving across with the landscape. As the sun was setting, the sky changed from grey to white, to yellow, to gold, to orange, to pink, to purple, to blue then dark. I was so in awe that I didn't get a photo of that ...

... We got to enjoy plenty of oom-pah music courtesy of grown men in leather shorts and we saw off a rack of schnapps apiece. Afterwards we tried to watch the night sky at the Syney observatory, but they were closed. So we lay on our backs in the parkland outside and picked the stars our ourselves. It was my first view of the Southern Cross - and I saw Orion upside down. Other fun outings included the ...