Seaworld Nara Resort Hotel Main Beach

... This woman (her name is Bronwyn) happened to notice that Nancy was from France and she told her that she loves France, and asked if she would like to get together sometime and maybe show Nancy around the mountain. Nancy said yes, and they got together today. Luckily for me, Nancy asked me to come along too. Bronwyn was such a nice lady. She drove us around the mountain to all the spots with really great views that stretch all the way ...

Hello, hello. Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been super busy the last few days. I arrived safe and sound on the 19th of July in Brisbane, Australia. I only had one minor problem in Singapore- my travel agent forgot to book my hotel. Luckily, everything was sorted out and I ended up staying at a hotel about 30 mins into the city (at the airlines expense). I arrived at 1am local time and had to leave early the next morning, so I really didn't spend too much time in the ...

Despite the name, it's not a popular place to surf. Most people go a little ways up the coast because the waves are better and less choppy. I didn't surf here, so it was irrelevant to me. Surfer's Paradise is part of the Gold Coast, which is made up of a string of smaller beaches: Main Beach, Surfer's Paradise, Broad Beach, and Southport. It makes for a great place to run because the beachfront ...

... matter where I went anyway. I knew that Australia was going to be a bit of a shocker after spending 2 years in Asia, but I really wasn't prepared for how much of a shocker it was going to be. I even spent a week on the expat side of Bangkok blowing what I thought was a lot of money, 10,000B, in order to get used to spending more money. I considered taking out less than $300 from the airport ATM, but it probably wouldn't have been enough to get out of the ...

... enjoy a nice roast. I am paying for it today though, I am soooo tired and my body is aching. I cant walk in my heals and my stomach feels bruised and sore. Oh well, back to the gym tonight after work for more. I only have 6 weeks until Christmas... I refuse to be on Bondi beach with all the skinny mini's whilst I look like a beached whale. So it's off to the gym I go and carrot sticks for lunch. Yum. Anyway, much love to you all as always.. another week closer to coming home! Muchos Love xxxx xxxxxxxx

... and be in the surf? Oh and incase your interested, each apartment of Jade will set you back a cool four million dollars, while the three-level penthouse just sold for over $20 million. That kind of money would tend to account for a hell of a lot of zinc cream, board shorts and wax for your surf board, but at least you're near to the surf. On our way into Surfers Paradise, two wishes needed to be granted for our intrepid adventurers. For Colin, that ...

... got everyone out of the water. Anyway, besides from surfing and sunbathing, on Tuesday we all went to Wet 'n' Wild and had an excellent time being kids all day and making fools of ourselves, especially as Georgia and I very nearly fell out of our rubber ring several times in full few of everyone watching. Wednesday was ANZAC day so everything was closed, and if it wasn't closed the shops put a 15% surcharge on everything, we were all woken ...

... a proper camping park now in the miami area of the gold coast. It is about 8 km from the main centre, Surfers Paradise. It even has an electric hookup so we can use the Microwave and have the lights on for longer than a couple of hours, oh and we have managed to get all our hand washing done. On Saturday Darren celebrated his 31st Birthday so we went for a meal up in Surfers to an ...

... each other for the better part of 10 years! Once at my aunt Marlene's house it was more greetings, this time with another cousin, Jasper, and Marlene herself. Soon after we found ourselves on Marlene's FourWins boat for a sunset cruise on the Nerang River. We first cruised upstream to the waterski area and past our apartments before cruising downstream to Wavebreak, an island adjacent to the Gold Coast Seaway. The only ones willing to disembark for a quick walk ...

At the end of the surf tour we stayed in Byron Bay. The place looks really cool and we would have loved to stay but our Oz Experience bus was picking us up in the morning to take us up to Surfers Paradise. In between Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise is a little township called Nimbin. The township is famous as the place where marajuana has been legallised (to the extent where police just don't arrest people). The place is a hippie haven and most of the ...