Over the border

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Flag of Australia  , Queensland,
Sunday, May 18, 2008

Goodbye New South Wales and hello to Queensland. It's taken us a while but we are in our second Australian state. The Gold Coast in known for its beaches so we decided to stop at Coolangatta, mainly because of it's laid back reputation and it's beaches. It's a popular surf area but as neither of us can stand on a board we opted instead to stick to exploring the beaches and sunbathing. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. We walked along some of the beaches, heading from North Kirra to Kirra, then down through Coolangatta and to the Greenmount Headland. The walk over the headlands was really pleasant and the views of the beaches really make you feel as if you are on a little tropical island. The view from the Kirra beaches includes a nice sky line of the city, that bears a passing resemblance to a little city called New York. Then again, any place with tall buildings can also claim that we suppose. We also went to Rainbow bay, which is very popular with families for the little sand islands and then down to Snapper rocks. As you can see, there is no end to the beaches in this area.
We also followed the Walk of Remembrance, a memorial to all the ship that have sunk around Australia, particularly during the war. It is quite sad to see the amount of casualties, but good that a memorial is being recognised in their memory. The Captain Cook memorial is also there and sits right on the border line between New South Wales and Queensland. We of course, did the mature thing of jumping across the border; well it's always fun to be in two places at once. A huge lighthouse statutes sits above as a memorial, so it's really not hard to find the neatly mapped out border line.
After making a wish at the wishing well (fingers crossed that it actually works) we decided to head into town and mooch around a few shops. Passing back by the beach we were drawn in by the crowd stood above Snapper rocks and decided to investigate. It seems that everyone was being nosy and watching the wedding that was about to proceed on the beach. So of course, we did the same. Everyone was decked out for the occasion, there was a line of groomsmen all stood in matching black shorts, white shirts and sunglasses who were the first big clue at to what was going on. The bride wore a really nice simple white dress and came down the beach to the crowd accompanied by Elvis' 'I can't help falling in love with you' played on the steel drums. It was simple but really nice.
In Coolangatta we also had another trip to the cinema. Sadly no gold class this time, but the film was really funny and you've got to love popcorn, no matter what country you're in.
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