Surfers Paradise,
Queensland,
Australia
Friday, February 6, 2009
Had a nice drive up form Byron Bay, putting our watches back an hour when arriving in Queensland. Our 'courtesy' pick up at the bus station was anything but so after quite a lot of faffing we finally got to our hostel, which was very nice, but a bit out in the sticks in the scheme of things. We had an explore and although the place was nice enough, it seemed a bit souless - a bit like Vegas-by-the-sea. We ran in to Toby and Peter, our roomie's back in Sydney so was nice to have a catch up with them guys. One day I attempting some surfing, but the surf was very messy. There was also a bluebottle jellyfish 'infestation' which was a bit disconcerting. I managed to avoid getting stung but was surrounded by them when in the water so earlier than planned knocked it on the head. The sun was so intense as well, was sporting a pretty good tan by now if I do say so myself but wouldn't stay out in that for too long for fear of actually cooking myself. So yeah basically I have mixed views about surfers - not my bag at all but can see why some people go for it. Ho hum, next stop noosa.
