It’s kinda something that seemingly needs to be done if you’re in Australia: stand up paddle board lessons! We saved this for our chillaxed last day on holiday, coupling it with a barbecue lunch to use up the last of our food. Continue reading “Day 6: SUP lessons!”
Category: Gold Coast
Day 5: Southern Gold Coast: Coolangata
We decided to head down the coast today towards Tweed Heads,
Coolangata and the New South Wales state line. The Gold Coast just stretches on and on, miles and miles of sandy golden beach. Continue reading “Day 5: Southern Gold Coast: Coolangata”
Day 4: Relaxation and Walking in the clouds
We decided to go for a relaxation day, and Mark wanted to ‘do the beach’ at least once so we came up with a solution. After breakfast we were on the beach by 8:30am, relaxing. I nipped off leaving mark in his bliss to scale a really high tower, then came back for a dip in the sea. Simple? Continue reading “Day 4: Relaxation and Walking in the clouds”
Day 3: Tambourine mountain
Today we headed for the ‘hinterland’. To me, hinterland (German word that means ‘land behind’) conjures up images of barren war stricken wastelands. I’m not sure if I got that idea from a film, or what, but here it merely means the bush! Continue reading “Day 3: Tambourine mountain”
Day 2: outdoor swimming and Dracula!
We still keep waking up bright and early at 5am and can’t quite decide why that is. Is it because of the 2 hour time difference or the fact that it’s light at that time? It is strange that we have weather like summer but day te light hours like winter – it goes dark at 5:30pm. Continue reading “Day 2: outdoor swimming and Dracula!”