Surfer's Paradise !!!

Photo: Side of Surfers Paradise, reaching up to the Goldcoast side. Hundreds and hundreds of kilometers of fine sand and surfing waves...

Photo: Part of Surfers Paradise, reaching up to the Brisbane side. View taken from the Q tower, some 320 meters above ground level.

Photo: There are some surfing hotties around :-) ... where's the underwear anyway ?!?

Photo: Lieven sitting on his Sufers Paradise Throne :-)

Hi mates, today we make it all the way up to the Goldcoast. I am getting up at 5:30 am because the trip will take me about 4 hours to get there with the public transport. Distances in Australia are enormous ! First I have to catch the 680 bus, then change on the next block to the 690 bus, which takes me to Sandgate train station. From there it goes to Central station. From central station we take the Goldcoast Express train to Nerang station. From there the bus to Surfers Paradise bus station. .....And all the way back on the same day, pwoe ....

Anyway, it is worth the trip. The train trip to the Goldcoast is really not interesting, just riding through the bush. The bus trip from Nerang station is quite nice because you see all the different neighbourhoods. It is a bit like the Las Vegas of Australia. Villa neighbourhood on the banks of the river there, eventually leading to the skyscrapers located at the beach side.

Before I visit surfers paradise beach, I accidentally get of at the highest skyscraper there, which features the Q-deck. The Q-deck is an observation deck on the 77th and 78th floor. The elevator takes us up in just about 40 seconds !!! The view on surfers paradise and the gold coast is awesome. You can have a look in the pictures above. It gives also a good impression where I am because I do not have a map.

In the afternoon, I go to the main street of surfers paradise. It is really a commercial centre and full of people. It has a quite American atmosphere. There are a lot of people, even with the bad weather and the off-season. People are also a bit more hot and fashionable over here. It is really a hot spot for the young cool surfing people. Pfff, indeed it must be paradise here in summer time ! :-)

After some time on the beach, and the sunset, it is time to go home. Unfortunately the weather has changed into grey overcast with some strong wind. It is also a bit chilly, lets say 18 degrees feels cold overhere haha, but spring has just begun...

This is probably also a nice place to live. Appartments of 90 square meters go away with 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, living and kitchen and private parking space for about 500 000 AUD, which is about 260 000 Euro. That is quite reasonable for having the parking space, and shared pool and spa and a lovely view on the beach and coastline... who knows... who knows...