I now sit here in an internet Cafe about 3 weeks from the start of my travels in Australia. I have been having a blast! I think too, that we have been making really good time on traveling around as well. Seeing lots of things and doing all kinds of fun stuff! Then I look at a map of all of Australia, and notice that we haven't even begun to touch the surface of this country!
So, I just wanted to write really quickly about our experience going up the gold coast. Before I came here, I thought the gold coast referred to the east coast of Australia. Boy was I ever wrong! The gold coast is actually a section of highway that is only about 30km long. It more or less follows a section of beach that isn't broken anywhere. And it is a section of city that has only high rise apartments and congestion for traffic. We were planning on stopping in a city called Tweed Heads, and before we knew where we were, we had passed it and already drove to the next ENTIRE CITY! We were now in the city Surfers Paradise.
We finally found a parking spot in Surfers Paradise, and walked around for about 2 hours before we decided not to spend a moment longer there. It is urban beyond belief, only has high rise apartments instead of buisness buildings, and the entire city thrives on tourists. I don't think we saw a single local infact! But they do have something cool called Meter Maids there. The meter maids are really cute girls that walk around the city streets in gold bikinis and they put money into the parking meters for cars that have had their parking expire! It's quite funny actually. The first time I saw them, I thought they were the ones that actually wrote the tickets!
But needless to say, we got out of surfers paradise like a bat out of hell! It was hideous there! So we drove our way up to Brisbane, and have barely gotten a taste of this city yet. So I'll write more on it later. However, my camera is supposed to be here but I went to the post office today and they said it wasn't. Maybe tomorrow it'll actually show up in the system or something. So I'm working on it!
Finally, I just realized that I haven't given any of you my new phone number yet! I got a new number once I arrived in Sydney, so if any of you feel like giving me a call, feel free!
If you're dialing from the States: 061 44 901 2795
If you're dialing from Australia: 044 901 2795
See ya!
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Hey Trev,
Gold coast huh? I'm sure it was rough watching girls walking around in gold bikinis--torture I tell ya. ;p I put up pics on myspace from my trips and softball if you want to check them out :) Hopefully we'll be able to see your pictures again soon!
My thoughts are with you, Katie.
Thanks Peggy :-)
How funny about the meter maids! Did you know that its illegal to feed your meter in the states? There used to be a guy that would do it in NYC and he got arrested...for being nice!
Hope you get your camera. Enjoy Brisbane, my parents loved it when they went.
Did you find Eric yet?
Miss you,
Katie
Ha HA! I was right, just read Eric's blog, June 7th--he has pictures of you and Pat jumping up and down at having found each other! ;) Hope you all have a blast!
hi yes it is illegal but we r the only place where we can feed meters cause we have been around for so long.i'm a metermaid in surfers and i think it's a great idea....
Trev,
Yeah I did not like Surfers Paradise either... not my style, but it is to bad you did not get to stop in Tweed Heads and surf. I really liked that spot.
-Russ
hi there yea i'm a meter maid too and yes surfers is so overated and we put up wif so much crap but i like talkin to tourists all day how eva it is quite cold lately lol
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