We left the Sunshine Coast today and headed south to the Gold Coast.
Once again I love these Aussie names, like Woogoompah, Coobabah, Worongary, Mudgeeraba and finally Coolangatta, where we will be spending the next 5 days.
It looks like this is the place where every thing is happening. The Gold Coast has some of the finest beaches in Aussie and is surrounded by rainforests and mountains. People come here to surf, play beach volleyball, car race, fly kites, bike, hang glide, swim and just about every other sport. I was very excited about seeing Surfers Paradise and when I finally did see it I was blown away. It was nothing like I had imagined which was a quaint little resort town with charming boutiques and local Cafe's alongside a glorious beach. Wow, Surfers Paradise, from afar, looks like New York City (a very similar skyline) and up close a bustlings metropolis of 30 year olds. The city itself is clean and modern with dozens and dozens of high rises (some new ones 75 stories) all spread out along the beach. Not really our idea of a resort town so we were quite happy to be just driving through. But it is a "happening" place and the young people love it.

We continued on to Kirra Beach, which is in Coolangatta, and much more our idea of a resort town on the ocean. We have settled into our wonderful unit , which is really a two bedroom apt. with a beautiful view from the 12 th (top) floor of the water and waaaaaay in the distance the glorious skyline of Surfers Paradise. Actually, we think we're in surfers paradise! In this place we have hit the jackpot. It is BEAUTIFUL!
After we settled in we took a long walk along the beach and marvelled at how wonderful this area of the world is.

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