Surfers Paradise is home to the Surfers Paradise International Raceway. Despite having an extremely large land mass, some crazy Aussies decided it was a good idea to make Surfers Paradise a street circuit. Today we were finally able to see what all the fuss was about. The town was alive and we decided for an easy day, before setting off too Brisbane on the coach the next day. A coach by this point we had seen enough of and were glad to never be on after. The rac...

The day had come when I would finally be reunited with my formal work wife. Cat arrived promptly at 9am to collect us and I heard that laugh around the corner before I even saw her! She had planned a mild walk in the woods on Mt. Warning, which was originally going to be a hike to the summit. Not the best idea for 2 accident prone girls and a boy that has previously been 'attacked' by wildlife (monkey in China). On our drive to the mountain we were busy chatting...

Luckily we had a relatively empty bus so we spread across 2 seats each for our uncomfortable sleep. Awakening in Surfers Paradise we decided the apartment we had booked (no hostels this time) was within 'walking distance', forgetting the weight of our rucksacks. We crossed a bridge on to Chevron island and found below us hundreds of small jellyfish in the water. In the warm sun they looked bright blue in the dark murky water, but we didn't stand around long to lo...