Our last day on the Gold Coast. I'm in the bad books with G, having missed the Singapore Grand Prix by a week, we arrive here to discover the town taken over by the GC 600 V8 super cars racing weekend - oh dear, he thinks it's a conspiracy. The circus really does roll in to town, a huge infrastructure with stacks of people from the racing teams, media & fans - quite glad we are leaving, although the cars are very loud & pretty cool! We sat in a bar wit...

A very mellow day in the sunshine today, nice breeze from the sea to help out with the sun bathing - warm enough even in Spring. Everything happens early here, surfers, swimmers and walkers on the beach from sunrise, I guess to avoid the heat of the day! Our last day here before heading back to Sydney tomorrow - better check that flight time!

All set on our short journey from Cairns to Gold Coast, or so we thought!! Cindy, our travel agent had gone for the local Gold Coast airport, closer to our destination by 30 minutes you see! We set off early and arrived in good time, had a bit of a chuckle at bag drop about the people late for their Melbourne flight! We reached the desk and the woman tells us the flight has gone - cue shocked faces, for some reason I had the arrival vs the departure time in my...