As we drove into the concrete jungle that is Surfers Paradise I felt a shudder go up my spine...this really was the Benidorm of Australia. Streams on young, chavvy looking kids and mothers that looked like they had fallen off the set of Eastenders. Give it a go I thought to myself!

Chloe, James and I were staying together at Surf 'n' Sun which is right on the beach, expectations had lowered considerable since my arrival. The hostel was in a great location and within about 15 minutes of being there Bev and Emma had called to see if we could get them into our hostel...Bingo as of the next day they were staying in our hostel.

ON our first night the hostel reps came around marketing a pub crawl...at first we were interested and then to be honest I thought sod it why not! it was $30 which got you entry into 3/4 places and a free drink at each...perfect! As we sat in the room drinking goon it soon became clear that this was going to be a messy night! We joined everyone else around the pool and drank the punch that they had made....it tasted like tropical juice but it was obvious that copious amounts of cheap crap wine was in it along with maybe a splash of Vodka that tasted like nail varnish remover! YUMMY...not quite the Rioja I'm used to....

The pub crawl was HILARIOUS, we went to several places including Shooters, Melbas and The Bedroom Lounge. The Bedroom Lounge was brilliant, it was just Emma and I left as the other guys had sensibly gone home. This place was fab if not a little strange....they had huge beds dotted around like you would tables and chairs....random. It sounds seedy but it really wasnt!! A good night was had by all!

The next day I was shattered, not hungover though! Result. We spent the whole day on the beach lounging around and it was lovely as everytime I laid on my belly i was asleep within minutes and dribbling down myself like a baby teething. Attractive...really going to attract the hot rich men looking like a skanky cow arent I! ha ha

After our heavy night the night before we had a nice chilled night and watched a film in our rooms...yes this was luxury..a TV in the room...although our room smelled like old ladies as there was the most awful damp problem which looked as if our bathroom ceiling was going to cave in and Em and Bevs room were above us so we thought that one day we'd be all showering together if the roof collapsed!

The Gold Coast is known for all it's theme parks and we had decided to go to Wet 'n Wild...a water park (funnily enough by it's name!) We had such a good day and the rides were fab, they had a new one which was more of a roller coaster called Surf Rider...watching it made you poo your pants but once we'd gone on it we LOVED it and Bev and I were craving coffee and cake as always...Bev is very very slim and she eats like a horse, i do try to hate her but unfortunately I cant! After a hard day in the water I headed to the cinema in the evening...

The more I was in Surfers the more I enjoyed it, the shops were good and there was clearly a lot of money floating around the place and new developments were being snapped up at high prices. It was a strange place though as there were s***e shops and then Prada and Gucci were down the road...weird. Shopping was good but obviously being a poor little traveller I couldnt really buy much and it was upsetting but it is something that I have got used to very quickly or I would be home by now as I wouldnt have any money left! Our last full day was really hot and we chilled out by the hostel pool and it was fab.

Off to Brisbane now......

x