Monday, October 19, 2009

Gold Coast

Just spent the past five days on the Gold Coast.  Dave rented an
apartment down there, so we had a nice comfortable place to stay.  It
was gorgeous, nice leather couches, a big barbie, cable tv, air con,
and my own room!  It was so nice staying someplace posh, and not
feeling like you are intruding on someone.  I have really been
enjoying the hot water, taking about 4 showers a day, and actually
getting my whites clean in the laundry.  Some of my clothes have
shrunk though as this was the first warm wash my clothes have had in
about a year.  I also go through quite a few clothes, and have to buy
new ones here.

We went to the beach and relaxed during the days, watched movies,
cooked on the barbie, went to some clubs, and even went to Dream
World, a theme park here.  The rides and such were fun, but not nearly
as good as the parks in the states.  This was supposed to be
Australia's best, and only had 5 big rides; only 2 were coasters.  Six
Flags over Georgia wins hands down over Dream World.  However is was
fun to go and enjoy ourselves, my favorite was the Giant drop, it
takes you up 39 stories, then drops you, kind of self explanatory.
The cool part was sitting at the top for seemed like forever before
the drop, a bit scary actually.

They also had a small zoo there, so we got to see some kangaroos and
koalas.  Always cute, really makes you feel like your down under!
Today we rented some movies and are just relaxing back in Brisbane.
At blockbuster they had a candy stand "American Candy"  It had all my
favorites so I have been getting quite fat tonight!

Luke

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