Never mind. Southport is not far up the road from Surfers Paradise. So a similar affair as before except we’re in a much nicer hostel even though they still tried to push the organized pub crawl on us. Spent an evening instead chatting to a lovely South African couple who had me in stitches. Better than some of the standup routines I’d witnessed in the Sydney Comedy Store. Anyway, I’m not here for that though. That’s right. There’s some of Australia’s finest theme parks out here so lets get cracking! Although it’s quite expensive and quite a few backpackers don’t go there, one of the reasons I came on this world wide tour was to nail theme parks so there’s no stopping me. Plus I’m a flash-packer anyway so it’s alright.
First up Dreamworld; A great range of rides such as the Giant Drop which raises you impressively high then lets you free fall for 2 seconds after an agonizing wait at the top.
'Wheee! I'm a giant erection!"
Favourite would have to be The Claw which is a giant spinning swing. I had my hands out whooping like a child and I made sure I ran back to get the last ride of the day.
‘Wheee! I’m a giant flying spider!’
They also had a bit of a zoo area where I witnessed a duck war. Two rival gangs of ducks came across each other and started on each other giving it loads of ‘Cmon then!’ and flying at each other. Hilarious. Plus I got to hang out with this guy:
"Me and Kev"
Next up, Wet and Wild. Waterparks hold a special place in my heart as there’s nothing better to do on a hot day. However this one I think was a little too kiddie friendly as most of the rides were rather lame in terms of speed and were too bendy. Plus a lot of the rides were closed for repair without any discount on entry fee so a big BOOOOOO there. The worst thing was seeing a new ride the likes of which I’d never seen before but it was 1 month from opening! Agggghhh!! The same thing happened in Singapore god damn it! It was pretty chilly in there what with the cross wind so we spent quite a large amount of time in the hot tubs. Want one.
Luckily Movie World was next door so we decided to bail and get one last fix in. They offered no half day tickets so like mugs we bought full day tickets and tried to make the most of it. The highlight here was of course the mighty Superman ride where you get Superman behind your cart to push you out of a subway that’s in an earthquake (or something) and you hurtle at 100kph vertically up then down whilst laughing like a school girl. Fantastic.
‘Yes I know, but I didn’t have the costume with me….’
The other main ride was the Lethal Weapon ride which although was fun it was also excruciatingly painful as it basically bashed my head from side to side against my seat harness. My ears were nearly bleeding after that one. Bad design.
A lot of money spent, a lot of fun had and a lot of adrenalin pumped. Although, I’m sure there’s room for more……..
(Spider and deadly things count: 0)
(Mcdonalds spotting: 22)
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