Well what a contrast. The languid rolling hills of Nimbin seem a distant memory, for this place is a cross between Miami and the Costa del sol. Loads of high rises and over development and T-O-U-R-I-S-M. This is holiday central and not the greatest of stops. Kinda says it all when we checked into our hostel to be greeted by a guy in a Hackett shirt and loads of Millwall football club paraphernalia everywhere. Ironically for a town named "Surfers Paradise" the surf, according to Andy, is pretty shit. Hey ho. Went out on an organised pub crawl last night, and I confirmed that I will never do that again. Being herded around like sheep from packed out bar to packed out bar has somewhat lost its appeal. Maybe Im turning into a grumpy old git, or maybe Im just maturing. I dont know. All I know is that last night I was wishing I was back in the cool jazz bar or quality nightclubs of Sydney. However for all my gripes of it being overdeveloped and a bit touristy:
"Great open spaces and sweeping vistas......"
There are a few nuggets of beauty that can be found...
"Thats more like it"
The thing it has got though ARE A LOAD OF FRICKING THEME PARKS AND A WATER PARK!!!!! YES! But first things first before any of that need to settle down WITH A ROUND OF SUPER CRAZY GOLF!!!
Ok ok. need to calm down. Im still a little drunk from last night and easily excited. Im sure a hangover will be kicking in within a few hours, but until that comes I'm in Surfers Paradise so I'm just gonna have to ride this wave.
Hang ten blog fans
(Spider and deadly insect count: 0 )
(Mcdonalds Spotting count: 18)
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