Friday 30 November 2012

Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast

Well, a week of relaxation did me good I must say. It was great to see Byron again and we managed to cram in a ton of stuff in just a few days...

I left on friday afternoon, which was a bit of a rocky start, my advice, if youre gonna go out the night before as a good bye thing, have all your stuff laid out, packed, and cleaned ha, just saying. But for you who know me, you know that this isnt possible, so ya, busy morning. And nothing like lugging two suitcases, a purse, and a backpack through train stations and airports...
Well after that, smooth flight, landed and Byron picked me up. That night we went out into the city for awhile had a few drinks and just checked out what there was. Went to the craziest 3 story club, all decked out like a jungle. It looked like a scene out of Batman. Its called Cloudland in Brisbane...look it up. The next morning we got up fairly early and headed up to the Sunshine Coast to see his sister and check out the beaches. His sister  was super sweet and we had a good time hanging out. She lived a block from the beach so we packed a cooler and hung out for a few hours in the sand. Next morning went into town to check out the really popular beaches and a few of the shops. We headed back to Brisbane that sunday night because we got 2 free tickets to the outdoor movie theater to watch FrankenWeenie. It was really pretty, laying out in beanbags on a warm night watching a movie with the city in the background...

Then Monday byron had to work, so i took a walk around the town and by the bay to check out what there was. I found this manmade wading pool and park, and it was filled with seawater and sand. It was the coolest thing I had seen. Then later that night when Byron came home we had a seafood feast of oyster, prawns, and Moreton Bay crabs. Apparently this is the only place that you can find these crabs and they are this weird mix of a lobster and a crab. There is a ton of meat and they are delicious.



Next Morning, Tuesday, Byron had to work again so I went back into town and went to the wading pool to swim and tan...I might have been a bit too light on the sun screen, but its all good now because this gal has got a tan. yeeeaaaaah.  Then that evening we went into town again and checked out a few bars and walked around downtown checking out the night scene. The next morning though Byron had off, so we woke up early and headed down to the Gold Coast, where he grew up. The beaches here were beautiful. We had an awesome breakfast at the Viking surf club then headed to the Alley to swim and watch surfers. 




Viking surf club with Byron and his sweet  hawaiian shirt, sitting outside on the deck, over the ocean.

After we went to Carrumbin Valley to hang out with his Grandpa for a bit; funny guy. Then he took me up to the mountains to check out the rainforest part of Queensland. Ah, so cool. On the way up the mountain it actually started raining some which made the jungle even more awesome. We went to a state park and this river with some waterfalls where we jumped the railing and went wading up and hung out by the water. 




Jungle

We headed back to Brisbane that night because we both had flights out that morning...:(. Very, Very sad to leave...Its been so great and im ecstatic that I got to see so much and do so much before I left...its been a great 5 months here and I will make it back one day...


Now for the longest plane ride ever .....


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