Day 10 - Gold Coast

Posted on October 2, 2011

After finally making it to my flight out of Cairns, I landed in Brisbane two hours later. From there it was a 35 minute ride to my hotel, followed by another hour and 10 minutes on a train, followed by yet another 30 minutes on a bus... before I finally made it to the Gold Coast and the Hard Rock Cafe Surfers Paradise.

The Gold Coast has a feel very much like Miami Beach, with loads of high-priced properties and plenty of beachfront. When I arrived, the weather was flawless, with blue skies and warm sunshine tempered by a slight breeze...

The cafe itself is a beautiful older property with loads of cool memorabilia to look at...

After having lunch and looking around the cafe for a while, I headed to the beach only to find that the clouds had started moving in...

By the time I had wandered around for a while and made it back to the Hard Rock, the weather had taken a drastic turn...

That's quite a difference considering it happened in under four hours!

Luckily, the skies were clear once again when I made it back to Brisbane.

And now that Hard Rock #139 is out of the way for me, I suppose I'd better see about unpacking my suitcase.

Comments

Love the Surfer's Paradise pic and the boards in the Cafe! And I'm loving the daily recaps, Dave. I've never been to Australia, so this has been a treat.

Posted by LongStoryLonger on October 02, 2011 | Reply

   

Awesome photos and congrats on #139 of HRC. Will there be a visit to #140 on this trip?

That Surfers Paradise sign is pretty cool looking.

Posted by martymankins on October 03, 2011 | Reply

   

pretty!

Posted by the muskrat on October 03, 2011 | Reply

   

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