(Written 26/11 12.50)
Noosa was a little town that pretty much seemed to be just a convenient stop-off point rather than a significant East Coast site. We had a nice dinner, checked out the mountain/coast national park and chilled on the beach.
On the way to Gold Coast (the "Miami" of Australia), we stopped off for three hours in Brisbane. Brisbane was nicely laid out, but from the view on the bridge it didn't look too dissimilar to London on the Thames! We were hanging out at their South Bank, chilling in the lagoon under the "Brisbane-eye" and soaking in the sun. Dope.
The Gold Coast (a.k.a. Surfer's Paradise) centre mainly consists of bars and restaurants about a five minute walk from the beach. School is out and all the "schoolies" were running wild! Surprisingly the beach there was actually not as nice as the others we have seen down the East Coast. That being said towards the suburbs it is much nicer, and Jackie Chan even has a house there! The night 4WD excursion through the mountains and rainforest exploration was a pretty unique experience, but the rainforests along the East Coast do seem rather tame!
Next we hit Byron Bay, and that actually felt like it should have the name Surfer's Paradise! Most of the buildings were basically shacks and there was a really nice hippy vibe to the place. That's another lifestyle I think would be a lot of fun! We did a long sea-kayak through very rough waters, and this turned out to be a pretty fun and intense workout! There were meant to be dolphins. There weren't. Unfortunate. The wildlife has been much more scarce than expected, but luckily we spent time at the awesome Currumbin wildlife sanctuary on the way to Byron. Chilling with kangaroos, koalas, emus and other cool creatures was sweet!
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