Hello there cyberspace friend!
Just a blog to detail the recent trip i took to Australia's ultimate party destination, Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast!
Originally there were 4 of us (myself & 3 others) going up specially to see THE LIVING END rock out @ Dreamworld, but with that show called off only 1.5 wks before we were due to leave, Gabs and Meg had to pull out leaving The Rob and myself to hit up the town. And hit up the town we did!
DAY 1 - Arrival
It started early friday morning @ 8am, when i awoke from my slumber and finished packin up my stuff to leave for the airport. This was going to be the first time i ever flew, so i was pissing my pants excited!
I got to the airport and checked in, had to wait around for about 1.5 hrs before boarding my plane so i bought a guitar mag and had some sushi. THEN, i boarded the plane and i had the biggest grin on! I was nervous and excited all at once! I sat down in my window seat, waited patiently for everyone esle to board nd then the plane moved. WHOA! It was awesome! Then it took off and that was even more awesome! The flight took only 1 short hour and before i knew it i was @ Coolangatta airport. The Rob was flyin in at 6:40pm (i arrived at 1:50pm) so i killed some time with my good sister's PSP. Also, i hadn't quite finalised somewhere for us to stay (haha), so i fixed that up quick smart!
Rob touched down as night was falling and as soon as we'd snatched up his bags we set about getting to our hostel. Turns out the traffic was fucked, and a LIMOUSINE was the fastest (and almost cheapest) way to get there, so of course we took it! HAHA! The driver even carried our bags, Rob and i carried our guitars... it was a real 'rock-star' like feelin.
Got to the hostel, checked in, put our stuff down and then we pissed off straight down the street into the heart of Surfers. Outside the Hard Rock Cafe in the main st, we met a Canadian dude named Eric who was sellin tickets for a 'Club Crawl' tour thingo on the Saturday night. He sold it well, and we bought in. Little did we know it was the best decision we made all trip.
So, we bought a case of Pure Blonde beers, went back to the hostel and downed a few whilst playing guitar... no better way to start the holiday! The Sandman called to us at about 12.30am n we both went to bed (separate beds, it was a twin roon thankyou very much!).
DAY 2 - Club Crawl
We rose at 7am, determined not to waste a single minute as there was so much to do! We left th ehostel @ 8am, had these fuck-off big pancakes for breakfast (and didn't eat 'em all), then headed down to "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" Museum on Cavill Ave (the real heart of Surfers) and were blown away by some of the freaky shit Mr Ripley discovered...
After finishing that, we headed down to a place called "Infinity", which is a big maze type thing with all these different sections (eg. a mirror maze you had to find your way out of, a disco room with huge bouncy balls and a hallway in the dark in which the walls inflated). That joint was crazy!
After that, we went to the Q1 building, the tallest residential tower in the world and the 20th highest building in the world. On level 77 (pretty much the very top) there was an observation deck which boasted views from Byron Bay to Brisbane. I dunno bout that, but it sure was high! AND, it took the lift only 43 seconds to get us up to the top!
Headed back to the hostel to prepare for our Club Crawl, had about 4 beers each to get us well on the way and headed back to the Hard Rock where we were meetin everyone. As we walked in, the boys were given bolts and the girls were given nuts, the idea being you had to try to find the person with the nut that fitted your bolt! A means of introducing yourself to others. The first person we met was an english lass by the name of Charlotte, who was very cool indeed. As we headed to the bar to get a drink, we met 4 army dudes, and 2 more girls... Tash and Mel. These 2 would have to be the coolest people on the planet (besides Rob & I of course) and we pretty much hung around with them all night. Another 2 we met were also English tourists, Vickie and Nav.
Many drinks and 5 clubs later, the night was done and we were very, very drunk indeed! We parted ways from the group and staggered home at about 1am, fell asleep instantly! It was by far the best night i've ever had! So many great people, so much fun!
DAY 3 - Dreamworld
We woke again at 7am, with MASSIVE hangovers (i was still drunk i believe) and i also discovered a massive lump on my head... apparently in my drunken stupor i hit my head hard and fell down some stairs. Me = Dickhead! Kudos to the people who helped me (i believe it was you Tash). We left @ 8am to go to dreamworld.
Dreamworld rides and hangovers do not mix well at all... but we persisted with all the rides (the Cyclone x4, The Claw x2, The WipeOut x2, The Giant Drop x2 & The Tower of Terror x1), had a snooze in the imax thatre there to recharge our fucked batteries and soldiered on through the day, completing EVERYTHING Dreamworld had to offer, it was awesome!
Got back to the hostel at about 6, showered (separately) then pissed off out again to the 2nd night of the club crawl (cause of the long weekend, the deal was you pay for Sat. night and get Sun. night free). It was ok, i'm not really one for nightclubs and seein as i wasn't drinkin it was nowhere near as good as the night before... we met up with others from the previous night, but not Tash & Mel. Robert was on the turps pretty hardcore so i had to pretty much baby sit him (haha god love him). I ended up getting pretty tipsy myself, and we got into the hostel at 3am.
DAY 4 - Movieworld
Again we woke at 7am, both with hangovers but this time it was Robert who was worse.
We got to Movieworld @ 10am and the first thing we did was the Superman Escape (rollercoaster). THIS WAS THE WILDEST ROLLERCOASTER I'VE EVER BEEN ON! 0 - 100km in 2 seconds! It was freakin amazing! Also, the famous Lethal Weapon was definitely a favourite... we did everything once, watched the street parade, Shrek 4D (with the glasses where the seats shook and water squirted in your face etc...) and the Police Academy Stunt Show. It was awesome!
Got back to the hostel @ 5, and pretty much went straight back into town to get tea. We played 2 games of bowling and a few games at timezone before we went back to the hostel to get ready to leave.
DAY 5 - Going home
Up at 9, packed our bags then checked outta the hostel. We left our stuff in the office there and went down into Surfers for the last time to pick up our Club Crawl photo and get some eats.
Our limo (yes, limo) arrived at the hostel at 1pm to take us back to the airport to fly home.
It's now thursday as i sit here and blog about the best holiday of my life, and i've been kinda depressed the last 2 days because i was nowhere near ready to come home. But, all good things come to an end and it was straight back to reality for me...
If i could do it again, there is only 1 thing i'd do differently... It was so fookin awesome. I wanna go back already.
Thanks for reading! You rock.
Much love,
Brendo...