Around The World In 80 Waves

It had started raining heavily again whilst getting out of our surf clobber at Belongil Beach so we took the decision to push north over the border into Queensland and find a place to stay in the town called Surfer’s Paradise.

Contrary to all suggestions based on its name the waves there are rubbish, and this fact is exaggerated by all the amazing breaks which can be found nearby elsewhere on the Gold Coast. the town itself is also a bit of a mess at the moment because half of it has been ripped up in efforts to get a light railway installed before the start of the holiday season later in the year.

Slowly navigating through the associate traffic we treated ourselves to a hotel room at the D’Arcy Arms to balance things out after a night in the truck stop.

A quick stop there to make sure all the electrical items were charging properly, and then after freshening up we headed into town.

It was a school night so there wasn’t all that much going on but we did find ourselves in a great club watching the first ashes test and admiring the local wildlife.