Known as Australia's flashy, trashy venue on the partying Gold Coast, Surfers depicts only one person on earth, Paris Hilton. Although on this visit we didn't actually see her, it soon become very apparent of the place's Vegas esc nature and its lively atmosphere as we arrived into town at around 6pm that evening.
Checking into a flashy Hostel/Hotel called Nomads Islander we dumped our bags and soon made friends with our new room mate Kev who was from that not so far away part of the world, sunny Leeds! A few beers and dinner later and we were soon swapping stories of our Australian Adventures so far.
Getting up early the next morning and making our way to Wet n Wild water park, we soon joined the thousands of people snaking out from the bus stop waiting to get to their desired destination. We knew that it was a nice hot day, but no more sunny than usual. We did however forget that it was the beginning of summer holidays here and that only meant one thing, schoolies!!!!! There was loads of them and Wet n Wild was duly packed.
What a great day though, with so many rides and flumes to experience we managed to go on them all at least once with Jo only wimping out on one occasion. There was the Kamikaze, the Twister, Tornado, Mammoth falls and many more.... awesome! a lot better than the water park in KL!!!!
As the sun went down we arrived back in town, wet and full energy. We really were ready to hit the town running and after a short discussion with Kev to persuade him beer for the night was our only option, we headed out to the bottle shop to stock up on some heavy duty beers and filled our apartment fridge with well over 24 bottles. Result. It wasn't until mid way through the Harry Potter on TV and several beers down we realised we had a fourth room mate. Had he been here sleping all along? who knows but he wasn't at all interested in us. As the night progressed we all decided before we went out it would be a good idea to hack into my ever growing hair. Jo for one was a pleased girl as for a few days not only did I not look like a complete twat but she also won the bet she had with me saying I wouldn't cut it all trip! Oh well, it had to be done. The night ended early and after little discussion we called it a night.
The next day and our last here, we just about had enough time for some much needed shopping, new flip flops - yeh!!! and a trip to the beach. The interesting mecca of the golden sand and blue sea against the the tall skyscraper buildings really did look amazing.
The second attempt was always going to be better and with a few beers left we tucked into a much needed Hungry Jacks before setting out to meet Kev's friend Kat. So not only now did we have Jon & Jo but Kev & Kat to deal with. Never going to forget those names. A few drinks at the aptly named Vegas Bar and then onto an Irish pub in town for live music was again all we could handle as the night ended at around 1am. We really didn't fancy the trashy nightclubs and I for one didn't really have the attire for it. Not sure flip flops as new as they were and shorts would have got me far in this town! Bling Bling was the only way forward!
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