We left on Friday after lunch and arrived at Tweeds Heads round 01.00 at night. Trip was pretty long, about 12 hours. If you want to compare: from Amsterdam to Berlin would be 570 km, Amsterdam to Paris would be 430. Driving this long in Europe would get you from Amsterdam: either half way through France, or to Switzerland or maybe just to the Czech Republic. Here in Australia it gets you to your parents' house.
The trip was really cool to do though. Not only does it put travel in Europe into perspective, we also got to see a lot of Australia that I had not seen before. We stopped at some beaches and had a nice Subway sandwich. When it got dark we passed the Big Banana and the Big Prawn. Australia makes up what is lacks in culture in two ways: 1) Sports, 2) Making Big "things" and putting dodgy entertainments in them. Or so it seems. Because it was dark I can't show you any photo's of my own, but follow the links to check 'm out.
On Saturday we had some time to spend on the Goldcoast. In the morning we went to the beach and after that we went for lunch twice. Nice. After that we went up the coast stopping at some nice beaches and enjoying the weather. It is always nice and warm on the Goldcoast. We went up to Surfers Paradise, which was a bit of a let down. It consist of mostly big and nasty flats on the beach and a massive mall. When we got back we went for dinner with Sonja's parents, which was good.
Sunday we had to go back to Sydney, but went shopping first. We went to a Australian mall outside of the town. While Sonja was being outfitted by her mum, I got myself a new pair of trousers, a pair of new Hawaianas and a new wallet. I am quite happy about that. On our way back we stopped at Byron Bay where there were no whales about, but we did see some kangaroos in the sunset later on. We arrived at home in Leichhardt at 1.30. Quite the trip, for some pictures go to my Flickr site by clicking here.
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