Surfers Paradise

Can you say party town? We took the train into Surfers Paradise from Brisbane yesterday morning to go to our hotel to meet our tour group that we will be with for the next 12 days. We got to the hotel and found out that because of the Indy Racing going on, we would not be staying at the hotel. So, we waited around for several hours until we had to meet with our group. It took us some time to find them because all of the major roads were closed down, but we did! I think everyone that we saw on the street (which was thousands) were all drunk which made it akward for us at times. We had our big packs on so we stuck out quite good.

We met our group and they are great! We are on a bus with 22 other young adults, 11 which are from Canada. We have BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontarion, and Newfoundland represented. Pretty good! There is one guy who lives in Surrey too! Small world for sure. In total, we represent 5 different continents which is pretty awesome too. We are diverse, but all get along well. The whole group besides us are at the comedy theatre right now.. not really our thing as there is a lot of crued humour, so we decided to stay back and do some laundry and just chill out.

Today we spent the day at the beach. The weather was hot and beautiful. As a result, thanks do my dutch genes, I burnt real bad. It kind of stings a little but I'll survive. A great day none the less.

Tomorrow we are heading to Brisbane, Noosa, and then Fraser Island where we will be for two nights. Tomorrow we are taking a 4x4 around the sand island to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, or so they tell us. I'm pretty excited about this!

I have tried on every computer that I have gone to, to upload some pictures, but none of them seem to work.. sorry!

Hope and pray all is well at home, wherever your home may be.

Cheers!