The next day wasn't spent with a lot of driving, more a short journey
to the Gold Coast I had heard so much about. From beaches to city
life I had heard a lot of good things about it. But I'm getting ahead
of myself. The worry that I would be found and “shot on site”
didn't happen and I woke up to a lot of birds doing a racket. Once I
leave Australia it'll be something I miss, I guess. For the moment I
just lay in my swag with no rain dropping down, cursing a few bird
names I knew about (which probably aren't even the ones doing the
racket).
Once my mind had woken
up fully and my stomach also got up, I left the warmth of the swag to
make myself some breakfast. Quick and simple porridge, as I am on a
diet (sort of) at the moment. That will most likely get in a bit of
disarray once I get to a city full of good looking restaurants and
lots of beer.
After finishing up I
packed up my swag and nicked out of the property once no one was in
site. Hitting the road again, I passed along winding road through the
semi-jungle scenery of southern Queensland with the mountains of
Lamington National Park to the left and some more hills to the right.
I stopped in front of a very country looking school (wood & old
looking) and gave my 2nd cousin Simon a call. Simon wasn't
available at home, so I have his wife Julie a call. Had a bit of a
chat and a promise to met up somewhere soon, as the whole family was
heading of to Hawaii for Grandmas sisters golden wedding anniversary.
Yea, family getting more and more complicated the further it branches
out.
I passed a big dam lake
once I carried on driving. From all that I have heard a lot of the
East Coast has gotten a lot of rain for it's time of year, with dams
flooding and the prior mentioned lake being chokers full. A lot of
dead trees sticking out of the water, meaning it would most likely be
a very interesting scuba dive to go down to. Then again it is a dam
lake, so not this time. After passing the lake I got to more
urbanised country, with houses popping up everywhere and the skyline
of the Gold Coast appearing in the distance. Soon the quiet country
roads turned in to three paved highways with all sorts of cars on
them, not only four wheel drive vehicles. Getting to the centre of
the Gold Coast wasn't to much stress and at the end of the day I
booked in to a Hostel before going down to the beach for a walk.
Looking at the beach I knew I had to go for a swim at some point.
Sandy beach as far as you can see, with the ocean on one side and a
bustling, modern city on the other. After enjoying the scenery and
walk back to the hostel for some sleep.
Simon gave me a call,
too and we agreed to meet up on Friday night, a day before their
flight to Hawaii.
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