The Gold Coast

Having left the (non) Sunshine Coast, we’re just at the tail end of the Gold Coast, home to high rise hotels and the most majestic beaches. To visit, we’d be passing back into Queensland and therefore back one hour 🤷‍♀️

En route we passed a monument to the state lines. So of course I had to stand across the borders so my left leg was in Queensland (an hour behind) and my right in New South Wales.

Part of the coastline is called Surfers Paradise, but the ocean conditions were too challenging even for surfers - we didn’t see any!

There is nothing to break the Pacific surf, by the time it hits these beaches, it would have last rippled off the coasts of Chile/Easter Island, so no wonder surfers love the power of these waves.

Col had a dip (I paddled), and I just loved watching and listening to the surf breaking, the power, sound, rhythms, beauty - very meditative.Read more