Day 14 – Gold Coast
On August 19th we traveled our last 200km to Gold Coast – this time a massive touristy place for internationals just 100km north of Brisbane. Multiple skyscrapers with holiday apartments, shops, restaurants, etc. Very touristy, but at least with waves J
We rented surf boards and wet suits and went to catch some waves. Andriy actually managed once, while I was very far from even attempting… Don’t know for which reason, but it was so much easier to catch the wave and stand up in Ireland… Anyway, my farmer’s tan got even worse after wetsuit and I was happy to get smashed by couple of waves J
After the surf we went for electronic games. A bit of air hockey, basketball, vampire shooting, motorcycles and of course couple of songs with Guitar Hero J But the best time at Gold Coast was visiting Roberto – Andriy’s teacher and coach from New Zealand, Aaron’s father…
In his nicely decorated house, which is average size by Gold Coast standards, but quite big from what I saw in Ireland, Roberto was sharing that new life starts, when kids leave the house and now they have all this time with his wife to explore and enjoy.
Very wise man. I enjoyed his thoughts on opportunities in Australia, on economy, and mostly on relationships… Especially, how parents see relationships of their sons, and how they analyze girlfriends. The story continued in Aaron’s house, where we could see the other side… Very good learning…
posted by Игорь Проценко @ 8:42 AM
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I'm glad you enjoyed the Gold Coast and the surfing!
Just one thing... Gold Coast is about 70kms SOUTH of Brisbane - Sunshine Coast (which is quite different) is about 100kms North of Brisbane.
Your photo and description means you were definitely in the Gold Coast.
I'd love to hear some of the philosophy of how to analyse girlfriends! That would be really useful as a parent!
Glad you had fun, perhaps you will visit again and see more of the Gold Coast.
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