Gold Coast

Sick as a dawg all weekend (Sorry Spencer and Amanda for ruining initial plans)...thought i'd tough it out come Monday and braved work plus an extra half an hour...but i got punished for it didn't i?

All hell broke loose that evening when i started burning up, eyes were straining, muscular aches all over plus sensitive nerves, ouch! So i've contained myself today....at home.

This nasty cold and flu like sickness just won't go away...and it probably stemed from last weekend's trip away.

We were trying to pack all activities and then a conference into a frame of 3 days. We did and it became an unrelaxing trip - plus having to start work Monday morning. The suitcase didn't get unpacked till 7 days later! I didn't even wanna think about laundry...eek!

Having touched down in Coolangatta Airport (parallel to the coastline) ~40 mins from Surfer's Paradise, we headed straight to the Royal Woods Villa, checked in and unloaded.

Then made our way to Warner Brother's Movie World.

Reached there at about 11.30am, so we really only spent half a day there. However we did mangaed to get on alllll the rides, and then some. First up, The Lethal Weapon Ride (our big mistake to have made this the first ride...big mistake indeed). Our feet were just dangling in the air!

Hanging outside the Scooby-Doo Ride...i think the pictures speak for themselves...

We then trekked up to the Wild Wild West part of the park

YesSs, we were soaked...

Ok, the Superman ride we left till last. We'd gwak at it every time we stood infront of it...contemplating, working up the courage to ride that thing!

Imagine 0-100km/hr in a space of 2 seconds! (from A to B). It was something like 2G force, for all you rocket scientist out there.

Boy, was it thrilling...i woulda hopped back on it again, if i had the time.

We also got on the Batman Space Shot, and that was even more impressive - 4.5G force, vertically. Though it didn't last as long as the Superman ride. That night we roamed the streets, found food for dinner, and strolled into a night market by the beach.

- Sand sculpture : a fire-breathing dragon -

- some sculpted statue by the beach -

- Throne in the middle of the street -

- Surfboard in the middle of the street -

- Lifesaver's Surfboard -

It got too cold on the last day to do any water activities...