Time for a shave, it's been 10 days and getting too long! Some of my mates had been wanted me to grow it all trip, I guess I'm just not a beard person.
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| Just got up, how did this beard get on my face? |
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| Clean shaven at the beach |
I spent part of my morning enjoying the view of Kirra Beach from a local cafe.
I then travelled down the coast toward the NSW / QLD state border. It's here at the border that the Captain Cook Memorial and Lighthouse has been built. The monument has been built 50/50 over the border line. In the centre is a map showing the path of the Endeavour took. The map is also significant because it has been made from Endeavour's iron ballast which was thrown overboard when she ran aground on a reef in June 1770. See the national archive for more details of the recovery. The view over the ocean from the monument was also terrific!
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| Captain Cook Monument and Lighthouse |
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| Showing the state borders and cast iron map |
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| View from the monument |
In the afternoon I caught up with Megan and Ric (friends from Ringwood VIC), their 2 year old son Stephen and Ric's parents. It was so fantastic to see some friends all this distance from home! I should have taken a group photo. Never mind, the memories are enough. We sat on the beach and talked while Stephen was entertained by the abundance of sand!
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| Stephen running from Ric |
For a change I went out for dinner, eating at the Tweed Heads Bowls Club. I had roast pork, something which I can't cook for one in a camp kitchen! The Bowls Club is appropriately nicknamed the blue room.
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| Tweed Heads Bowls Club at night |
Day 12 - Friday August 1st - Dreamworld
It was time for a theme park and what an excellent day for it, the sun was shining. I went on most of the big rides. The Giant Drop was one of my favourites. It takes you 120 meters up where the view over the park is fantastic, waits for a random amount of time, then drops. I enjoyed it because of the feeling of weightlessness. I lifted out of my seat was was being held in by the harness. I also liked The Claw because it felt like being a kid again on a swing, only much larger.
I also went on BuzzSaw, Tower of Terror 2, Shockwave, Pandamonium, Cyclone & Rocky Hollow Log Ride. Overall I found the rides easy and enjoyable, I was laughing rather than screaming like some of the people next to me!
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| This is me in the Wiggles world at Dreamworld |
For the night I settled into a hotel in Surfers Paradise. I browsed the night markets down by the beach and had dinner at Hurricane's. After dinner I went into a bar and danced to a set by a cover band.
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| View from my hotel room - 33 floors up. Q1 is the tall building to the right, Soul is the tall building to the left |
Day 13 - Saturday August 2nd
Being another lovely warm day I headed down to the beach for a swim. The water was cold, but I did it anyway. I also swam in the hotel pool which was heated.
For lunch I caught up with my friends Courtney and Corey as well as one of Corey's friends. We went to Zanzibar in Kingscliff where the barramundi fish burgers were excellent! After lunch we spent more time catching up at Corey's parent's place.
Getting short of daylight, I headed back to Coolangatta. I cooked dinner and watched a movie before going to bed.
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