Australia: Gold Coast to Townsville
Jan 12 Gold Coast Flew to Brisbane, got on a train and then a bus to Surfers Paradise in Gold Coast to meet Sarah, a Canadian CISV friend. I arrived to the hostel at 9, ate some food and went to bed. Travel day, for sure. The Melbourne airport is funny Jan 13 Gold Coast We made breakfast and lunch at the hostel, checked out, and walked over to Aquasplash. We were hoping to get in for the noon play session but had to wait an hour. It's a giant inflatable playground in the water. We laughed SO much over the two hours and it was an awesome workout. Such a great afternoon. Oh, and I bought a children's fish swim cap to protect my colourful hair (saltwater pulls the colour out really fast). HA! It was a perfect way to spend the day. We got ourselves Go cards and got ready to move along to Brisbane. The state of Queensland has ONE transit system; it's AMAZING. We could use this one card to get around wherever there was public transit. Otherwise, Gr