Bye Bye Gold Coast

It's Friday night and our last night on the Gold Coast.  My sister came up to join us for the day today.  We were a bit sweaty on her arrival, on account of having just had a game of squash. I've not played for 20 years, so I was extremely rusty and OH is a much better player anyway and just thrashed me in every game we played.  It was fun though.

We all just hung out in our apartment, at the beach and around the pool today. Some very colourful birds decided to hang out with us at one point. It's always feels such a priviledge when something like this happens. I tried to get a picture of them, but because the light wasn't too good it didn't come out very well. I think they must have been some type of parrot or parakeet. Very pretty, but left bird droppings everywhere - not quite so pretty.

We all went to a local café for lunch today and then walked up to another resort this evening for a drink and to visit a local market.  We came back via a tram, which was quite novel, if a little expensive.  It would have been cheaper to book an Uber for the four of us, but not the same kind of experience. My sister has now gone home and we are spending our last night here in our apartment just chilling and watching TV.

We're feeling ready to leave now, as there has been an big influx of visitors to the resort today, including lots of young children, so it won't be quite so quiet and blissful around here this weekend.  We leave at 10am tomorrow, which is perfect timing really, not that I have anything against children, LB was one once, but now she's 16, she's virtually an adult and holidays are very different. Everywhere we went tonight was busy actually, as lots of people seemed to have flocked into the area for the weekend. It gave us more of an idea what it must be like here during peak periods.

Tomorrow, after packing up, we're going to head off to explore the coast south of the Gold Coast, possibly stopping at Byron Bay if it's not too far, before returning to Brisbane and my sister's house later in the day.

We've really enjoyed our stay here and would definitely recommend it.  We would definitely come back, as it's a great place to spend some time relaxing, watching the surfers and generally just enjoying Australian beach life. The weather has been quite warm, but not scorching hot, so for once I haven't actually burnt after being out in the sun. That is progress for me. Let's hope it continues.