After arriving on the Gold Coast early (we thought 9am however we found out later that Queensland is on a different time to New South Wales so it was actually 8am) we spent some time initially driving round trying to find anything that looked like a hotel or hostel but nothing could be seen. However after a few detours we struck gold with a whole host of hotels and motels along one long strip (the Gold Coast Highway). We only had to go into two Motels to find somewhere within our price range, and like in Byron Bay, we took the last room available. Despite not being able to see the bottom of the pool (and not because it was deep either), the motel was pretty good and had everything we wanted.
We had a fairly quiet afternoon, or certainly Chris did anyway. After quite a bit of swimming in the sea over the past few days, Chris seems to have developed a blocked ear (potential ear infection?) and so spent half the afternoon shaking his head and yawning whilst I spent it repeating myself and talking very loudly. We did manage to have a bit of a drive around the area, with myself driving for a change so that I could talk into Chris’s good ear. The Gold Coast is made up of a number of different towns (or area’s) and first impressions is that it’s very nice. We didn’t get as far as the ridiculously named ‘Surfers Paradise’ whose high rise buildings were looming ominously in the distance, but apparently it’s best to avoid it anyway. We may have to go at some point though just to see how tacky and trashy it actually is ;).
In the evening we met our new Kiwi Run friend, Ollie, who is also staying on the Gold Coast for a few weeks. It had cooled down a little by now so we went for a run and then had a bit of a look at the beach before going back for an early night. We have decided to keep our watches on NSW time as I tend to do most of my hard sessions in the mornings, Hence we will be getting up at 4.30am actual time tomorrow for the session….all in the name of athletics!
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