Last week monday was a public holiday in NSW, so we decided with some friends to fly to Brisbane and visit the surroundings. After a quick stop in Surfer’s Paradise (shapeless and useless), we headed for Byron Bay, a nice little town, which is the most easterly point in mainland Australia, and well known as the surfer’s Mecca.
So as pilgrims we surfed, and the surf was good.

On the way back to Brisbane, we stopped at Dreamworld, one of the many fun parks on the gold coast.
Fast fearsome rollercoasters. Screams. I-did-it feeling. Awesome.
I especially loved the tower of terror, a straight horizontal to vertical ride at 150kph.

Then Brisbane. Nothing special to do here, it doesn’t have the appeal of Melbourne or Sydney. At least i can now tick it on my visited cities map !