The Gold Coast!

Today, Anne and Ray picked Marcus (a peace scholar) and me up, and took us down to the Gold Coast. It was about an hour drive south, and the sky was a little gray, but not too bad.

We first stopped at Salt Village, an upscale resort with a nice beach.






And since it was Easter, there were some people building sand sculptures:


We stayed there, and then traveled northward a bit. We stopped for morning tea and a muffin while it rained, and then went to the next beach along the coast.



The weather had cleared up, and now the beach looked like this:






I learned that the tides drag a lot of sand from the beach, so there are places along the coast where there are pumps that actually pump the sand back into place, which I think is a really good idea. You can kinda see it in the distance in this picture:


We went to the Point Danger Lookout, for some nice views, and eventually stopped at the beach at Burleigh Heads.





We continued along our way up to Broadbeach, where Marcus went for a swim, and I tried out the water. It was cold!!!! I couldn't believe how cold it was! The weather was maybe 80 degrees, so I was expecting the water to be very similar to how it is back in Miami. Not a chance! So I didn't go in very far, but I enjoyed the beach anyways!

We had lunch in a beachside cafe with a nice view:




Eventually, we continued north, up through Surfer's Paradise, and then to Main Beach.


It was a gorgeous day, and I think we all had a great time, and so were pretty tired by then end.



I am definitely going to have to get back to the Gold Coast and do some surfing =)