Gold Coast

Early Saturday morning we had quiet a few sky divers dropping in just across from the caravan park at Scarborough. We spent some time by the foreshore watching them land and listening to their excited chatter about their first experience at sky diving.

We went in to visit Sue and Tony Saturday afternoon and then went out for a lovely Thai meal with them that night. We ended up staying the night and spending Father's Day with them, and after a BBQ lunch we returned late afternoon to pack up the van in preparation to leave the next day. We were heading down to Southport where we will stay until Friday, then we will have our skates on to get to Melbourne by the 14th September. as I have an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon to get a second opinion on my ankle.

Since being here on the Gold Coast we have spent the last couple of days visiting our friends Alison and David and enjoying our last few days of warm weather before we head down to the colder states, just hope all that rain has cleared. We were totally p...ed off this morning to find that some of our washing had been stolen off the line here at the caravan park, it was my stupid fault as we did not get back to the park until late and I thought it should be ok, but I was wrong ! The park has a great location right on the beach at Southport but leaves it open for intruders from outside of the park to be able to access it from the foreshore.

The Cheesecake Critic has now been sampling the wares here on the Gold Coast, after a visit today to a little French Patisserie that Alison had read about in a magazine. It was very yummy !!! Then it was back to their apartment at Emerald Lakes for a wine or two before another enjoyable meal. I hope we don't get charged for excess weight on the return trip home !