Bit of a sleep in/reading on the couch until we headed out for lunch. Got in the car and just drove. Eventually I tried to navigate us to Tweed heads marina area thinking there might be nice food there but didn’t find much at all. Instead stopped at Coolongatta and after buying sunscreen (I’d left ours in the hotel – oops!) we walked up and down trying to pick a restaurant until we eventually decided on Grilled. I got the Mighty Queenslander (only to discover when I got back it was exactly the same as the Mighty Melbourne). But was still a nice burger. It was next to an outback jack’s restaurant – complete with a crocodile on the roof with a pair of legs hanging out of his mouth. I thought it might have been funny to eat there but Jase didn’t think so.
Here’s the view of Surfers Paradise from the beach at Coolongatta.
After that we drove back to Surfers, headed back to the room and then I wandered through the surfy shops looking for a suitable top to wear in the sun (got a little burnt at sea world). Having shopped for too long had to race back to the room and head up to Brisbane to meet with our gaming friends. After taking the wrong exit (who knew there were 2 logan road exits?!! plus the gps had dropped out from jase’s phone). We had a few phone calls to locate Dicey Reileys. I thought they were joking about the name.. but nope! I had the guiness pie.. which was really a couple of bits of pastry with a small amount of meat in between. Still nice – but was expecting a nice big pie dish with pastry on the top. Jase got the lamb shanks but it seemed to be drowning in liquid. It was good for me as I could dip my chips in there as my pie was a bit dry. There were some interesting characters having a costume party there.. so as the night wore on there were quite a few females in skimpy outfits sitting drunk on the toilet floor. Classy!! We also saw the Cat in the Hat guy leaving in just a pair of undies… My first drive in the rental car – and navigating the car park when I got back. 2 trips round 3 levels looking for Hs for the hotel spot before I gave up and had to go ask the reception guy where I could park. Apparently the spots 700 and above weren’t allocated to anyone. Pity they couldn’t have told me that when I checked in!