Seeing More of Surfer's

Hello Again!

So what did we do yesterday. Well were pretty tired after Monday night but we'd arranged to meet David outside the hostel at midday (we'd managed to get hold of him Monday evening) so we had to drag ourselves out of bed! When they arrived Linda looked exactly as I imagined - short, blonde with glasses - but David was a lot taller and built than I thought he'd be. They drove us around Surfer's showing us Pacific Fair (yet another humungous shopping mall), the canals - which we learned are shark infested - and eventually Upton Street, where Nanny and Grandad lived when they were here and where my Mum was born. I was a bit disappointed if I'm honest cos it was in three sections; two short residential streets and one long road with retail outlets on it. So I didn't have the first clue where their house would've been, cos all the house numbers have changed too. Oh well. I can't imagine what Mum is gonna think when she comes and how different it's gonna look. Then we went back to their house and had some dinner, and then David took us to Sanctuary Cove, a Haven-style holiday resort with a little shopping village and stuff on the river which is also open to the public. We also went to Sovereign Island, where all the millionaires live. It was amazing - the houses were huge and no two were identical, so they were clearly the results of the owners hiring architects and having their own customised house built.

We had a barbeque tea at David and Linda's, and met their son Jason and his wife and son, Mandy and Brandon. Mandy recommended a wildlife park in Currumbin as we're not really up for all the theme parks and water parks that Surfer's boasts due to our tight budgets. Apparently you can feed kangaroos and stuff at this park so think we may go tomorrow. Then over dinner we had a lot of fun telling her what is gonna happen in Coronation Street and Eastenders as they're about two years behind here (Richard Hillman has just died and Jamie hasn't died yet!). Their son Brandon was so cute, he's only 5 but is in school already - they start at 6 here. We had so much to eat I felt like I was gonna explode! David and Linda are really generous they can't do enough for you. Every 5 mins they're asking if you want something to eat or drink or whether they can get this or that for you. After tea we watched British Telly - What Not to Wear, Rose and Maloney, Bargain Hunt (I can't believe I've come to Australia to watch Bargain Hunt!), then came back for an early night.

Today I think we might go down to the beach - we've been here nearly 3 days and still not even seen it even though it's about a minute down the road! But the weather is still rubbish - it's been cloudy and rainy a bit since we got here. There's another bar crawl on tonight too. Hee hee.

I'll try and post again before we leave Surfer's, but we're staying at David and Linda's tomorrow night and they don't have net access, so the next time I post may be from Brisbane, we'll see. Take care everyone!