Bringing the blog up to date again, last Friday afternoon Kelly, Jo and I decided to take the short trip to Port Adelaide for a couple of beers and to listen in to the Laneways Festival that was on from noon onwards. Our first beer was at the Birkenhead, where I took this photo of the view across the water:
Saturday, of course, was Chris' birthday bash at Sweet Amber Brew and that went well, despite the occasional shower. There was more rain on Sunday when we said our farewells to David, Lorene and Matt after brunch at Pilgrim cafe.
Kelly had taken Monday morning off and drove us to the airport for our flight to Brisbane. Sad farewells.
We picked up a hire car on arrival and drove south to Surfer's Paradise on the Gold Coast and checked in to the Marriott resort. Our first full day there was Tuesday and we decided to drive south to Byron Bay, which was Australia's hippy hang-out, but has now been gentrified as the middle classes and tourists moved in.
Our first stop was out at the point where Cape Byron lighthouse is situated. It's a beautiful spot and we walked down from the lighhouse to the beach and rocks, then back up again, which proved to be a bit of a struggle in the heat:
After a refreshing drink, we headed for one of the local microbreweries and had a lovely lunch there, after which we spotted this strange sculpture adjacent to a funky backpackers' hostel:
So that was Tuesday. Got to go now, so more about our Queensland trip later.
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