Gold Coast

Got a new camera, but not enough time to upload photos. We have been hanging around the Gold Coast for the last few days and plan on heading further north tomorrow! We hit a nice campground and did a few cool hikes to waterfalls and such. We really have only been in VIEW of the coast until tonight, but to be honest it's not that spectacular. Just a city spanning the coast for a while. I expected a cool surfing spot (since part of it is called Surfer's Paradise) and just a lot of laid back guys in campervans surfing on a giant beach. It is pretty much the opposite. A giant city spreading north/south on the coast. I got some really cool views of some parrots, cookaberras, and we saw some mini-possums the other night. Funny critters. After Byron we also did a day hike up Mt. Warning. Check that online-- very cool. Unfortunately we did it on a day that was totally cloudy, so when we got to the top we saw white. White instead of a 360 panoramic that would have probably been the best view I've had in the last six months. And I will have been here 1/2 year in 4 days I believe. Where's the time gone?