Australia - Northward

After waking up to people staring at him sleeping on top of a van outside of their houses, Kyle takes the wheel and we drive northward to find some more surf. The weather is incredible on Australia’s gold coast, despite it being well into fall here. And the beaches are filled with some of the most beautiful women you’ve ever seen - apparently this is a big destination for Scandinavians - I am thrilled.

We head to a number of beaches, I attempt to hone my surfing skills a bit more, but settle for reading after getting bashed around a bunch. I’m much better at reading than surfing.

As day turns to night, we head to the store to get some beer and pasta for the evening. Jake and I are nearly brought to tears when we discover alcohol is illegal to sell on Good Friday. Blasphemy, I say, but the store owners will not budge. We settle for some pasta and butter, and enjoy a wonderful sunset meal cooked on one of the awesome government gas grills.

(We kept our cooking oil in a Red Label bottle - classy, I know)

Our plan is to head North to Brisbane, but we realize it’s too late to make it all the way up there, so we decide to drive as much as we can and find a field to sleep in. Along the way, we stop by this place called Surfer’s Paradise. I’ve never heard of it, but it sounds promising. The name seems like it’s some small and junky little surf spot in the middle of the gold coast, but we are welcomed by Skyscrapers and big city lights. Unusual, but we’re curious, so we may check it out tomorrow.