We took the Greyhound Bus from Brisbane for around 2 hours to the concrete surfing metropolis that is Surfers Paradise. We had heard mixed reports that it had a fantastic beach, but also that the place was full of huge skyscrapers...and this turned out to be pretty much spot on. Luckily we had fantastic sunshine for the 2 days we stayed there at 'Surf n' Sun' Hostel. There really wasn't much to do here other than sit on the beach or go surfing or bodyboarding, so thats exactly what we did! I (Andrew) had my first taste of the surf and hired a bodyboard from the hostel and had a wail of a time catching the massive (6-8ft waves).
Our hostel wasn't upto much really so we headed into town for some cheap eats, which seem pretty easy to come by all over Australia. You can get a pretty good steak here for about $15 - around 7.50 pounds. The trouble is trying to eat healthy - a lot of the cheap stuff comes loaded with chips!
Surfer's really has no character what so ever, but does exactly what it says on the tin by providing some of the best waves in Australia. It was easy to see why many people call this the 'Benidorm of Australia'- hotel after hotel with no natual features (other than a long golden beach) to speak of. After a couple of nights at Surfer's we craved something more stimulating and headed down to Byron Bay!
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