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| All my bags leaving Sydney |
Whoa… What a crazy week it has been. Arrived in Surfers Paradise on Jan 3 after a hellish 14 hr train ride. But I must say, it was so worth it. The sand is pearly white and the water was a balmy 25C. Beautiful. I spent majority of the week playing in the waves and laying by the pool. Oh yeah, the hostel is only 25 m away from the ocean and it has a pool. Apparently rated the #1 hostel for Australia in December. This place truly is paradise.
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| Surfers Paradise |
Yesterday I went on a daytrip to Nimben on the border of New South Wales. Our tour guide got lost so many times on the windy, curvy roads. But after 3 hrs we finally pulled in to this tiny hippy town. The first thing you see pulling in to Nimben is many deadlocked hippies and brightly colored murals. The food was delicious and so cheap compared to the coast. I loved it there. After Nimben we continued further east to a secret local spot. We walked into the bush and came across a 20 ft waterfall with a huge swimming area underneath. The water was cold, clean and very refreshing on a +32 day. There was even a spot where you can jump off the waterfall into the pool beneath. It was so hot outside so I figured I HAD to jump off. A friend on the tour took a video and I’ll be getting it from him very soon to share with all you folks. After many hours at the waterfall the van loaded up and continued on our way back to Surfers. We even stumbled across a hippy eco-fair in the middle of nowhere. We stopped to take a look. There was drum circle and vans parked everywhere. It was funny to find this many people that deep into the bushes but when in Nimben, I was told it wasn’t that much of a rarity. We finally got home at about 10pm and I was exhausted from traveling around all day. But it was so worth it and if your ever in Australia make sure you stop by Nimben to checkout for yourself. But its my last day in Surfers and the beach is calling….
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