Friday morning, Mel and I took a flight from Sydney to the Gold Coast, and landed in Coolangetta, which is where our hostel was located. Apparently our hostel was 500metres from the airport, so we were told that there was no need to taxi or bus there. We set out through the airport gates on foot, walking in what we thought was the right direction. With both of our oversized packs on, plus our hand luggage, we were quite the sight to be seen, not to mention that we had to run across the highway in all of our gear.....two times. In the end, we admitted that we were lost (we were going in the wrong direction actually) and when we took a bus and asked the driver, we were finally brought to our hostel...which was quite the disappointment. The hostel was nothing like the one in Sydney, it was quite a dump. Good thing we weren't planning to stay there long!
Friday evening we set out onto the main strip in Coolengatta, and visited many real estate agents in hopes of finding a rental that suited our requirements (short term). We were met with many negative responses, and decided that this was not the place to settle down. One agent told us to look for a place in Broad Beach (about 45 mins away) and that this location may have more options for us.
Saturday morning we were on the bus to Broad Beach. Once there, we once again visited more agents. We stumbled into one place called St. George Realty, where we were greated by a man who took an interest in us, and asked to "hear our story....". We told him that we were having difficulty finding a place and he proceded to make a few calls. He sent us down to meet 'Angela, who works for Frank' who could help us....we went but unfortunately that was a let down.
On our adventures however, we met a woman named Julie. I randomly started telling our life story to Julie and explained how we were looking for a place to live, and ironically she mentioned that she was looking to rent out a room in her house! We waited for her to finish work, then drove back to her house with her for a viewing. The house was PERFECT! And she seemed like a very nice woman.
We went home that night on the bus and early sunday morning, we packed up our bags and took a bus to our new hometown, South Port. We spent the day unpacking and doing laundry....and we went grocery shopping. That was quite the adventure, because we needed to buy alot of food (the fridge was empty) but we had no car. THe grocery store was about a 20min walk from home, so once we had all of our groceries, we had to steal the cart to transport all of our food. It worked out quite well,....we got some wierd looks, but nobody said anything about our Wilworths cart in the driveway. For dinner, we cooked gourmet: fresh green beans, chicken breast schnitzel and white wine. It was perfection!
Tonight will be a wonderful night of sleep. So long to sleeping in a room with six people, now it's homey and perfect! I'm absolutely thrilled that we finally have a home :)
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