Today Julie, Mel and I went inland to Mt. Tamborine. It was about a 40 minute drive away, but the scenery looked so different. The drive was incredibly hilly and winding (a little bit nauseating) but it was good to see some sights from inland. We spent most of our time driving throughout the mountain and stopping at different lookout points.
We went to the main strip in the mountain and there were all sorts of different cafes and shops. It reminded me of a mix between Stratford and St. Jacobs back home. We had a lovely coffee break and then went and did some touristy shopping etc. Mel and I came across a little German shop that was full of Cookoo clocks and different german products....many of which we recognized from home.
The weather changed dramatically fast while we were up there. In the course of 20mins it went from sunny, to cloudy, to pouring rain, back to sunny again. The locals all say that this is normal... i thought it was a bit crazy.
We're planning on going back to the mountain in a couple weeks when we can spend a whole day there. There's a beautiful walk that goes to a waterfall that we want to do. Also there's some caves that boast about the glow worms (i'll get back to you on that one, because i don't really know what all the fuss is about...worms???). And there's a bunch of different wineries that offer tours, which might be interesting to do.
Apart from that, life has been pretty typical lately. There's a pool where I'm living which I make good use of, and also some tennis courts. Surfers paradise is about an hour walk away, but Mel and I go down there every couple days. We just make sure that we're not walking there in the heat of the day because it gets unbearably hot here!!! (quite the opposite of how I hear it is back home!)
We've been spending some time looking into some NZ tours the last few days. I'm hoping that we can decide on one...there's so many options and they all look great!
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