Our third day on the Gold Coast was much like our first day, in that we checked out a few more nature parks and mountain views. Although I didn't think it was possible, the drive was even more nail biting than the first day! Our destination was Springbrook National Park, which was supposedly more rustic and less touristy than the neighbouring Lamington National Park. There are so many little parks in the area that I would love to go back and explore even more. Also on the map you can see where Tamborine National Park is, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
We found 4 or 5 lookouts and short walks which provided all of these amazing views.
Once we got off the mountain we ended up driving through some really beautiful lowlands and fields, which was a completely different experience from everything else we had done that day.
On our last day, after we checked out of the hotel, we still had a few hours to explore before our flight that afternoon. We decided to do another picnic lunch, but this time at Surfers Paradise. The weather wasn't as good, which made for some massive waves and great pictures.
One of the hotels in Surfers Paradise (the Q1) is the second tallest building in the southern hemisphere (tallest is in Melbourne I believe) and they have an observation deck about 75 stories high. Since we were kind of just wandering around we decided to check it out, but they wanted $21/person to go up!!! We figured since our hotel room was already 25 stories high we had seen enough heights for one trip and opted out. Oh well!
So as you can see, we had a great time. We managed to do everything we wanted to do, but I'm sure there is still plenty more to see. Stay tuned for a post about all of the cool birds we saw!
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