The Gold Coast, the Vegas of Australia

The Gold Coast was a let down in two ways. One, there are tons of people there...and two, there just happened to be tons of rain there. However, there were moments when the two magically disappeared at the same moment, prompting a, "Oh, so that's why they call it the Gold Coast" type of response.

We traveled to the charming Port Macquarie, Byron Bay (which was unfortunately subject to a three week thunderstorm), and Surfer's Paradise...which is now known simply as 'Surfers' because it in no way resembles paradise. Along the way, we stopped at various beaches and supermarket parking lots that were all extremely flattering.

(Lauren fixes lunch in the typical fashion)

(Port Marquarie's colorful harbor rocks)