The first week here in Australia has been action packed and exciting. We spent the first 2 days in Brisbane and left on the third for the Gold Coast. We spent three nights in Surfer's Paradise and it was amazing. It was a last minute decision to go there but it was definately worth it! We spent the first night there wandering around a bit. The next day was our first real beach day and it was incredible. The beach was gorgeous and the waves were awesome to swim in! Me and Julie spent at least an hour just playing in the water:) Then later that night we went shopping for our Australian bikinis and I say "ours" because I talked her into getting one too! Needless to say they are awesome!
The next day, which was a Thursday we went hiking out the Springbrook National Park and went to the Natural Bridge as well as Purling Falls. I don't think words can describe how awesome it was! The Natural Bridge was pretty cool, but my favorite part was hiking to Purling Falls. There wasn't much water but it was still awesome. You could go and walk behind the falls and it was all rainforest with vines, cool birds and amazing trees. We even saw a Goanna up close and personal! The scenery was spectacular and I think it will definately be a hightlight of my trip. 
The next day we drove to Maroochydore after spending some time at the Australia zoo. It was pretty cool and I got to pet a Koala and a Kangeroo! Maroochydore was good, but we got a bit lost and we just crashed by the time we got there so we didn't get to explore the beach at all. Then next day we made the 14 hour trip to Airlie beach which is where I am now. The drive made for some awesome scenery which I really enjoyed, unfortunately I also saw a lot of road kill. We saw over 50 dead Kangeroos on the side of the road in varying states of decompostion which was pretty gross! Apparently they don't clear road kill like we usually do in Canada. Anyways we saw an awesome sunset and a beautiful night sky full of stars. Now we are Airlie Beach and it is very nice here. The hostel we are in is great and the guy working there helped up book our sailing trip which me and Julie are leaving on tomorrow. We are pretty excited for the snorkeling and diving in the reef! So more information on that to follow! Overall the trip has been great so far and I have made some amazing memories!
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