Gold Coast, November 2007

A brief excursion to the Gold Coast. A famous beach area. This is Surfer's Paradise - that's actually the name of the city.

The place consists mostly of high-rises that line up along the beach. Somehow artificial. Dust forms a haze along the beach.

Sea World.

Not quite as impressive as the California version. A bit more like Disney World.

View from Sea World towards Surfer's Paradise. High rises and yachts.

But the dolphins impress.

Australia Zoo - lots of Crocs.

The famous Crocoseum show was not particularly impressive.

Cuddly Pandas who sleep 18 hours a day.

This does not look comfortable...

Australia Zoo is expanding dramatically. The Irwin's bought 80 acres of adjacent land over the years. The plan is to add free roaming wildlife areas and a resort.

Kangaroo petting. Of course, we have done that in the wild...