6. The sun was out in full force. I could feel the sun in Australia was a lot more powerful than elsewhere.












8. You can't have a Gold Coast thread without the beach and ocean.















11. From photos I've seen before, it looked like Gold Coast was wall-to-wall skyscrapers along the water. That didn't seem true when I started walking along the beach.





























































24. I quite like the new buildings that have popped up of late. Some of the designs are not so original, but still look nice under the blue skies.







25. Now these two I thought were original and looked good.




























31. Q1 was actually the reason why I wanted to go to Gold Coast, and in the next part, I'll present a lot of photos from the observation deck - the highlight of my day tour.