Made it to the Goldie!

Last night we rolled into the Gold Coast a little earlier than planned in our wicked van and surprised all the boys as we drove up to their house! Let me tell you, getting here was quite an adventure...lets just say I very quickly learned to drive a manual van during our 2 day- 12 hour drive from Sydney up north to the Gold Coast!! I stalled probably 30 times overall.. but he car is still in tact and so are we :) its quite the stunning beauty as well.. our drive was very nice.. we stopped in Newcastle for a late lunch and asked around where we should go for the night.. we were directed to Port Maquaire for the night which was a cute little beach town.... we stayed in a very nice hostel due to a plea from jenna to not sleep in our van..(that is well equipped with sleeping quarters) so mom be proud i gave in to that one! So then we had a nice little chat with the hostel man in the morning and continued to head north... and got distracted by a small sign in the ground pointing to the pub with no beer... so we followed the rickity signs for 30 kms through a maze to the middle of now where.. aka Taylor's Arm... and we were glad that the pub with no beer actually had beer by that point! After that large detour.. we basically just kept driving.. we saw tons of kangaroos and wallabies towards the end of the drive during sunset.. and we refilled the oil and checked allllll the liquids on the car :) yay for us! So we got into the Gold Coast around 6 and surprised Jed and the boys.. and then I had to turn around and back track 30 mins to go get Jaqi from the airport.. i only got a little lost and a little freaked out manuvering the van by myself.. i wasnt tooo late picking her up at 8! We met everyone back at the uni bar on campus for the state of origin game...(basically their rugby super bowl) new south wales lost. queensland won! yay? and now were getting ready for a day trip down to byron bay and nimbin and then jed's parent's house for the night so we can hike mt. warning in the morning and be the first to see the sun rise in australia! cooool beans. k. got to go because the demand for the computer is increasing and jaqi is getting antsy.. typical! alrighty! byEEEEE