Category: Queensland

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Gold Coast Salmon & Chips Secret

My wife and I like to eat oily fish at least once a week, partly for health reasons. Our fish of choice is Salmon. My wife, who is a very good cook, prefers not to cook fish herself. (I am very poor at cooking and am under severe restrictions as to what I am allowed [...]

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Schoolies (what ‘little darlings’) will soon start in Surfers Paradise.
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Schoolies (what ‘little darlings’) will soon start in Surfers Paradise.

Soon, in November, the Gold Coast will host thousands of ‘Schoolies’ – young people ranging from 17 -18 celebrating the end of school. Schoolies is always a time of controversy. Here is one example; an article from recent news: Schoolie balcony ban bid blasted Some apartment managers are seeking to have Schoolies locked out from [...]

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Sushi & Yum Cha on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Sushi & Yum Cha on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

This is a ‘dining out‘ post aimed at people local to my area of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; and at visitors or tourists in the region. For many years now my wife and I have been enjoying Sushi and Yum Cha at Sushi 4 U in Broadbeach. Map link. We have been attending Sushi [...]

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Parking meters from hell and the end of a tourist icon for Surfers Paradise?
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Parking meters from hell and the end of a tourist icon for Surfers Paradise?

Here on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia we have many delightful, friendly ladies and some of these are what is known locally as Meter Maids. In some parts of the world the term ‘Meter Maid’ is derogatory but here in Australia it is used for skimpily dressed (bikini) ladies who put money into parking meters [...]

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