Wandering around Surfers Paradise by tiabunna
Strange that VT expects whatever I add here is a "Favourite Thing"! Surfers is a great place for people-watching as I have mentioned, but it?s also interesting just to look at the high-rise developments which have taken over. Most of these are apartment blocks, either for rental by tourists or for permanent accommodation. There are hotels to backpacker hostels, catering for all levels of financial status. I do have to wonder though, at the need for all these high-rise buildings, which I find totally incompatible with my idea of what beaches are about. Most of all, apart from the need to say ?ours is the biggest? whatever justification is there for buildings such as the Q1 tower, Australia?s highest building at 77 floors and (as it is claimed) the highest residential tower in the world?
During your walk around Surfers, you also will no doubt see the sign just above the entry to the famous beach. It may not quite rank in terms of global recognition or scale with the big sign saying ?Hollywood? on the hills, but it is well known in this part of the world. That?s it in the top photo for this tip.