Two weeks before we left the great country of Australia, we took another mini vacation to the Gold Coast. The weather was finally starting to warm up, and we thought it would be nice to end our time in this country with some sun and relaxation. Where exactly is the Gold Coast, you ask?
Adelaide is on the jagged part of South Australia (on the map above), and it was around a 2 hour flight from Adelaide to the Gold Coast. Weirdly, the Gold Coast doesn't change their clocks for Daylight Savings time, so even though they were east of us, their clocks were behind those in Adelaide. Very weird. As an aside, I NEVER ONCE heard an Australian complain about Daylight Savings Time. Americans, please take note of this :)
Now. Our hotel room. Let me put in a plug for our Marriott credit card: we were pleasantly surprised at check in to have our 5 nights on the Gold Coast upgraded to an Executive Suite!!
Our living room:
Bedroom:
And maybe the best part: the bathroom!
Yes, that's a whirlpool tub with city views! We felt very important staying in such a fancy room.
We were on the 23rd floor, and our ears popped whenever we took the elevator to our floor. Here is the view from our deck. Mmm. . . I miss that view. . .
And our view straight down, of the hotel pool and salt water lagoon (with real fish in it). I will admit, I always felt a little dizzy out on the deck so that made me a little nervous to be out there. The large body of water at the top of the pic is a little inlet from the ocean and not part of the hotel.
A pools eye view of the hotel:
The Ibis. We occasionally saw these birds in Adelaide, but they were everywhere on the Gold Coast. Ked and Eli wondered if the plural of ibis is ibii? Yes? No?
We were very grateful for such a nice room and hotel. We didn't overschedule this trip, and ended up spending a lot of time in our room just relaxing. What a blessing it was for us!
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