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Coast Lights

Jason Benz — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:06:31 +0000

This night shot was taken from Q1 in Surfers Paradise. It is the tallest building on the Gold Coast and has a 360 degree viewing platform. This angle is towards Southport and The Spit.

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The Spit

Jason Benz — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 12:08:28 +0000

This is The Spit on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It is a sand bar off the coast of Southport and our largest local beach. We biked down there yesterday to look for one of the sets for the new Pirates of the Caribbean film. We heard they had been planting palm trees here for the movie but we found no sign of Johnny Depp.

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Gold Coast

Jason Benz — Sat, 16 May 2015 23:02:35 +0000

This is the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is one of a set of Australian Skylines which I have used long exposures to photograph cities at night over water.

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Australia Day

Jason Benz — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:36:52 +0000

Today Australia celebrated its national day. It is the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet from the UK in 1788. The Gold Coast Council put on an event in Surfers Paradise so we cycled down from Southport. There was sheep shearing, wood chopping and various reptile displays. We saw a demonstration of cooking with local bush tucker and then took our chances with some festival food.

Hydro Jetpack

Jason Benz — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:17:17 +0000

We saw this Hydro Jetpack practicing near the bridge between Southport and Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia. The jetpack is powered by a jet ski via a long hose. This is the stable version of the water sport. Some ingenious lunatic managed to double the danger by attaching a jet ski to a board only in a similar way.

Surfers Paradise

Jason Benz — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:56:20 +0000

This is the beach along Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia. I took this as we walked there last month to see the Lego. The lifeguards put up red and yellow flags to swim between every so often all the way along the Gold Coast.

Lego City

Jason Benz — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 23:59:11 +0000

Today we walked from Southport to Surfers Paradise in Queensland, Australia to see this Lego City. It is a 6mile/10km round trip which is mostly along the Gold Coast beach. We are both looking forward to visiting Brisbane next weekend and hope to visit Stradbroke Island too.