As already alluded to in previous posts, we were once again down in SEQ at the start of Nov. The main reason was so we could attend Scott and Maureen's wedding on the Gold Coast. Jess used to work with Maureen in Bris, and she was really looking forward to catching up with her, as well as some other old workmates.
It was a beautiful day, with the bad weather holding off throughout the ceremony, and only starting to rain once everyone was ensconced inside the reception. The ceremony was held at the chapel at The Southport School, a very exclusive private school, with the reception being hosted at L'esprit, a beautiful restaurant/function centre right on the inlet at Southport, looking back over towards Surfer's.
Aplogoies, of course, for the terrible photos. One of these days we'll get around to buying a camera that actually works. We want one before we go OS, so hopefully I won't have to wait too long!
We stayed the night at Mantra Legends, which is right in the heart of Surfer's Paradise, only a couple of streets down from the Cavil Ave mall. As all good hotels should, this one had a Bullet parked in it's lobby. What's a Bullet? Well, it's one of these:
Bullet cars are based on the Gold Coast. They take a Mazda MX5, and cut it off at the firewall. An entirely new front subframe holds, in this car's case, a blown 350 chev v8, complete with all the goodies like coil-over suspension and the obvious front-tilting bonnet. The rest of the car is left reasonably alone, apart from some custom leather interior bits, new badges and a new VIN plate (as the car is now considered as being manufactured by Bullet cars, and not simply a modified MX5).
We were lucky enough to score an ocean-view room on the 16th floor. Despite some problems with the check-in staff, we ended up getting access to the room early enough to get ready for the wedding. These are the views that greeted us.
All in all, a very enjoyable weekend was had by all. The wedding and reception were lovely, and we had a good time all weekend. Unfortunately after waking up Sunday morning and wandering down to the beach for breakfast, the time had come to pack the car and head back towards bris, and our waiting plane back home.
On the way back we dropped into Scotty's place (after a slight detour after Matt got thoroughly confused after taking the wrong exit from the M1), and went from there to see Stevie and Ros briefly before we had to drop the car back. Jamie came out to the airport to see us off, which was much appreciated, especially when our flight was delayed and we had to sit around for another hour.
And so ends another trip to Bris - most likely it will be our last one for the year. The next time we get on a plane will be to head towards Japan and the the 'States!
Thanks to everyone that we dropped in on at late notice - it was great to be able to catch up with everyone again!
