As there was no golf today,  Pete and I decided to go sight seeing. We hired a car.....first stop, Surfers Paradise beach....

The old and the new in Surfers Paradise.

Mermaid Beach...no high rise buildings, a little more like the Gold Coast I remember.

Miami Beach....

Burleigh Heads...

We did a walk through Burleigh Heads National Park....

The other side of the Heads is Tallebudgera Creek...

Tallebudgera Creek...meets the ocean. This was a most beautiful place to paddle.

The place I most looked forward to seeing, Rainbow Bay.

We enjoyed our first swim in the ocean here....

The lovely old Surf Club at Rainbow Bay....

...where we had lunch whilst watching the surfers. 

Tweed heads

Cabarita Beach....this was probably the prettiest beach we stopped at...

Byron Bay....then the return trip back to our apartment.

Day 2 of the tournament and it is still raining ....

One of my playing partners, Jill from Bundaberg, very good golfer and fun to play with...on the beautiful Arundel Hills course.

and the other was Brenda, who I played with yesterday, enjoyed her company again.

Me driving the cart.... (photo taken by Brenda)

So cute....plenty of kangaroos on this course.

No it isn't a little lake, it is actually a green side bunker full of water! Luckily all bunkers were GUR.

An extraordinary par 3 from the ladies tee.

Little streams running through the course...

A surprisingly good day for me... I won a shirt but as they had none small enough in the proshop, I took one for Pete. I was very happy that I played well.

The Meriton...

The view of the swimming pool and spa from our balcony...both excellent.

This afternoon the sun came out and we walked along the beach...Kurrawa is the closest. All the beaches are closed due to contaminated water after the storms....hence the foam.

Our first game was this morning at Links Hope Island. Pete and I don't play together but we play on the same course, I with the ladies and he with the men. Sadly it was raining and play was abandoned after 13 holes.

The ladies I played with ...Brenda from Calliope in Qld, Laurie from the Gold Coast and Sue from  NSW.

We are staying at the Meriton in Broadbeach. The apartment is perfect with a wonderful view.

Our views from our balcony....wild surf today and very overcast sky.

We have arrived at the Gold Coast for the Gold Coast World Masters Golf Championship 2018. Before start of play tomorrow we had a fun night this evening at Top Golf,  a relatively new indoor game facility. Above is Pete...

...and this is my friend Jane...

...drinks and food were provided...my good friend Barb....

The six of us formed a team, we didn't do so well but had great fun.  From the left of the photo are Pete, myself, Jane, Les, Barb and Chas. 

The bottlebrushes are laden with flowers on the golf course....beautiful day for golf today.

The 2018 WAGC Ladies Committee...Shirley, Jenny, Fran, me, Pauline, Lorenz, Jan, Anne and Jonnine.

Shopping at Bunnings with Will...

Down by the river....

Rusty looking up into the sky at the frisbee...

Will's first haircut! Ash, who has cut Tasha's and my hair for years enjoyed cutting this little fellow's hair...Doesn't he look so handsome?!