Last time i was at Surfers, at 4am in the morning, we saw this feral hippy walking slowly up the Esplanade. He was off his chops! And he wanted a ciggie. We go "Are u ok mate? ' He goes, " Yeah, i just got a scented candle up me arse" So we go " Bro, do you need a doctor?" And he goes " Nah, I'm alright but it keeps sliding out" So we gave him 2 cigarettes and kept walking.
Dave! He goes by the nickname 'Princess'. He's lived in & around Surfers for about 20 years on the street. A bit strange.. but a nice person for the most part.
Fuck i miss Princess they would sheild us girls when we were being harrassed, said they were used to it. I hope that old lass is still there protecting the next gen of girls. We still love you Princess!!
I’m not sure what’s more troubling, the fact that this is an accurate portrayal of the GC or that I go to the GC for a work convention every couple of years and have the time of my life… I may be part of the problem 😂
I lived at Southport in the early 1990's. Just 5 minutes from Surfers but a world away. I loved it there. Now 30 years later, how things have changed. Surfers has changed for the worse. Dirty and you are right about the needles. Back then the place was full of Japanese tourists, every business was catering to the Japanese. All gone now.
As someone who lives on the GC (was even born here) sounds 100% accurate. Which is why I can probably count the amount of times I've been into Surfers Paradise on my fingers, without running out of fingers 😆. And spotting fake boobs (and fake everything else) is a favourite game when going anywhere... except the west side of the M1, low chance of running into them there.
I’m a new subscriber, having just been recommended your Caboolture video this evening. I love your videography and how articulate you are. I suspect that you’d have a great time telling everyone not to visit my home, the Southern Moreton Bay Islands. It’s another world here.
I loved living there, it has changed now tho 🙁 I used to get stuck behind that stupid aqua duck just about every afternoon driving home from work at SeaWorld 🤣
It's a bit more tolerable as long as you stay off the Gold Coast highway as much as possible. Once I took the backstreets to get from Broadbeach to Seaworld, got there much quicker.
It's legit. Seems like the road works have been going on for decades and making little progress since you rarely see people actually working on the sites. IMHO...
I know Its a long hike out, but sir, please do Birdsville 🎉 Can't wait to here your take on a massive drive to have a pie and watch some cars drag race In a steaming hot desert
Omg do coolangatta tweed next, it’s the caboolture of the south. Loved ya Cabo video tho, I live near there n you got it perfect. I’ll never look at a trolly there the same way again.
Pretty much spot on! Several years ago (a few decades TBH) I worked in a mental health clinic at Miami beach. (A converted warehouse one block from the actual beach, with no windows except in the toilets and the psychiatrist's office, so no enjoying that sunshine except on lunch break or a community visit.) And I used to describe the Gold Coast as a "mixture of glitz and sleaze". It's only gotten worse since then... But Coolangatta (southernmost end of the GC) is nice - different atmosphere, family friendly, and super beaches! (Not much nightlife though, if that's your thing... And not a place to get stuck during a pandemic, when the Qld Gov decides to close the border and you realise that the State border actually divides the Cooly-Tweed Heads amalgamated living space in a totally dysfunctional way.) And at the other (northern) end, Southport is also out of the main Gold Coast vibe. (Bit of a pain to get there though - half an hour off the Motorway, and you have to join the queue at Smith Street.)
I went to the top of the Q1 not long after it was built. In the lift was a blind woman and her seeing-eye dog. There was another adult with her which helped keep my mirth from bubbling over. All I could visualize was her swinging the dog around by its lead in a 360 above her head!
Just discovered you, been binging and I love your work mate I think Yeppoon would be a good subject for a video, a town in the shadow of an abandoned resort, with its infrastructure crumbling under the weight of its population, and it would keep people away from Emu Park.
Haha get fucked. I moved from Gotham City to Far North Queensland again and everything you said was spot on! I worked on the M1 Upgrade... What a farkin' joke, then went to the Light Rail Upgrade, even more of a circus. At the time was living in Cavill, in room share aka computer study with no doors for $355 a week... Love ya work mate 💪🏼🇦🇺🤙🏼
What has always stunned me about the Coast is that they have an endless supply of senior citizens. I'm not talking 70 - I'm talking Galapagos Tortoise. What part of turning 90 gels with life in the epicentre of street crime ? Weird.
This is very true, especially about the excess and the dogs as fashion statements. I use to go to a pub that had strong bike links, this (in my part at least) isn't a problem anymore. I agree 100% with this about the eastern, more well known suburbs, but if you go a bit further west its mostly better (and slightly less false) but more much more boring (and very conservative, mind you thats the Gold Coast (this is a city that despite all this video largely being true has one state labor representative in the roughly 17 to 20 seats, and none at a federal level).
Here's a little song to rectify this video's failure to mention the hinterland: Home, home in Nerang Where the shoes from the power lines hang Where seldom is heard A grammatical word And the misfiring engines go bang.
Currumbin wildlife park also euthanises koalas they deem unviable. I remember a lovely koala called Nevada who was killed for being blind. There were many who would've taken Nevada in but oh no, the right thing to do was for AZWH to send him to currumbin to die. For shame.
They call it Surfer's Paradise because, on the surface, it's paradise.
Sufferers of Parasites.
Hahahahahaaaa!!!! Brilliant 🏆
Never heard that one before, that's good.
Hahahaha 🎉 Classic 😂
Oh true 👍
Last time i was at Surfers, at 4am in the morning, we saw this feral hippy walking slowly up the Esplanade. He was off his chops! And he wanted a ciggie.
We go "Are u ok mate?
' He goes, " Yeah, i just got a scented candle up me arse"
So we go " Bro, do you need a doctor?"
And he goes " Nah, I'm alright but it keeps sliding out"
So we gave him 2 cigarettes and kept walking.
Comment of the year
If not Ai Yep best comment
This is my 2nd watch and lovin it.
The biggest druggies are in Canberra
I read this story and my first though was, that sounds about right for Surfers! 😂
Been waiting for this one!!! Cheers bro - eagerly awaiting your dressing down of logan haha
It's on the cards, my friend
@@DONG-TOTO Oh yes please! 😆
GC is probably going to be even more hectic when TransLink starts implementing the 50c fee on August.
Always someone screaming at 4am outside your hotel
Oh wow, i haven't watched any of this channel's videos in a while, i'm happy to see the views keep going up!!
The Gold Coast is a sunny place for shady characters 😂
Yeah mate
Yep all the developers and real estate agents.
Italian immigrant here that moved to the Coast because played too much Vice City as a kid
a man of class I see, what a game!
@@boneselenco1722lol
hows it going
Forgot to mention the old bloke in a tutu that roams cav av
Dave! He goes by the nickname 'Princess'. He's lived in & around Surfers for about 20 years on the street. A bit strange.. but a nice person for the most part.
I was on a hotel verandah trippin balls on acid the first time i seen him! Haha i had a laughing seizure funniest time of my life
i saw him wearing a pink bikini once
Fuck i miss Princess they would sheild us girls when we were being harrassed, said they were used to it. I hope that old lass is still there protecting the next gen of girls. We still love you Princess!!
Pretty sure he wears his daughters clothes who died
I’m not sure what’s more troubling, the fact that this is an accurate portrayal of the GC or that I go to the GC for a work convention every couple of years and have the time of my life… I may be part of the problem 😂
I lived at Southport in the early 1990's. Just 5 minutes from Surfers but a world away. I loved it there. Now 30 years later, how things have changed. Surfers has changed for the worse. Dirty and you are right about the needles. Back then the place was full of Japanese tourists, every business was catering to the Japanese. All gone now.
Japaneses all gone? Wow. Maybe thais and Indians are talking over grr. Saw one Japanese in Noosa two years ago
Need more videos like this, great stuff!
6:09 The millennial in me wants to thank you for the early 2000’s RACQ reference. You bloody legend
I have watched every video and NEED to have more. You are bloody brilliant mate!
Mate, you have me in tears of laughter. Ace
As someone who lives on the GC (was even born here) sounds 100% accurate. Which is why I can probably count the amount of times I've been into Surfers Paradise on my fingers, without running out of fingers 😆. And spotting fake boobs (and fake everything else) is a favourite game when going anywhere... except the west side of the M1, low chance of running into them there.
Poor bastard.
Toowoomba next!
Would love a Toowoomba one as well!
A unique new challenge - uploading a video from a body bag buried somewhere in Queens Park
I’m a new subscriber, having just been recommended your Caboolture video this evening. I love your videography and how articulate you are. I suspect that you’d have a great time telling everyone not to visit my home, the Southern Moreton Bay Islands. It’s another world here.
i love how this was posted right before we were about to go on holiday here
love the laugh out loud moments with your good humour!
As someone whos lived on the Gold Coast their entire life, this place had slowly been getting worse, and worse.
😂😂😂😂😂just stumbled across your channell. ❤ it. Thanks for a good Aussie laugh. From an old person. 😅😅😅🇦🇺🌏fan.
Very entertaining 😂👏🏼
We need a don't go to Toowoomba next!
How the f you don't have a million subs is beyond me.....
Too many dick jokes maybe
@@DONG-TOTO or not enough, you'll have to add more to see
I loved living there, it has changed now tho 🙁 I used to get stuck behind that stupid aqua duck just about every afternoon driving home from work at SeaWorld 🤣
So what's the deal with the traffic? Is this overstated or legit?
It's a bit more tolerable as long as you stay off the Gold Coast highway as much as possible. Once I took the backstreets to get from Broadbeach to Seaworld, got there much quicker.
It's legit. Seems like the road works have been going on for decades and making little progress since you rarely see people actually working on the sites. IMHO...
Legit unfortunately
I know Its a long hike out, but sir, please do Birdsville 🎉
Can't wait to here your take on a massive drive to have a pie and watch some cars drag race In a steaming hot desert
I think this may just be your best work yet.
Love it 🤣. Do Noosa/sunshine coast next
lol I stayed in the Pink Poodle Motel back in the late 80's. Such shit memories of my time on the Gold Coast. Thanks for reviving them :)
Couldn't of said it better myself😂🤣, so true...good job mate👍
Omg do coolangatta tweed next, it’s the caboolture of the south.
Loved ya Cabo video tho, I live near there n you got it perfect. I’ll never look at a trolly there the same way again.
nah mate ipswich is caboolture of the south.. moved here 2013.... i fucking hate it but go no where else to be
F that it’s south of the border, likely to infected with something.
Pretty much spot on!
Several years ago (a few decades TBH) I worked in a mental health clinic at Miami beach. (A converted warehouse one block from the actual beach, with no windows except in the toilets and the psychiatrist's office, so no enjoying that sunshine except on lunch break or a community visit.)
And I used to describe the Gold Coast as a "mixture of glitz and sleaze".
It's only gotten worse since then...
But Coolangatta (southernmost end of the GC) is nice - different atmosphere, family friendly, and super beaches! (Not much nightlife though, if that's your thing... And not a place to get stuck during a pandemic, when the Qld Gov decides to close the border and you realise that the State border actually divides the Cooly-Tweed Heads amalgamated living space in a totally dysfunctional way.)
And at the other (northern) end, Southport is also out of the main Gold Coast vibe. (Bit of a pain to get there though - half an hour off the Motorway, and you have to join the queue at Smith Street.)
I went to the top of the Q1 not long after it was built. In the lift was a blind woman and her seeing-eye dog. There was another adult with her which helped keep my mirth from bubbling over. All I could visualize was her swinging the dog around by its lead in a 360 above her head!
Can you do a video on Ipswich ?
Gonna go to Gold Coast for holiday on Aug, hope it'd be fine lol
I must say, both this vid and the Brisbane vid both have incredible B-roll of how beautiful the cities are.
Just discovered you, been binging and I love your work mate
I think Yeppoon would be a good subject for a video, a town in the shadow of an abandoned resort, with its infrastructure crumbling under the weight of its population, and it would keep people away from Emu Park.
Gold Coast canal estates were deemed so environmentally destructive that they have been banned elsewhere in the country.
Take my Sub, I like your style.
Mate, is there any place you like?
Surely do a video on the Sunshine Coast next.
As a gold coast resident. Thankyou! Subscribed!
Comedy gold. Be cool to see you do a video on Ipswich
Do a video about Bunderberg
Haha get fucked. I moved from Gotham City to Far North Queensland again and everything you said was spot on! I worked on the M1 Upgrade... What a farkin' joke, then went to the Light Rail Upgrade, even more of a circus. At the time was living in Cavill, in room share aka computer study with no doors for $355 a week... Love ya work mate 💪🏼🇦🇺🤙🏼
What has always stunned me about the Coast is that they have an endless supply of senior citizens. I'm not talking 70 - I'm talking Galapagos Tortoise. What part of turning 90 gels with life in the epicentre of street crime ? Weird.
Can't wait for Townsville
As a former resident of Hervey Bay, please do a video there. Absolutely alot of content there
This is great. It made my day😂
Can you please do don’t go to Nambour next!!!
This is very true, especially about the excess and the dogs as fashion statements. I use to go to a pub that had strong bike links, this (in my part at least) isn't a problem anymore. I agree 100% with this about the eastern, more well known suburbs, but if you go a bit further west its mostly better (and slightly less false) but more much more boring (and very conservative, mind you thats the Gold Coast (this is a city that despite all this video largely being true has one state labor representative in the roughly 17 to 20 seats, and none at a federal level).
Forgot about the meter maids. You gotta to do one for Mackay
What about Ipswich???
can you make a vid on mount isa plz
just a bunch of people who get off on saying..."oh i live on the gold coast"
The whole reason I subscribed
I remember the old water slides that used to be at Grundys back in the early 80s..... The Gold coast sucks balls now haha
5:23 best part of the gold coast thus far.
If this isn’t the realest shit ever 😂
Moving here and watching this is so real
What's the intro music please
Getaway would be sooo much better if this guy was the director !! F00kn epic
As a Gold Coast resident this video is painfully accurate
Oh dear
You’re hilarious and also a Haiku master
Perfect, please do Logan next
May I please request Inala next
The intro alone deserves a like
Love the gta 6 theme
Watching this after booking a holiday to the gold coast: 😐
It’s a great place to visit, heaps to do. Living there is a different story. Same can be said for most places though
@8:26 As an American you got my attention. 😂😂😂
5:23 Wow, I'm definitely going to the Gold Coast.
Again.
Awesome 🤩
So true !!
Please do one on the Sunshine Coast?
Sc is nice area Gc is shit area
Surely Townsville soon mate
Please do BUNDABERG.
i definitely feel like gc has gotten a lil better as of recent tho
When is your next upload?
Every 1 bedder apartment in Surfers has more seen cocaine and seamen than the Colombian Navy.
When you do the right place ur views are going to 📈 love the vids please do Byron bay then do Lismore and nimbin
Wonder what you're going to say about Melbourne!
Shit housing situation probably
Melb is SHITHOLE! Bizarre weather snobbery attitude. Don’t go to Melbourne 😊
Here's a little song to rectify this video's failure to mention the hinterland:
Home, home in Nerang
Where the shoes from the power lines hang
Where seldom is heard
A grammatical word
And the misfiring engines go bang.
Twmba, just watched a kid on push bike climbing a wall, mazing what crack can do.
Bro you should do a video on Townsville
You have to do logan and Ipswich
I am currently travelling to the Gold Coast as I write this comment. Oh shit.
Don't worry about it dude 😂
@@thecoobs8820 nah nah all good fella saw a guy who was on every kind of drug tap on my window and asked if I had any meth on me
@@Trigger4589 was he kind?
@@thecoobs8820 ofc brotha
@@Trigger4589 yeah see no wukkas then 😂
Nambour?
Hahaha. 🤪 boring town. Hinterland is dull witter than coast
Love it
Do Dolby/Tara next!
Your channel is about to pop off.
Guaranteed m
Currumbin wildlife park also euthanises koalas they deem unviable. I remember a lovely koala called Nevada who was killed for being blind. There were many who would've taken Nevada in but oh no, the right thing to do was for AZWH to send him to currumbin to die. For shame.
Brilliant 😂
Cannot wait for the Ipswich video
This is sooo funny 😂 Bahahaha 🎉
Should do one on rockhampton
Please do the effing Sunshine Coast next and don’t hold back.
guy from north brissie over here, this shit couldn't be more accurate
Gold once again. Thank you.
Such a phoney place and every second building is a run down hotel trying to depict something out of Miami Vice.
At least theres waves here unlike Miami
when are we getting a video on the sunshine coast and the 3 million teenagers who own an ebike