It definitely helps to know people….no matter the connection. Kate and I had planned on going to one other destination in Australia before heading to Brisbane for our flight to NZ. So we went to Travel Bugs (a tourist center that has insight and ideas for trips) to see what our options were. Our friends Chris and Kristen's roommate Margo was hooking up with a Kiwi (New Zealander) who was roommates with a guy who worked at Travel Bugs. He put in a good word for us to his friend at the shop and we were able to book a trip to Mooloolaba for 4 days & 3 nights without paying the added fees. As opposed to paying $450 dollars, we paid cost for a bus ticket there and back to Brisbane, 3 nights in a very nice hostel with our own private room (brown-chicken-brown-cow), admission to the Steve Irwin Zoo, free breakfasts, free wifi and free use of surfboards, kayaks and paddle boards. Not too shabby.
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