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#CatTravels: Going ‘native’ on Gold Coast, West End

By Catherine Toth Fox • December 3, 2012 • #CatTravels

On our second-to-the-last day in Brisbane, we decided to get out of dodge.

We hopped on the train and headed south to the Gold Coast, out to where the locals hung. We met up with a friend (and native), Kay Russell, who took us on the insider’s tour of the area. We definitely learned a lot! (That’s another blog!)

And when we got back to Brisbane, we headed straight to another local spot, Tukka Restaurant, to sample some native berries, nuts and meats, including kangaroo. (OK, I didn’t actually eat the kangaroo. I just couldn’t. Not after I hand-fed some of its relatives!)

This was exactly what we had wanted to do — see the local hangouts and taste the unique offerings of Australia.

It was an adventurous day for us, and we lived to blog about it!

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We decided to ditch the Brisbane CBD (central business district) and head somewhere new. So we made plans with a friend who lives on the Gold Coast to visit her. So we hopped on the very convenient TRANSLink to get there.

Follow my adventures in Brisbane on Twitter at @thedailydish and Instagram at @catherinetoth.

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6 Comments

  • Reply Melissa December 3, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    mmmmmmmmmmm so good

  • Reply Melissa December 3, 2012 at 11:45 pm

    In all seriousness. Can I put your video on my blog?

  • Reply David Jackson December 4, 2012 at 2:56 am

    What a great trip. Definitely going to add it to my list.

  • Reply M December 4, 2012 at 6:36 am

    Hello Cat!
    Very nice beaches.

  • Reply Annoddah Dave December 4, 2012 at 9:17 am

    CAT: Great Fuud Pix! Tenks! BTW were any of the nuts macadamia?

  • Reply WildeOscar December 4, 2012 at 11:18 am

    I knew, when I saw that you posted 43 pictures, that there would be food in there. There is food, and more food. It all looks incredible, but I had to pause at the possum wrapped in quail. Keep travelin’ Cat. I can live throuth your blog and camera lens.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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