Suburban nightmare

I've found another place I could never live - the suburbs between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It's my favourite bit of travelling: gaining insight into the way other people live. For this family we're staying with, this is their suburban dream. Sprawls of identical 'blocks' with perfect white air-conditioned houses with perfect white interiors, with the odd school at appropriate intervals and at the centre of it all, The Mall. The characterless, air-conditioned bubble of shops, cafes and restaurants. And all this in the perfect climate.

You'd have to drag me kicking and screaming into living here!