Yep - quite sad it's over... and I feel bad for not getting more enthusiastic about it beforehand - I think most people in the UK were pretty nonplussed by the idea of the Games before kick-off, but it has been an entertaining 11 days.
I thought the closing ceremony was a bit lame though - my sister summed it up by suggesting it was one of those 'you really have to be there' type deals. I did enjoy the mildly sarcastic BBC commentator who said at the end of a previously unheard of Kylie song; "It's from her latest album in case you were wondering".
Am I right in saying that Gold Coast is the new-ish name for Surfer's Paradise? I don't recall a city called Gold Coast when I was there in '95.