Teutonic - the bikers in Australia are by and large criminal scum. The Government is doing the right thing kicking them out.
As for changing names, get this - my friend from the coast said there was one guy who joined/started a new gang - the name "The Mongols". Hillarious thing was the guy then tattoted the name MONGOLS right on his forehead (not realizing that a mongol is a word used to describe people with a mental/genetic disorder called Downs Syndrome). Anyhow he became a laughing stock for a while and pics of this guy "trying to look tough" were circulated around. I'll see if I can find a pic and post it up.
Trasvimna - no probs with friends riding around on bikes. Its the criminal, bullying gang scum that is the problem (and I hope you don't have any of them as "friends"). Also, regarding your comments about the hotel industry, when you want to be investing is exactly at the time of least demand - the bottom of a cycle before a big pickup. The only way for the Coast is up right now, with foreign investment, Commonwealth Games, migration to Queensland, flowon effect from Syd and Melbourne property prices. I've been a very successful investor by always following a very obvious and basic principle - buy low and sell high. And now is definitely the time to buy. The Gold Coast is the most volatile property market in Australia, which is great for people who can get their timing right, but bad for suckers who buy in during a peak. I'm predicting prices to more than double over the next 5 years on the Gold Coast, so anyone wanting to move there should seriously buy now before they get priced out by rich Asians and interstate investors.