Tanita Tri Srintma (Gold Coast) ..should I do it?

hey all

am new to this forum..so hi... i'm currently living in the UK and going to visit the folks and thought i might pop in a tri whilst i'm there....mad i know

this is my first year of tris... done 2 sprints and got another before heading home...enough waffle...

i am thinking of entering the above...it's longer distance than i've done before and whilst i'm tettering on the "you've got to be mad" to "go on, just do it"..i have a couple of questions

1) has anyone done this?
2) if so, what was it like?
3) is it well run?
2) as i've been in the UK way too long, does the heat play a lot in these events? or do they do them early?

ok, so a little more than a couple of questions...

any comments v much appreciated