Hillcrest Central Brisbane

... for the last 1/3. Amazing view of the other mountains from the top. Got back down for a total climb time of 1hr(suggested 3-4) I owned that hill! Headed down to brisbane and dropped off the van with no hassle! Got into the hostel and had a good skype chap with ashley... then my computer copped out... great. Wandered around town for a bit before a very ealry bed...7( I was really tired)<br>

... kind of starts this little firecracker inside you. **** I owe that man a lot!! and of course mum too.<br><br>I'm going to miss her a bunch you never know how important your rocks are until you ride down the fiver alone. I'm enjoying my last few days of being a child before I go into the big wide world and get the **** knocked out of me. Im just lucky ive got people back here waiting to clean me up!<br><br>I suppose this is where Is start blogging more...

... seller was quite impressed by spouse announcing to the public in general that here is Angelina Jolie. and at same time remarking on my similarity to Stevie Wonder!!<br><br>Driving on the hinterland routes on a Sunday was a great experience, We visited a winery, a weekly market, watched hang gliders take off. A number of car and bike enthusiasts seem to take their vintage cars and modern bikes out for rides and spent quite some time identifying them.<br><br>

Brisbane feels like a mixture between large country town in its laid back attitude and big city with its impressive skyline. The focus of our time here was Kate and Dan's wedding. Set by a pretty harbor the day was a great success. The bride looked beautiful as she stepped out of a shiny 1950's Chevrolet, Nanna Merle did a lovely ...

... dingoes. So after a morning immersed in Australian wildlife we went over to the south bank and had a leisurely afternoon people watching and enjoying some cold rock ice-cream -an amazing place where you can choose your flavour ice-cream and then any kind(s) of sweets to go in it and they mash it together, I had cookies and cream ice-cream with malteasers, and have lots more I want to try - apparently gummy bears are good!

... Tours". weekly total: 59.6 km total to date: 1106.5 km Week 22 -  arrived in Queenstown, finishing our time with "Stray Tours"; explored Christchurch; forgot the pedometer two days. weekly total: 41.7 km total to date:  1148.2 km Week 23 - flew to Australia; explored Brisbane; forgot pedometer one day weekly total: 62.4 km total to date:  1210.6 km

... if little risky) time to get a trim - only $10 so what could possibly go wrong.....<br><br>We were both fine - Daisy was there for quite a while but we were both pretty pleased. I'm not sure how many people's hair 'Cherie' had cut, but she did a stellar job. My hair was approaching shoulder length and was not really ideal in the heat so it was nice to get a bit of a trim. Feeling good we popped into Myer for a sneaky ...

... so recently (and it seems still are today). The rain had stopped when we came out of the gallery so we walked to the ferry and came back to the apartment after stocking up on vital supplies and we had a couple of relaxing drinks, which we felt we had thoroughly deserved. We had planned to walk to a local restaurant on the boardwalk nearby for dinner, but the rain came back with a vengeance and Mike and I were sent out to find a takeaway in the 'Valley', which ...

... Excuse me Sir is that a ring in your money belt" I kid you not. My heart rate goes up 1000%, I turn bright red and Barb standing next to me wonders what is going on. I tremble opening up the bag in front of Barb and wondering what to say - Should I drop on my knees and propose now at airport security.. Well it would be original but not exactly what I had in mind - My romantic plan was blown on day 1. I couldn't believe it! I peered in the bag ...

... Gabba) which is quite along distance but a nice walk along the river to get my ticket ready for the Twenty20 on Tuesday. My next day was all about relaxing in the southbank area. I then spent a day with my Canadian friend Paul looking around the city and watching some street performers which was a great laugh. The next day I went on the City Cat which is a boat that is like a bus but goes along the river. This was $5.80 all day to ...