Kookaburra Inn Brisbane

Well after an amazing time in Aortorea, the land of the long white cloud, it was time to nip across the ditch to see the wonderful wizzes in Oz. So it was Kia Ora to Kiwis, Watties and people with unfeasibly large eyes and tongues and say G'day to Koalas, Kangas and people with unfeasibly large amount of things that can kill ya!!!!! It feels really great to be back in Aussie, a kind of homecoming for the wandering duo................where we have spent many a happy memory and of course where ...

Another night in Brisbane. Didn't get up to anything. Stayed in a lovely hostel which had the most curious Alsation Dog. He loved being part of the action. We had a quick bite to eat around the corner that evening and had an early night. Off to Noosa the next day.

We departed Cairns early and got into Brisbane by lunchtime. We headed into town for lunch and and ended up eating in an Asian joint that served everything covered in brown gravy. I referred to it as the Asian version of comfort food, it was not the most stellar meal we've had on this trip. We walked through the city center, across the river, past the ferris wheel, around the city parks and back to the hotel. Brisbane is pretty hilly - particularly around our hotel so it was quite a walk. It ...

We had breakfast in the hostel, fresh fruit and trail mix purchased from Woolworth's the day before. We also spent the morning hanging around the hostel - I read while Skippy edited pictures. There are several other folks staying here and it's just sort of an enjoyable environment. Melissa - you would particularly like Diesel the giant German Shepherd that belongs to the owners. We headed back to City Center for lunch. Skippy was in search of meat on a stick, but instead we ended up in a Chin...

No upgrades to business class this time, slumming it with the best of them. I was dreading this flght but it's amazing how quick and how much fun a 30hr jourey can be when your out yer nut.
Whisky, rum and xanax before i'd even reached edi departure lounge, snoozed all the way to London.

More rum on the london to singapore flight and more blues....flying is the right word. I was sitting singing and dancing in my seat to the smiths before zonking out and waking in singapore, more b...