Rendezvous Hotel Brisbane, A Clarion Collection Hotel

... t running properly, only for the mechanic to find a snake in the air inlet of the engine. The local snake catcher had to be summoned. The view from their house was beautiful, looking down on Brisbane.<br><br>It was the birthday of Doreen&#8217;s son Andrew and in the evening we drove down to Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast to join him for a BBQ with the family. It was good to meet them all again.

... it for 8 months. I spent most of the afternoon/evening in the dining car drinking beers and chatting away with Gaz and at 11pm went to go back to my seat to get some sleep only to find that the women who was sat next to me had decided that she would get nice and comfy lying on both chairs! So I gave her a little tap to wake her up and quietly whispered &#8216;Excuse me&#8217;, now I&#8217;m not sure what she was dreaming about but she jumped up screaming! She then spent a few ...

... quotations from the ships&#8217; logs. One such artwork in Redcliffe is particularly intriguing in that it names the convicts from the first boat to settle the area and their trades. It was interesting to note how these were a really useful range of skills that must have needed to be put to good use in raising the first buildings and starting to scratch out a living from the land. The original aboriginal peoples are acknowledged but not named.<br>

... remembering I&#8217;d been over to Sydney November last year for the Gartner conference. It was probably still valid as long as I wasn&#8217;t on a previous visa for that ! Jill rang Air new zealand. Not a problem and they could have issued one there and then had it been an issue. That stress over all we had to do is fill in forms and get through the various layers of customs. I hate putting everything through the security ...

... strength to get out of bed and join the rest, who were clearly not suffering as I was, Robbie bouncing out of bed with the mention of bacon and eggs. Later after a relaxing day we headed to the city to catch the river cruise to see the city from the waters. We jumped off the boat at an area called South Bank where Robbie got to have his first taste of sushi at a restaurant. Well you couldn't wipe the smile from his face, he was in heaven, I was ...

... of the water after dead chickens. These particular crocs had been rescued by Steve Irwin, they had been threatening populated areas & would otherwise have been shot. There are many myths about crocodiles - one is that you can't out run a croc, actually they are ponderous on dry land. Another is that if a croc gets you in its jaws, poke your finger in its eyes & it will let go - a crocodile's jaws can exert so much pressure ...

... Nach Bi** war mir eh** we***** und ich bin dann als eine d** letzten an diesem Abend noch mal ins Me** raus und habe ein paar Wellen gesurft. Als ich auf dem Board stand, fiel mir plötzlich auf, dass die alle die die Hühn** auf d** Stange am Strand standen und mich anfeu**ten. Lustig, da fühlt man sich ja vielleicht.. hahah! Am Abend haben wir uns alle in v**schiedene Richtungen v**laufen ...

... guided walk round roma park by a nice old guy called Ian - one of 20 volunteers in the park. we were the only ones on it which was bizarre as it was very good - and free!! really nice misty fern area, lots of Eastern water dragons, ibis and mynah birds, bottle trees, poinciana trees, really pretty themed gardens, eg kangaroo topiary! got all day pass and went on city cats on river - really good, goes very fast and you get great views eg of story bridge and ...

Down the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane So we headed out of Townsville, South to the Sunshine coast. Brian and I both felt kinda sad, and strange leaving Townsville, and Aaron behind. He started back to work today, and will then get another week off later on in the year, so it worked out good for him. We drove along the coast to Ayr, along more sugar cane fields, and saw a couple of sugar refineries. And lots of evidence of flooding and wash outs. We only ended up going ...

... the d*y in the pool , *nd they spent most of new ye*rs convincing us th*t queensl*nd is where its *t!!!! we could defo live here no convincing needed!!!! *nd of course we went "c*ne to*d hunting", roys brothers kids did most of the killing, there *re plenty *round!!! The swell looks like its picking up for the weekend,which h*s got me very excited,*nd j*y *nd emm* *re joining us tod*y, not sure if we gonn* go to str*dbroke isl*nd( just off co*st e*st of brisb*ne 40min ...