Snooze Inn Brisbane

Well would you believe it, up bright and breezy for our flight to Sydney and they have sand storms so not sure what today will bring. We are going to go to the airport at the normal time and see what happens so we will update you when we arrive (if we do!!).

Went out for the day to the city of Brisbane yesterday and Edna tried to make a visit to the Leg Club of Brisbane but they obviously ...

... to yield to. It was like trying to write your name while looking in a mirror; you can see what needs to be done, but must unlearn your habits. After a couple of weeks, I must say I became quite comfortable with the new norms in my brain for driving. (It took longest to extinguish the habit of using the windshield wiper lever when the turn signal lever was intended.)

We were so glad to finally be there!

... so we could live like Robin Hood and shoot the bad guys.
Later Katie attempted to fix my hair so I don't look quite so moronic, then we splashed out on dinner down in the main resort restaurant. It was fantastic- all you can eat and drink, and Katie's colleagues were very generous with the bottles of wine. We ate kangaroo steak - which was delicious - and sweet and sour crocodile which was chewy and good but that could've just been down to the sauce. Oh and ...

... spent the next few weeks scrubbing, painting, gluing, tiling and polishing to restore Milly to her retro best.

We said goodbye to the yellow counter tops and brown geometric lino floor tiles and hello to timber-look flooring, dark slate benches and a new HD, flat screen T.V.

No longer a drab seventies has-been, Milly is now a fresh, funky fixture on the Queensland caravanning scene!

... back to civilization where so many rules apply. There are plenty of restrictions related to parking, a lot of traffic lights, thus being a pedestrian is often frustrating, when you have to stop every 10m. We also got a fine for stopping for cca 2mins in a restricted area, where you wouldn't ever say a cop can be lurking. Mt Coot-tha reserve off the downtown provides nice vistas over the city. There are ...

... there easily from Brisbane. Its 102 Dollars (50 euro) and you can go over 2 days so we did the theme park day 1. You need to go on every ride. The drop is fairly high so you might be thinking twice about going on but its the best laugh. You cant catch your breath and the fall last about 10 seconds. Theres 1 other ride that takes off at 180 km/h and shoots ya off like a rocket. We just about got all the rides in before they closed at 5. We headed to ...

... decision was should we go up North or down South. After a bit of a think we said lets go South. So after a few million emails we got our dates for the trip and than after a few sessions around the dining room table we got our iterinay worked out. So our iterinay for our trip is:- Friday July 10 - Pick up hire car & pack car (pray that the Titans & Eels game is on Friday night) Saturday ...

Saturday 21st February - Day 39 - Brisbane On waking this morning we were pulling into the port of Brisbane - once again we had been sent to a smaller port approximately 45 minutes away from Brisbane as an Australian ship which does a weekly turn around in the city was occupying the port closest to town. There was a free shuttle which ran from the 'Grain Store Port' to the town centre on a regular basis ...

... couldnt decide where to eat so strolled around but in the end went back to Il Centro. This was probably the first time we have ever been back to the same restaurant when abroad but the crab fantasia drew us back. Service there is very friendly as in all the places we have been to. It is a popular place and rightly so. I think if I came again to Brisbane I would make time to go the the nearest National Park rather than stay in the city. However the south bank and galleries are worth seeing.