Joining Them in Brisbane
Our first destination in Australia was with Bryan’s parents, my sisters boyfriends folks, just outside Brisbane. Jeff and Jane really looked after us, they wanted us to stay with them, it would be a whole week, but we told his folks, we’d prefer to stay in one of the five star Brisbane hotels and not put them out. We ate over at their home and they served us up some nice British food, which we were craving since being in Asia for a month. They served us bangers and mash, roast beef steak…yum.
While not visiting with Bryan’s folks and stuffing ourselves silly, we explored Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Noosa. It was such a welcome change not having to sight see and instead just kick back and have fun at a theme park and water park. We also had a couple of nights out in Brisbane, including celebrating Melbourne Cup Day. The Grand National equivalent in Australia, which the whole nation literally stops to watch the race and then party all night. We thought it would be rude of us not to participate.
We also managed to catch up with some of my friends from the University, Ann and Don, who now live in Brisbane. We went to a bar the was just recently renovated for about $50 million! It was seriously pimped out with a bar that was made our of 20,000 glass balls. Recently, I’ve just discovered a low-carb beer, which actually tasted pretty good, so I can drink double what I have before and put on less weight. Perfect!
Before arriving on Magnetic Island , we picked up our Holden Astra from Airlie Beach and headed up the coast. We have the car for a couple of weeks, long enough to get us to Cairns and Cape Tribulation. Speaking of cars…currently there is a large pick-up truck parked about 20 meters from our hotel and it’s full of girls dancing in the back. Some men might find that a dream come true, but my husband appears to only be annoyed. I told him if you can’t beat them, join them. Bye for now!
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