T H E R I V E R C I T Y

Done a lot of walking in Brisbane; got many blisters to show for it, its got beautiful walk ways all along the river so we must have walked about 5 or 6 miles a day. There are a few different parts to see and everyday there seemed to be a different market. The centre was bustling day and night so fortunately Ben managed to find a 24 hour sports bar for us to watch the Manchester United game which started here at 11:30pm!

In the Valley there was a free mini festival on so we got to see some live music, and had the most delicious 96% fat free passion fruit and lychee ice cream. Was told the fashion wasn't much in Australia (except maybe in Sydney and Melbourne) but found some wicked clothes shops, we were tempted by many items but uncharacteristically of us both we walked away empty handed.

All over Brisbane you can see these Lavender blossom trees and hot pink flowers and these slightly gothic looking trees where the branches wind up each other. The only wildlife we saw in Brisbane was a few lizards and some birds..surprisingly no bugs or spiders yet! After seeing the little lizard we saw a huge one about a foot long but wasn't quick enough with the camera!

D A Y O N E B R I S B A N E

After our 22 hour flight we landed in Brisbane, we got to our hotel at 2am; which was closed, woke up the manager eventually, to be told that they didn't have our booking until 2pm and were fully booked so to return in 12 hours! Every other hotel in Brisbane seemed to be booked as well. Eventually found a vacant room for a nice dent in the wallet!

Brisbane is situated on a river, so our first day we had a stroll along the long river paths. The weather was great really sunny and our hotel was in a really good position for all areas. The jet lag kicked in around 6pm when we both fell asleep on the sofa!!

S&B x

The coconut travellers

I wanted to start a blog to keep you all updated on our travels, those of you who are unfamiliar with the blogging world here's how it works..we post photos and text and you can comment on the posts by clicking on comments below. Its like an online travel diary! You will also find in the sidebar my email so you can email direct if you want, and of course we have facebook too. We'll try and post often so you can get jealous of the blue skies and sunshine!!!

S x