On Wednesday afternoon we arrived in Brisbane, it was the first time we had been in a city since Singapore and it felt surprisingly good to be back in one! Most of this month has been spent in small towns (by our standards, they are big to Australians!) and as nice as that was, it was good to be back in civilisation with people and buildings and things going on.
Unfortunately our first day there was marred by bad weather, we went for a walk around town and through the Southbank Parklands across the river from our hostel. This was really nice, the riverfront is very well designed on the south of the city with parks, gardens, walks and even an artificial beach (Brisbane is a river city, not a beach one). This is just about where we managed to get to before it started raining so we spent the rest of the day seeing Brisbane from the inside of a coffee shop!
On Friday we went off to Australia Zoo, something we've been looking forward to for quite a while and it didn't disappoint! It is quite a way outside of Brisbane so we had to get up early for the hour and a half journey there. As soon as we arrived demonstrations and talks were going on with elephant feedings and giant tortoise feedings amongst other things. We had a little time to wander round and see some crocs before the main show of the day started at 11am. This involved snakes and birds which were good but were nothing compared to the main attraction of 
the Crocodile Show! This was presented (to our surprise) by Terri Irwin, wife of the late, great Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. It was a brilliant show and we got to see how a croc would attack from the edge and how it would jump upwards out of the water too. We even saw a demo of a "death roll" when it gets hold of its food. The other highlight of the day was to be able to walk through the kangaroo park and sit with and stroke the kangaroos. They were all so calm and incredibly soft, a brilliant experience!!
Unfortunately our first day there was marred by bad weather, we went for a walk around town and through the Southbank Parklands across the river from our hostel. This was really nice, the riverfront is very well designed on the south of the city with parks, gardens, walks and even an artificial beach (Brisbane is a river city, not a beach one). This is just about where we managed to get to before it started raining so we spent the rest of the day seeing Brisbane from the inside of a coffee shop!
On Friday we went off to Australia Zoo, something we've been looking forward to for quite a while and it didn't disappoint! It is quite a way outside of Brisbane so we had to get up early for the hour and a half journey there. As soon as we arrived demonstrations and talks were going on with elephant feedings and giant tortoise feedings amongst other things. We had a little time to wander round and see some crocs before the main show of the day started at 11am. This involved snakes and birds which were good but were nothing compared to the main attraction of 
the Crocodile Show! This was presented (to our surprise) by Terri Irwin, wife of the late, great Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. It was a brilliant show and we got to see how a croc would attack from the edge and how it would jump upwards out of the water too. We even saw a demo of a "death roll" when it gets hold of its food. The other highlight of the day was to be able to walk through the kangaroo park and sit with and stroke the kangaroos. They were all so calm and incredibly soft, a brilliant experience!!Saturday and Sunday saw us meet up with my friend Ash again, also his girlfriend, Lauren, his parents and a friend of his from England, Mo. Meeting up with Ash always leads to a few drinks but generally leads to a good time as well. On Sunday morning (Easter Sunday) we were meant to go to his apartment for a barbie but we were delayed due to the fact that we had a bedbug issue at the "Palace Backpackers" hostel we were staying at. I was waking up every morning with more bites culminating is over 80 by the time we left. This meant we had to change room and wash every single item of clothing and spray all our shoes and bags. This definitely wasn't our first choice for things to do on Easter Sunday!! The afternoon, happily, went a lot smoother with a barbie, beers and footie on TV before heading on to the biggest nightclub in Brisbane, Normanbys.
We both enjoyed Brisbane, it is a really nice city but there isn't actually a lot to DO there. We are now in Surfers Paradise, today was awesome weather and it looks like this is an awesome town. The next 5 days should be pretty good with the sun, surf and theme parks!!
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