Our last few days in Brisbane were spent visiting, chatting and generally relaxing – a perfect combination. After a day in Kenmore, we then headed down to Byron Bay to stay for a couple of days. A side trip for lunch to Bangalow in the hinterland made a lovely diversion, but sadly it was then time to leave Brisbane. An early morning flight on April 6th saw us...
Sometimes a day of slightly aimless meandering can unwittingly be very fulfilling. Having no specific purpose or target for the day means that you achieve all you set out to do and today was one of those days! We didn’t rush, but headed off mid-morning to walk up to Holman Park ferry stop. This should have been very relaxing until Anne shouted belatedly –...
A day of travel today …. However, our flight from Hobart was not until about 2pm, so for the morning we decided to head a little north of Hobart to Bonorong Wildlife Park. We got there a little time before the tour, so wandered around for a bit spending ages in front of cages looking for animals that were asleep, given that they were nocturnal! We did manage to...
The forecast wasn’t a classic this morning, but we should know never to trust forecasts. It dawned hot and sunny … So, we headed off to catch the Cityhopper again, only to find that we had just missed one. Given they are every half an hour, we figured we might as well walk ahead of it and allow it to catch us up at some point. It never did catch us up, so...
A slightly quieter day today. We started by catching the free Cityhopper ferry from Dockside (right by the hotel) across the river to Sydney Street. From there we walked along the riverside path to New Farm Park. This is a lovely old park full of roses, which were still just out though almost over, and jacaranda trees. The names jacaranda is believed to be of South...
If I have a superpower (and clearly I don’t!), then it would be finding boats and maritime museums wherever we go. Today was no exception. We started on a boat …. the free Cityhopper ferry along the Brisbane River. This started just outside the hotel and a few stops later dropped us by South Bank and the Queensland Maritime Museum. Given that walking past...
Another day of driving today. We headed off early from Nambucca Heads and got a send off from a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch who was having breakfast in the garden of the B&B. Apparently the word kangaroo is derived from the Guugu Yimithirr word gangurru. Joseph Banks must have learnt this word from the Aborigines they encountered as he used the term...