I forgot to post the last day of the trip

Which was a stunning one. We went to the markets at Redcliffe and had a shop at North Lakes before it was time to say bye to Dave and Mel. Luckily, this is just temporary though as they are coming home for a holiday at Christmas! Yah!

Soggy Queensland

We had a couple of soggy days but still quite warm. We went up to the Hinterland to explore the boutique little town centres of Maleny and Montville and today, took the train into the city.

The glass mountain that looked like a silverback gorilla!

A French breakfast in Maleni

And a spot of Irish in Montville

And some more France - this time in Montville with exquisite Art Deco loos...

Dinner with friends and their pet birds

A soggy Strathpine station

And a cool busker statue in the city

Putt putting in the sunshine

Dave and Mel joined us today - public holiday in Queensland for their annual Ekka show day. We didn't go to the show, however, but headed up north again to Top Shots putt putt park and Maroochydore beach where we had a very yummy lunch at the beach street deli. We meandered around the shops then headed back south stopping at the quirky Ettamorgah pub and shops. We so stopped in at the Costco warehouse before heading home. Mel made a delicious Mexican Taco dish for dinner.

Dave and Mels house and Dave's new van.

Putt putt

Lunch

At the cafe

The beach

The pub

Dave in lollie heaven

Dinner :-)

Crickey!

Went to the Australian Zoo today and saw the evidence of Steve Irwin's passion! Awesome. Met lots of the locals and had a ride on a camel :-)

The Irwin family

Meeting the locals

The Crocoseaum!

Hear me roar!

Hanging out with Bindi

Hanging out with Roo

Riding Shanook

Bye Steve

And we topped off the day with some Go Kart racing!

Cruising round the burbs

We had a quiet day today, exploring some of the suburbs North East of the city. Had lunch at a cute place with iconic verandas common on most of the properties around this area - obviously an essential feature of the older homes when air conditioning units were not invented! The sun shone and it was another lazy summer day for us two kiwis  visiting from the winter wonderland that is Wellington at this time of year!

Sunny Sunshine Coast

After a lovely lazy lie-in, we hit the road North to visit the Ginger Factory, Nutworks, the castle at Bli Bli and Mooloolaba Beach. 

August in Brisbane

Day 1 of a 10 day holiday in Brisbane to see Dave and Mel. Today we headed to Mt Coot tha to gain some perspective of the land, then meandered through the Botanic Gardens. We visited the biggest mall I have ever been in where its possible to get lost by taking the wrong turn when exiting the loos! Dinner was a delectable mix of many flavours at the Eat Street Markets! Yum