Australian beauty

There is beauty everywhere and the sprawling suburbs of Brisbane are no different. Here is some bushland in Griffin and some evening shots at Northlakes.

Living in a sauna

We're in Brisbane, a couple of days into a new adventure. t's 8am on Saturday.  Barry is logged into the 'VIA Studentnet' learning all about his course and the people he will be studying with over the following year in Denmark. David and his flatmates haven't emerged from their respective rooms. The ceiling fan is going so fast, we have a breeze and it sounds like torrential rain is falling but the second an arm or a leg sits too long against the body, we break into a sweat. It's so hot here. Hot, overcast, drisly, sticky, steamy. Like a sauna. Too bloody hot for this kiwi.
But it's so good to see my Dave. He's like a happy ray of sunshine full of life and plans and totally not ready to go home to NZ any time soon. He's painting and his beginning works show a huge talent in the making...

The first one was inspired by a similar painting his Dad did of Perth and the second one by a photo I took in Auckland at the east Tamaki estuary.

Yesterday we went into the city to Southbank and walked among the other tourists. We didn't take many photos ourselves having been here before on sunnier days. Winter is the time to be here. It's cooler and sunnier. It's the wet season now.

It's afternoon now and we are resting in the lounge with the aircon on. It's slowly cooling down from 32 degrees. The day is hot and sunny. We went to cafe Ramekin for a coffee and early lunch with David. Good coffee, good food. Very nice. We thought about going to the beach this arvo but I think the heat has sapped us of energy. David tells us that on weekends he is either in an air conditioned mall, the beach, or at home. It's only after 5pm when it cools down that he considers doing anything outside!