Brisbane Bound

This morning, Dave got up at 4am to head over to the beach to watch the sunrise, and got some lovely photos. I wasn’t far behind, but watched from the deck of our condo! We were on the road just after 6 heading to the station at Landsborough to take the train into Brisbane, where we were meeting Jeff’s good friend, Chelsea, who has been in Australia for 2 months. Had to take some photos of the interesting place names en route - Burpengary and Beerburrum...? Hmmmm! We arrived in Brisbane around 9 and met up with Chelsea, and after having a coffee, she toured us around this lovely city. There are so many public walkways, green spaces and gathering spots for entertainment, food and drink, and just hanging out. Also some beautiful flowers, trees and plants along the way. The Main Street of Brisbane is pedestrian only with lots of shops, cafes and bars - a very people friendly city. We took the free harbour boat on a tour down the river, ending up not far from where Chelsea now works - a brand new brew pub called Felons (named in honour of 4 freed convicts who were instrumental in the discovery of Brisbane!). The pub is part of a large, and mostly as yet unfinished complex, which will eventually house restaurants, bars and event venues in an area under the bridge which is very reminiscent of Granville Island! We had a delicious lunch at Felons, including a flight of beers for Dave, a beer for Chelsea, and a cider for me - all made onsite - and Chelsea gave us a little tour of the brewery. We left there and took another of the pretty walkways and entered New Farm, a residential area with both old and new buildings and a nice community feel to it. We headed back into town to the train station around 3, said our farewells to Chelsea, and took the train back to Landsborough, then drove back to our condo. We headed over to the beach for sunset, went for dinner, then back to crash after a long, busy but awesome day!Read more