Paddington

Despite my alarm not going off until 7am, I was wide awake just before 6am. It gave us plenty of time to pack up our things, say our goodbyes to everyone, including Tyson, before catching the bus to Brisbane. For the next couple of days we are staying at an Airbnb in the area of Bardon with our host Mel. We arrived at Mel's just after 1pm so made ourselves up some lunch before venturing out to find somewhere for Simon to get his hair cut and grab some Go cards for the bus, Brisbane's equivalent of the Oyster card. When we arrived at the barbers though, he was shutting up shop a couple of hours early as he had to pick his kids up from school. The newsagents that we had googled to buy the Go cards was also closed down. Very unsuccessful trip. We therefore ended walking an extra 20 minutes in the opposite direction to a 7-Eleven in the scorching Brisbane heat and then another 20 minutes back to our Airbnb. We did have a little rest in a park en route to cool down in the shade for a bit though. Back at Mel's, we spent the rest of the afternoon chilling on her veranda which was really nice. Mel came home around 5:30pm from work and we chatted and watched TV with her for the rest of the evening. She is really lovely so I think we are going to enjoy our stay here.Läs mer