1walking off the plane in Fiji
After many many hours and layovers...we landed in Australia!!!!
At first we were both hesatant about starting this all over again, but once we got out of the airport and saw the bustling city, there was no second guessing ourselves.
We landed around 11 am, booked accomadation while at the airport, got a shuttle bus to our place and opened up our Lonely Planet books to see what to do here.
A walking tour was mapped out in the book so we though lets do it.
Even though our heads were spinning and we felt tired and disoriented, we had to suck it up and see Brisbane.
It was Friday afternoon and also was Halloween.
The central Business District of Brisbane was bustling with school kids in their crazy long uniforms, business people dressed for the prom, and kids in their halloween gear.
There was a lot to see in the peoplewatching department!!!!
In the center of town is a huge shopping mall and out front of Aldo there was a large crowd of people gathered.
So since we had nothing else to do with our time, we joined in the crowd and found out supposedly Rihanna was in the store.
After a few minutes of not seeing her, we left.
After our walking tour of the city, we retired to the guesthouse and knew that once our heads hit a pillow it was goodnight until tomorrow.
Around 8pm we laid down and didnt wake up until 5 in the morning.
Today will be another walking around day in Brisbane.
Later today we are getting a plane to take us up north to Cairns where we will stay in the city for a few days and rent some sort of RV and drive down the coast.
P.S. the weather is absolutely beautiful. Its about 80 degrees and a constant cool breeze!!
Here are a few pics so far!!
3too smily for 5 am and a long plane ride!
4The United 747 we took over here.
5During the 5 hour layover in Fiji we played Phase 10!
Dave was the winner.
6Flying over Fiji, taken from the plane
8monopoly money. The Australian Dollar
9dedicated for people who fought in wars...i think
10cheesing in the center of town
12eating pizza in the big mall.
13The center of the Queen Street, an outside mall.
You can see some schoolkids in the pic, one has the green outfit on and others with blue long skirts.
14cool Nike, i thought my cousin in Az would appreciate these
15about to walk over the Victoria Bridge
16a view of the city from accross the water
18Dave got an Australian SIM card for the phone, and spent some time trying to make it work!!
It finally does and we have an Australian phone number
19one more shot of the buildings
20this ferris wheel was by the water! we didnt go on it, just sat by it
21representing the World Series winners
22a band that was playing in the middle of the mall
23some bird that was pecking away at the grass on our walk to the guesthouse
24a beautiful tree!! at least i thought it was!!