Blogs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 5

08 au 12 janvier 2017 : Promenade dans la ville et plongeon dans la piscine de la résidence où vit la famille d'Alan.... read more

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028Michelle woke up this morning with blisters on her blisters on her blisters she was in a state, it looks like she'll be going around the zoo bare foot. When we arrived, we found some flip flops for Michelle but we had to make some alterations here and there cutting bits out so as not to chafe, whilst I was doing this Jake and Sophie had made friends with an iguana on the wall. Modifications complete I set off with Jake and Sophie to grab seats in the Crocoseum for the Wildlife show, eventually Linda & Michelle picked us out in the crowd and joined us. High up on the opposite side of the Crocoseum rangers were releasing Macaws into the air they immediately flew around the arena and then made a beeline across ... read more

It didn’t look like it was going to be a good day in terms of the weather. In fact it was supposed to be a huge storm and torrential rain and would possibly cause some flooding. So we decided to do the Queensland Museum that day. It wasn’t very far from our accommodation at all and we were staying in a very central location so we didn’t have to get up too early that morning to still get there at a reasonably early time. The Queensland Museum is located near to the state library and there are several museums and other things like that around too. Coming up to the museum we passed two huge whales which were cool and we could see in to various dinosaurs and things in the windows. Entry to the museum ... read more

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028Not too keen to jump out of bed but we did! Had to work the magic to get everything back into the luggage ready for the flight home.Rundle Mall welcomed us at just after 10 am and with luggage safely deposited with the Concierge we did a little stroll around the Mall. It was magnificent even under grey skies threatening rain. Sprawling wide "street", lots of statutes, a quirky combination of old and new, all the sparkling glassy regulars (Pandora, Swarovski, Apple Store), people strolling at a leisurely pace - but none of the shops were open. Apparently we were a little early for a Sunday morning because Adelaide city doesn't open until 11.Adelaide Arcade was calling us anyway. It was beautiful and ornate and there was a steady stream of early birds heading ... read more

Looking after two beautiful little girls for two days. How lucky we are.... read more