WOW, we are shell shocked!!! After 6 weeks in the Outback and North Queensland coastal towns we arrive in the big smog of Brisbane. It is really very strange to suddenly be surrounded by huge buildings and over a million people. We had 2 days to explore Brisbane and so after catching up on some odd jobs (doing laundry and blogs takes up so much time!) we set out to do a bit of a walking tour of Brisbane. We began at the City Hall and the rather impressive clock tower, after a short ride in the first ever Brisbane lift and some interesting facts from the lift driver(?) we moved on through some nice gardens and a War memorial ending up at the oldest Church in Brisbane and the Cathedral next door. It is worth
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