After crossing the New South Wales/Queensland border, our first stop in Queensland was sunny Brisbane! We stayed with my friend Hayley and her parents, Keith and Mary, in Anstead, where we enjoyed all the home comforts and hospitality to give any five star hotel a run for their money! BBQs, Roast Dinners, Pancake Breakfasts, home-baking, fresh towels, clean clothes and most importantly good company. Hayley took us under her wings for the first two days and we enjoyed a whistle stop tour of all that Brisbane has to offer its visitors! We took in the CBD, stopping to take photos of huge christmas trees drenched in Australian sunshine (a nolvelty for us Scots), toured the Queensland Parliament Buildings, strolled around the city's Botanic Gardens, cruised along the Brisbane River on the CityCat stopping off at New
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