Day 40: Exploring a little more of Brisbane

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A couple of the historical buildings in Brisbane were shut for renovation (City Hall and the Museum of Brisbane), so we headed down to the botanical gardens - we seem to find ourselves in these in every city! James had to head off to collect the campervan so I continued through the gardens and walked down towards the south bank park and beach (a fake one, full of (real) children). I continued my walk along the river path under the pretty floral canopies, trying to get in shade wherever possible (it was so hot!).
Our campervan has been named Maurice, we thought this was an apt name given his age (he has a cassette player!?!). Maurice will be our home for the next 26 days!
After playing around with all Maurice's fixtures and fittings we headed out of the city for some serious koala cuddling. Even celebrities like Hayden Panatiere and Taylor Swift have been to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for 'cuddle time'. The koalas were all pretty sleepy but just sooo cute. We both had a cuddle with one named Orinocco and we asked the keeper as many questions as we could think of about koalas in order to extend cuddle time! Plus we saw our first Cassowary and Platypus at the sanctuary. We then spent a wonderful evening with Stella and Tony, friends of my parents. They spoilt us rotten with a lovely meal, plus Australian wine and ginger beer!


Bailey's bit:

Upon getting to the rental site there were three camper vans, all ascending in age... yes Maurice was the oldest! but worry not, although he has a few dents and scrapes he drives like a dream! The koala sanctuary also had a kangaroo enclosure which you can simply walking into and also feed the extremely docile and friendly creatures. I must also thank Tony and Stella for their hospitality, they certainly did feed and water us well. After we headed to a nearby campsite we were planning on staying in, however upon arrival disaster, the reception was closed and there were no vacancies. So in a snap decision we decided to head north, where we were heading the next day and see if we could find a campsite on the way. We pulled up at one with the reception again closed but with a big car park out the front, so we parked up, left a note explaining the situation in the windscreen and went to sleep hoping we wouldn't be towed...

Daily mileage: 5 went down the bicentennial bike way which is a mixture of decking and Tarmac along the river, beautiful run and again very busy for the early morning.

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Comments

[Sped]

Living like a king-aroo!
Ha ha, I'd love to be bouncing around in the sun with people feeding me! Obviously, I'd be the one eating! Is that one of your new Thai specialities you're feeding him Bails?