We awoke to a really lovely start to the day, sun shining and many birds singing. We went off to Brisbane to walk through the city. It is a great mixture of old and new, but it was extremely hot. We tried to find shady bits all the time or go into air-con shops. The beach we saw has been constructed for the people of Brisbane (and visitors). It really looked very inviting. We went to an Italian restaurant where you were given a plastic card and then decided what you wanted to each. Next step each person went to the food counter and chose what meal they wanted, which was cooked in front of you (there were different areas for pasta, pizzas etc.). The card was swiped and that was your bill. A wonderful way for large parties to pay for their own bills, instead of trying to spilt the bill.
We then walked on to the Anzac memorial and found a very old Catholic Church right in the middle of very tall buildings, a bit like St Patricks in New York.
After a very hot and humid day (although we thoroughly enjoyed it) we came back and are now sat under the fan, trying to keep cool!
Tomorrow we pick up the car and off we go again. The hire car people have not been very helpful and will not let us pck the car up early, so we are back at 8am tomorrow to get the car. The Aussies are definitely not as friendly as the Kiwi's and we will probably find this in most parts of the country. Still we intend to enjoy very moment.
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