This morning we headed towards Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast. We stopped along the way at Australia Zoo, which was established by Steve Irwin (of Crocodile Hunter fame), but we decided to give it a miss given that it was incredibly busy there (school holidays) and given the price ($59.00 per person) and given the fact that we would only be there for a couple of hours. Instead we headed further north to Noosa. Noosa was also very busy, because of the school holi...

Our second day in Brisbane was a busy one. We spent some time lazing around the pool, and then headed up to the D'Aguilar National Park, to take in some scenic views. We stopped on our way up the mountains to have some lunch at a rather nice little cafe. We had a great view, whilst waiting for our food to arrive. We were kept entertained by the various birds who were busy trying to get to everyone's food! A kookaburra kept the other birds away, but two very ...