A slightly disturbed night's sleep (there is aircon in the apartment but, crucially, none in our room, although a fan has been promised...). Coffee and breakfast, swiftly followed by another takeaway coffee, get us going and we hop on the ferry to the Southbank. As it is currently drizzling (WHAT?!), this feels very much like London! There are plenty of bridges (one looks suspiciously like the Millennium Bridge), and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPA...

Sourced from a suitably poncy grocer (their yoghurt with roasted oats, lime, rhubarb and honeycomb pieces absolutely fabulous dahling), the coffee here was back in the big leagues. Perfect temperature, milky but strong, and complex enough to convey the individual character of the coffee bean, this was a sumptuous return to form. Ending with lovely chocolate after tones, this reviewer would have preferred a smoother attack initially. A little raucous. All in all, ...

Not content with just the one morning coffee, this was a takeaway cup affair. Again, a strong contender, this one was actually very powerful. Two shots included here?The initial tones are good, but the middle and lasting taste tails away somewhat. Good temperature, however. Much to commend here. AF

An espresso with a bit of milk. Far too strong, strong lingering aftertaste, a coffee too far for the day??AF

Today is a sad day. Today is say bye bye to our trusty Ford Kuga. Today is the day we say bye bye to our portable air conditioning unit. How will we cope??Adding to this trauma was waking up at 6.00 in Anna's bnb. Again, no black out blinds - will they never learn? And then to be then reawoken at 7.00 when the traffic picked up outside our open window as there was no air con - again, will they never learn??The day started with, yes you guessed it, a trip to t...