We left Noosa about 9.30am for the drive to Brisbane. Arrived about noon. Another perfect day with cloudless sky's and temperatures about 26C.
Brisbane is a lovely city. In the central area the streets are set out in a grid system and all the north south ones are male names and the east west are female names, so finding your way around is easy. There is also the very wide Brisbane River, where they run an efficient City Cat service. This is a fast Catamaran which runs about every 5 mins up and down the river. We took a ride on this and saw many of the sights.
What struck us most was how clean everywhere was. No litter anywhere, not even a cigarette butt. On the Southbank of the river they have made a beautiful park with a swimming lagoon and beach,BBQ areas, cafes, and playgrounds for children etc. All free of charge. Well not the cafes of course. There are Ibis birds wandering around the place looking for food, notices on all the tables in the cafes warning you not to feed them. Makes a change from Pigeons.
As we only had half a day we had a walk through the main area and Pete found a shop with 1000's of records, books and music memorabilia, we got in there at 4.55pm and they threw us out at 5.00pm. It was Petes dream place. We had a really nice meal down by the river then back for a sleep before our flight to Sydney tomorrow.