Gliding great. Now in Ausie wine country. Guess what's next...

I was only in Brisbane for a few days, but in some ways, it was my favourite city in Australia. On arrival, I tried the hop-on-hop-off tour bus which wasn't very good. The commentary was live, but the poor guy must have said the same words so many thousands of times, he couldn't help but let some of his boredom show through. Nevertheless, it did help orientate me to where the city was. The next day I did a guided walking tour of the Brisbane architecture an...

I've now properly arrived in Brisbane following my Australian "Safari". After meeting Bundy Bear at the Distillery, I went turtle watching on Mon Repos beach in the evening. It is well organised, but does involve a lot of waiting around hoping for the turtles to join the show. It is still quite early in the season, but after several hours, we were fortunate to find one turtle make an appearance. The females pull themselves up the beach, dig a hole and lay t...

Van fixed, nice meal - holiday back on track.

Broken van - not a happy chappy.