Airlie beach was a welcome relief. Very pretty, quite lively and more touristy than our previous two stops. We chose a Big4 campsite which gave us a large pitch in amongst the trees which was quite private and felt less like we were living in someone's back yard. Here we got a chance to feed more birds - rainbow lorikeets that came down to the swimming pool area each morning. They sat on our heads and arms to feed. Oliver saw his second wild kangaroo by the toile...

It has been so long since we wrote I can’t remember what I last said so I will just write an inane stream of conscious (see if you can spot the difference to the other rubbish I have written!). Brisbane is a sprawling city based around a bend in the river so we spent a lot of time crossing and re crossing rivers to get anywhere. We did catch a river bus to a free comedy evening (about the only thing that we have found in this whole country that is free or eve...