Today we visited the lone pine Koala sanctuary. Whilst normal people probably would have taken the ferry or a bus, we decided to bike the 22km there. We had been told the rote was almost entirely along the river and flat so it sounded simple enough... I don't know whether we had been incorrectly informed or whether it was Stephen's bad map reading but we found ourselves away from the river and cycling through a suburb called Indooroopily! To say it was hilly wou...

Arrived in Brisbane today after a 2.5 hour flight from Alice Springs. Landed in torrential rain feeling very much at home! Once we got out of the airport though we were reminded that we were in Queensland due to the heat. Stephen hailed a cab and we headed to our hotel. We started getting bad vibes as soon as we were greeted by the miserable cow on reception. We eventually checked in. Our room is nice, as we have a kitchenette and a nice balcony overlooking the ...