G'Day from Australia!!!
Nov. 15th, 2005 02:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unclejimboFound an Internet Cafe in Surfer's Paradise so we decided to check on LJ and stuff.
Word for the weather here? HUMID!!! We're just a tad below the Tropic of Capricorn so we're not in the tropics per se, however, we're as close as we can get. In fact we could drive up to the Torpic of Capricorn in a few hours if we were so inclined.
Brisbane is like a cross between San Fransisco, Seatle and Kona all rolled into one. The people have all been terrific although I wish the prices weren't so blasted high. The resort we're staying at... Well, we won't be back. They wanted a $400 deposit before we even saw the room. The price for broadband there is $28 a day. Huh? Uh, no thanks, we'll go downtown.
Sunday we found a local market that's only on weekends. Lots of fun stuff and good things to eat. I bet my mom would have loved the fried tomatoes we had for breakfast. Donna found a book dealer there and located a family guest book from a vacation home that was made around 1901. She gave it to the people and asked them to find the original owners. She had a feeling that book needed to go home. It was from a Jewish family and it is a fair bet that the only surviving members were those who were in Australia during the war. Too trippy.
Monday was Austalia Zoo for Donna's birthday and it was a trip. It is one thing to see the place on the TV, but to actually be beside Agro the Croc's pen and wander around the Crocoseum is just too much fun. Plus there are pens where you can walk through and feed red and grey kangaroos and you can even pet a koala bear. Sadly Steve and the rest weren't there, but we did see many Eastern Water Dragons.
They told us the zoo started out in 1970 with about 4 acres of land. Steve is going to be expanding to over 300 acres and has brought in tigers, elephants and orangutans. The bloke is going to set up a captive breeding program. I guess we'll have to come back and see how he's doing in a few years.
Found the Hard Rock Cafe today. Prices are what you might expect. But the service was first rate and the food was good. We sat outside under an awning while it rained briefly. Calm, settled, a nice quiet vacation moment.
Last night, I did some amateur astronomy and managed to find the Southern Cross (Crux). I'm going to go out tonight and find a nice dark spot to see if I can find the Coal Sack. (And if I see any Moties, I'll let you all know first.)
That's about it from here. My only wish is we had more money and more time. There is a Sea World just up the road a piece and I would have loved to go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Oh well, next time.
Take care all. Next post should be from stateside.
Cheers!
Word for the weather here? HUMID!!! We're just a tad below the Tropic of Capricorn so we're not in the tropics per se, however, we're as close as we can get. In fact we could drive up to the Torpic of Capricorn in a few hours if we were so inclined.
Brisbane is like a cross between San Fransisco, Seatle and Kona all rolled into one. The people have all been terrific although I wish the prices weren't so blasted high. The resort we're staying at... Well, we won't be back. They wanted a $400 deposit before we even saw the room. The price for broadband there is $28 a day. Huh? Uh, no thanks, we'll go downtown.
Sunday we found a local market that's only on weekends. Lots of fun stuff and good things to eat. I bet my mom would have loved the fried tomatoes we had for breakfast. Donna found a book dealer there and located a family guest book from a vacation home that was made around 1901. She gave it to the people and asked them to find the original owners. She had a feeling that book needed to go home. It was from a Jewish family and it is a fair bet that the only surviving members were those who were in Australia during the war. Too trippy.
Monday was Austalia Zoo for Donna's birthday and it was a trip. It is one thing to see the place on the TV, but to actually be beside Agro the Croc's pen and wander around the Crocoseum is just too much fun. Plus there are pens where you can walk through and feed red and grey kangaroos and you can even pet a koala bear. Sadly Steve and the rest weren't there, but we did see many Eastern Water Dragons.
They told us the zoo started out in 1970 with about 4 acres of land. Steve is going to be expanding to over 300 acres and has brought in tigers, elephants and orangutans. The bloke is going to set up a captive breeding program. I guess we'll have to come back and see how he's doing in a few years.
Found the Hard Rock Cafe today. Prices are what you might expect. But the service was first rate and the food was good. We sat outside under an awning while it rained briefly. Calm, settled, a nice quiet vacation moment.
Last night, I did some amateur astronomy and managed to find the Southern Cross (Crux). I'm going to go out tonight and find a nice dark spot to see if I can find the Coal Sack. (And if I see any Moties, I'll let you all know first.)
That's about it from here. My only wish is we had more money and more time. There is a Sea World just up the road a piece and I would have loved to go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. Oh well, next time.
Take care all. Next post should be from stateside.
Cheers!
