Arrived in Brisbane!

I'm in Brisbane having had an amazing last few days in Sydney,I was very sad to leave all my new aussie mates and was lucky to have had a lovely dinner on my last night as a send off which was really sweet. I climbed the harbour bridge which gave me the most horrendous jitters and jelly legs but was fab once I'd got to the top and had my photo taken with the city and opera house in the background. I managed to get to the Australia museum, St Mary's Cathedral, indulge in Thai cuisine etc etc all in my last few days and had a proper walkabout through chinatown and the botanic gardens too (which are sprawling.) Yesterday morning I left for Brisbane to stay with some distant aussie rellies which is fun, I was really sad to leave the girls but being surrounded by a family with kids too is different. Last night I went to one of the kids schools for a play and had a late night there. Today started with an hours walk at 7am with the family through the suburb around where they live which included a track that went through some bushland. We then set off for a 1.5 hr drive toI went to the Markets at Eumundi and then to the sunshine coast for a paddle and late lunch! Perfection, bought some nice bits and pieces and I got a hat bought for me for the roadtrip, aussie style ukbura style hat, very snazzy and much needed for the desert apparently. Bloody loved the man I got it from, dodgy teeth, thick aussie accent hadn't seen a barbour in months. Particuarly enjoyed the 'whips stall' the various food and drinks stalls and the jewwellery stands too. Tomorrow I'm going to seaworld to have a look a the marine wildlife her in the sunshine state with the kids! Can't wait, hope you're all well, can't believe how quickly the trips going........can't believe there's a place in this country called Tittybong of Poowong for that matter! Heaps of love xxxxxx