Staying in a campervan in Brisbane is not ideal. All the campsites are located quite a distance to the city centre and we had to catch a bus to get to town!! We successfully got the right bus ( an achievment in itself!) and headed to the centre of town. We strolled around the city, looking in the shops and walked along the river seeing Brisbanes version of the London Eye - its a little bit more like a ferris wheel! That night returning (again successfully on the bus!) we decided that although Brisbane seemed like a very nice place - we were satisfied that we had seen all we really wanted to see and did not really want to go on the bus again (Emma and Sam do not like public transport!) And so after a lovely day and night we continued our journey north.
Just north of Brisbane is a gorgeous holiday town called Noosa. It sits where the river meets the sea and is made up of little islands created by the river. We spent our first day sitting on the sandy river bank (which was just like the beach!) and had lunch on a lovely roof terrace!
The following day we went to the famous Australia Zoo - Steve Irwins Zoo! We were both really excited for the crocodile show which made Steve Irwin famous. We arrived at the zoo a little bit early and sat and waited. And waited. At about 9.20 Sam went and asked what time the park opened. '9.00am' was the response. A very confused Sam said but its 9.20! The lady responded 'um no its only 8.20! Basically noone had told us that there was a time difference between New South Wales and Queensland - we had been living for nearly a week on the wrong time! - typical sam and em!
The zoo was amazing and there are way to many animals to even begin, but the main show is one where they bring in snakes, birds (much to emmas delight), elephants and of course crocs! You will have to see our photos to see how cool, but here is a taster!http://www.team-endeavour.com/012%20Australia%20Zoo%20croc%20show.JPG
That night we ate once again on the river beach in the camp kitchen and got chatting to an israeli family, who didn't quite believe that we were jewish at first, but after a little while (and a portion of my bar mitzvah) we were accepted!
On the way to our next destination (rainbow beach) we stopped off in a great little town called Montville. High up in the mountains and a quite a scary drive to get to, the town is centred around a single road with lots of chocolate and fudge shops (much to emmas delight - its surprising how we haven't become poor after all the chocolate and fudge this girl has eaten - oh wait we have!!!!!). There is a definite european feel to the town, particularly as many of the residents are french and spanish!
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