Brisbane and me - a personal view, mostly pictures, a few words

The visit to Chloe, Jacquelynn and Colin has reached the halfway stage. These are a few of the images from the first half of the trip.


One (of the many) highlights was a visit to the Corrumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, not just because of the wildlife, but because Chloe sat on my shoulders. However, Jacquelynn snapped the shot before I had time to suck in.




Chloe is amazing. she is 18 months old, can dog paddle well enough to be safe in water and can now jump from the side of the pool towards her mother in the pool.



We spent a day at Sea World on the Gold Coast, most of the day was spent at the Sesame Street section of the park watching the show (twice) or riding the Elmo and Big Bird and Grover rides. Here I am with the two Chloes.



The Brisbane climate is subtropical and there are some beautiful parks in and around the city. These are flowers in the Roma park.



Some billboards around town defy explanation. I am still trying to get someone to explain to me what worked and dropped mean (fully loaded I understand)



Many restaurants in Queensland are not licensed, so many restaurants allow customers to bring their own beer, wine or even liquor. Some restaurants advertise this by placing banners (BYO - Bring Your Own)outside the restaurant.



One hypermarket we visited covered their parking lot with a canopy to shield customers and cars from the sun.



Junk mail is obviously as great a problem in Oz as it is in the US. However, in Brisbane, many residents have "no junk mail" signs on their mailbox and the Australian post appears to respect the wishes of these people.



To ease congestion the main arterial streets into and out of the Central Business District (known to all as the CBD) have one lane marked as an HOV lane, called T2. In the morning rush hour the T2 lane is the inside lane (the lane nearest the curb) going into town and in the evening it is the inside lane going out of town.




Brisbane has it's own Chinatown. A four block area on the edge of the CBD with Chinese restaurants and food stores.



Brisbane has made a wonderful effort to beautify the city. There are many small parks around town like Wilcannia Park. The city has also painted every traffic light control box with a different scene to match the locality.