Australian Adventures: Brisbane

Brisbane was the warmest city that we visited. Because we were really looking forward to wearing summer clothing, Brisbane was pretty fantastic! Highlights of Brisbane were holding a Koala and being surrounded by Kangaroos! We only had one full day and one half day in Brisbane for exploration, so we went to the sanctuary to see some Australian animals on our first day and the half day we spent exploring Brisbane by foot.

I held a koala! This little guy was a stinker! He was smelly and left a little poop on my shirt. Koalas are the most adorable little guys, but they poop SO much! Nikki got some poop on her hands and shirt too. But its definitely worthwhile because they're so darn cute. Well worth the $16 that we paid for the picture they took for us, then we were able to take our own (like this on that Nikki took of me!).

When we first went into the kangaroo area, we were so excited to see the kangaroos (well we saw joeys first... little guys) we took so many pictures of us with the kangaroos at a distance from us. Then we realized that people were buying food and feeding them! So we bought a $2 bag of kangaroo food and found a lot of bigger ones in a different area and we instantly made lots of new friends! They come right up to you, they aren't afraid at all!

I also touched a snake at the sanctuary!

We took pictures just like this one in every room of the 8 hostels we stayed in so that we can remember our hostel rooms! This room in Brisbane was by far the smallest, most cramped room of all the ones we stayed in. There were 8 people staying in a room that would be appropriate for 1 double bed! We didnt really mind the small rooms, the only thing that sucked was when we didn't have a place to put our luggage/bags and open them to find our clothes!

                                 This picture is from the day that we explored Brisbane on foot. The city center (CBD, which I learned is the Central Business District) is in the background across the water. Walking along the river was nice and we found a really modern childrens park that we thought was pretty neato.

I took this picture because not only do Australian drive on the left side of the street, they also walk on the left side. There were a lot of things to get used to in our time in Australia! 3 weeks definitely was not enough time to get used to everything on the opposite side!