Today is a stay in day because Becky’s Facebook friend who is also a colleague of our hostess is coming for a lunch visit.
Breakfast – Homemade Scones and Jams
Exploring the neighbourhood
Girls only
Nice wine
Sharing a joke!!!
Lamp chopped yum!!!
Potato Salad
Beetroot, rocket salad
Lamb chopped, lamb sausages and beef burger patties
Skewered chicken and chicken sausages
It was a day of eating, chatting and laughing from lunch to almost dinner.
April 2
Today is Brisbane discovery tour day.
Breakfast – homemade pancakes with fresh fruits
Boat not here yet
Let’s rest awhile
Here it comes
The first part was a tour of Brisbane River on the City Cat which was really interesting.
Boarding the City Cat
Off we go!!!
Tourist!!!
A cruise ship
Hawthorne ferry wharf
A City Ferry
Brisbane City
Brisbane City
Brisbane City
We started from Bretts Wharf and go right up to University of Queensland and hop off somewhere in the city center and continue our discovery tour on foot.
The Route
Our Disembarkation Point
A Green Cab
Rugby a popular sports
Queen Street Mall
Guide Dog Graduation
Autism Supporters in Blue
Happiness – Lunch Time
Scallop and Mussels Risotto
Fish and Chips
Westernized Nasi Lemak
A Native playing a Didgeridoo
After exploring Queen Street Mall we crossed the Victoria Bridge to the Queensland Cultural Centre.
Crossing Victoria Bridge
Green Cab in Action
Inside the art gallery
The story
Close up of familiar things
Close up of familiar things
Close up of familiar things
Close up of familiar things
I like this
Iron Snake???
Hmmm....???
The Story
Bodyguards
Hmmm…
They have no legs!
See, no legs!
Hmm ….
eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Thrash bag dog
Little glass animals
More little glass animals
Lots of little glass animals
The story
Sound like mine - NG HOUSE
The Wheel Of Brisbane
After an exciting fun filled day discovering Brisbane, we had a delicious Thai dinner at a nearby small Thai restaurant run by Thai people or should I say Siamese.
Thai spring roll
Duck and pineapple fried rice – yum!
Green Curry
Yummy dish
April 3
Today we return to Melbourne and spend a quiet day in. It was cold.
Brisbane Airport
Cold Day in Melbourne
April 4
Spent the day with Becky’s aunt indoors and her cousin took us out for dinner in a Chinese noodle shop nearby.
Beef Noodles yummie!
Fried Noodles
April 5
Today is the last day of our vacation and will be flying off in the wee hours of tomorrow morning. Anyway we went to Preston Market with Becky’s cousin to do some marketing. Really love the markets here, lots of variety, clean, bright … unlike the markets we have back home.
Nice
Lots of choices & varieties
Fresh
Food Truck
In the evening we all went out for dinner just round the corner in Bundoora Hotel before we went to the airport to catch our flight home. We were already missing these two wonderful country.
The Pokies Section
Soup of the day
Roast Beef Ribs
Fish and Chips
Satisfied Diners
Melbourne Airport again
Back in Malaysia
Welcome committee my eldest
The sign
It had been a wonderful holiday … wish it could be longer.
