A Day In The City

Spent the day in Brisbane yesterday! We started off at the train station in the morning then ventured into the city to explore a bit.

After walked around a bit and exploring some of the shops we headed over the river to the South Bank to find someplace to go to lunch and look around at the outdoor market that is set up on weekends. 

After weaving through the tents walking down by the river and the lagoon we settled on going to a place called Nandos for lunch. It was small place that is popular for their chicken so we decided to give it a try. It was a good choice, the food was amazing. 

 After lunch we headed back toward the center of the city where we were catching a bus to go to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. We took a slightly different route, walking down closer to the water, and seeing a beautiful Pagoda right on the river's edge.

 We found the correct bus stop (there's a ton - it's a huge city!) we were on our way to see the koalas! It was a small park, but it was awesome. We saw koalas (obviously), dingoes, platypus, emus, kangaroos, parrots, and even a ram!

It was all really cool, but I have to say the highlight of my day was getting to hold a koala! His name is Eeyore and he's so cuddly and soft and adorable!

Once we had gotten to see all the animals we caught a bus back to the city again to catch a train home. After grabbing a few souvenirs, and only one wrong turn, we found the station we were leaving from and boarded our train home. 

The weather stayed beautiful all day and it didn't start raining until we were getting off the train and meeting up with our friend who was picking us up from the station. We're getting rain from the outer bands of the cyclone that is hitting up North, nothing severe at all, just some showers.

Yesterday was adventure filled and so fun! We're planning on having another trip into the city to explore a bit more - there's so much to do and see!