Day 1 part 2:
On our way back from visiting with Carol's niece, Shannon, (who will be going with us to the Australian Zoo on Tuesday) we went over to Bulimba and walked along Oxford street. To cool down, we stopped off at a cafe where I got a "spider" (aka soda float) my soda of choice was Sprite. BTW, I guess root beer isn't a thing here... Now I know that I'll need to ask for a Sarsaparilla next time.
Once we got back, I took pictures of the wild birds that Carol feeds, and some other nature shots. We had some coffee, and relaxed in the garden.
For dinner, we ordered a "Rainforest" pizza at Tomato Brothers. (Take a look at the blog photo, and you'll see our pizza.). Since Carol is a vegetarian, I was game to try one of the veggie specials, which was layered with a spicy tomato sauce, mozzarella, pumpkin, mushroom, capsicum (I believe that's a bell pepper), tomatoes, onions, and topped with a yoghurt raita. We took it back home, paired it with some nice white wine, and I must say, even though I'm typically a pepperoni and black olive type of pizza girl, the pizza was actually pretty good!
The rest of the night was a blur. I had been up for close to 45 hours with only a 2 hour light nap on the plane... So I crashed super early - didn't even change into pjs!