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Arrived in Brisbane today after a 2.5 hour flight from Alice Springs. Landed in torrential rain feeling very much at home! Once we got out of the airport though we were reminded that we were in Queensland due to the heat.
Stephen hailed a cab and we headed to our hotel. We started getting bad vibes as soon as we were greeted by the miserable cow on reception. We eventually checked in. Our room is nice, as we have a kitchenette and a nice balcony overlooking the city.
Still not convinced the Auzzies understand the concept of vegetarianism. It seems I can get a pizza or pasta in a tomato sauce everywhere but that's about it! Needless to say we have been doing some of our own cooking for variety.
To add to our problems the laundry doesn't work, there is construction work going in and the girl in the room next door keeps crying on her balcony as her boyfriend had dumped her. There is a swimming pool but I found I was swimming around discarded cigarette butts which was lovely as you can imagine. All part of the experience I guess but we had expected slightly better for a Best Western.
We hired bikes in the afternoon and cycled along the river. There was some evidence of flood damage but not as much as we had expected. It wasn't a long route so when we got back I swam 100 lengths and Stephen went for a run. Keeping up the training...
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