around 10 in the morning, we relaxed a little before heading out into central Brisbane, which was easy due to the excellent Ferry service along the river. We soon reached the fantastic Streets beach, the only free open air public riverside beach in Australia.With wooden 
boardwalks connecting different levels for toddlers and children and adults, it was very popular on this Saturday afternoon.
Later we walked back past the buzzing bars of the south beach area, before managing to miss pretty much all buses and ferries that could have carried our tired bodies home….
On our second day, we took a fast catamaran ferry, known as the City Cat into the city, and then did a walking tour of the downtown area. Brisbane is quite a pretty town - quite modern, and very beautiful to look at. We found ourselves back at the Streets Beach, the largest free 
open air swimming area in Australia. Lara was so happy splashing around that we could have stayed there for hours. Unfortunately there was more rain - the worst thunderstorm for 20 years. We got very wet, but finally made it back to the hostel.
Next day we collected the rental car. A large blue Toyota Ascent- rather too big and too nice. We were terrified of the huge amounts we would have to pay if we bent it, so we were super careful for the next 7 days. It was unfortunately an automatic car, so we hopped and jerked kangeroo-style out of the city to
the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary- the largest there is. Here we enjoyed the small zoo experience- we listened to animal lectures about Koalas and Snakes, and held both animals. We also wandered around the Kangaroo field with roos, wallabies and Emus. It was interesting to 
compare this with our experience the next day. (We planned things badly, so we had to do the world-famous Australia Zoo the very next day!) Here the legacy of the late Steve Irwin - “The Crocodile Hunter” was very much in effect. His dream of “conservation through exciting education” is certainly being pushed hard, as are 
images of Steve himself - they’re everywhere! It was rather overwhelming, but then he was a larger-than-life figure. We also found a larger-than-life crocodile to play with, 
and had lots of fun there. All in all, the small koala sanctuary was far more fun than the mega-zoo, and allowed us to get closer to the animals, and feel like we’d learned more.
boardwalks connecting different levels for toddlers and children and adults, it was very popular on this Saturday afternoon.Later we walked back past the buzzing bars of the south beach area, before managing to miss pretty much all buses and ferries that could have carried our tired bodies home….
On our second day, we took a fast catamaran ferry, known as the City Cat into the city, and then did a walking tour of the downtown area. Brisbane is quite a pretty town - quite modern, and very beautiful to look at. We found ourselves back at the Streets Beach, the largest free 
open air swimming area in Australia. Lara was so happy splashing around that we could have stayed there for hours. Unfortunately there was more rain - the worst thunderstorm for 20 years. We got very wet, but finally made it back to the hostel.Next day we collected the rental car. A large blue Toyota Ascent- rather too big and too nice. We were terrified of the huge amounts we would have to pay if we bent it, so we were super careful for the next 7 days. It was unfortunately an automatic car, so we hopped and jerked kangeroo-style out of the city to
the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary- the largest there is. Here we enjoyed the small zoo experience- we listened to animal lectures about Koalas and Snakes, and held both animals. We also wandered around the Kangaroo field with roos, wallabies and Emus. It was interesting to 
compare this with our experience the next day. (We planned things badly, so we had to do the world-famous Australia Zoo the very next day!) Here the legacy of the late Steve Irwin - “The Crocodile Hunter” was very much in effect. His dream of “conservation through exciting education” is certainly being pushed hard, as are 
images of Steve himself - they’re everywhere! It was rather overwhelming, but then he was a larger-than-life figure. We also found a larger-than-life crocodile to play with, 
and had lots of fun there. All in all, the small koala sanctuary was far more fun than the mega-zoo, and allowed us to get closer to the animals, and feel like we’d learned more.
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Mondanám, hogy -5 fok volt ma...
(Ha esetleg valakit érdekel :) ).
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