The view from Mount Coot-tha is breath taking!  This was our last stop in Brisbane before we left for Goldcoast.


 Warm Churros at San Churro on a balmy, windy night are DA BOMB!

 Ribs at Hurricane's Grill! These came highly recommended and did not disappoint.

One of the days we took a day trip to O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat.  The drive up from Brisbane to the retreat was about 2 hours long, but took much longer because the GPS took us via Duck Creed Road.  I don't think I'll ever forget that name.  It's a long, winding, unmarked lane off the main roads, through private farmlands (read: gates where you have to exit the vehicle to manually un-hinge and hinge), steep, sandy and gravelly terrains, but also, the most breath-taking scenery ever. It was an experience, but not something I would advise travellers to do as even our 4-wheel-drive had quite a lot of difficulty navigating the route and an especially steep slope.  So take the main roads, and ignore it when your GPS tells you that Duck Creed Road is the fastest way up.  When you're crawling at maybe 10km/hr, it really isn't.

Gorgeous blue skies

The cow wonders what the hell we're doing driving in their pastures

Heyyy Luke, do you know how much we had to go through just so we could see your farm?

The kind of place that makes me want to just lie down on the grass, look at the sky and not give a flying rat's ass about time or work.

While the ride up to O'Reilly's was eventful, I couldn't say the same about our destination.  It's probably more suitable if you have kids, as there were some activities for the younger 'uns available, like a bird show? Or something like that. The food was good though, but I'm not sure if it was worth the harrowing ride up the mountain.  I believe they also had lodging available so it may be more worth your while if you stayed there a couple of nights.  You know, to calm your nerves after risking your lives on Duck Creed Road.  It was really cold and windy up the mountain too, so wrap up!
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Whenever I have fries (or chips) in Australia, I think of my Sinsin Garlic Chilli (also known as McDonald's Chilli) or my Maggi tomato ketchup. Nothing else comes close, man.

My attempts at artistic nature shots

Finally at the end of the trail! Now we can go down the mountain.

Awww...these are so me

These! The freshest oysters I've ever had, bought off a man (probably a fisherman) who sold it from a truck. It was AUD$16 for a dozen and has left me with such a strong hankering for oysters that I was looking all over for fresh oysters after I came back.

Twin layout configuration Aww the web addy is adorable! I love little touches of quirk like that

Signs at the Lobby which get rotated every couple of days