Day out in brisbane
Last weekend mat and I were meant to spend the day with his dad, brother and sister in law. However they bailed on us after a BBQ was organized for a relative celebrating the birth of her first baby. This meant Mat and I had hours to kill before we went to catch up with Sam and Amber. Left in Brisbane to our own devices. Country kids in the big city. Yikes.
First up we went and had breakfast at the Coffee Club in Callamvale, which wasn’t anything special. While we were there we tried to figure out what we wanted to do for the day. Movies, imax and putt putt were all put out there, but finally Mat decided he was keen to go to the museum. He’s been to the science museum, but never to the regular museum. Being that it was free to get in, we decided that was a goer.
Once there, we walked around having a look at all the exhibitions. I must say, while it’s great they have so much stuff I didn’t find it that fascinating. Probably because none of the areas interest me – animals, old vases etc. I was intrigued by the war section though, and we sat down and watched a movie about 3 guys who were awarded with the Queen’s medal from World War 1.
After that, we reached a room that had a long display of animals, starting with the largest and working its way down to the tiny tiny bugs. At the head of the lot, was the bundy bear!
Bundy Bear at Brisbane Museum
After that, we’d pretty much had enough of the museum, and decided we would go to South Bank for lunch. I was still incredibly full from breakfast, so made do with just a boost juice for lunch. Mat opted for a long baguette looking thing, as well as a juice. We sat on a concrete wall near the river, and just relaxed. It was great how casual the atmosphere was at south bank, I can imagine that if I lived in Brisbane I would go there to chill out with friends. A lot of people were riding past with sticks coming out of their helmets, however courtesy of twitter I discovered it was an anti-magpie device. Or it’s quite possible that as one of my contacts said, they were aliens.
One of the walkways at South Bank, Brisbane
Feeling the heat (it was a scorcher that day) I managed to convince Mat to go for a ride on the Brisbane Ferris Wheel purely because it was air conditioned. Thankfully the line wasn’t long, and we were on the very next ride with a carriage all to ourselves.
The Ferris Wheel known as the Brisbane Eye
I was really impressed with the view. It was such an amazingly beautiful day, and I hate to say it but Brisbane didn’t look too damn ugly from up there. It’s scary that I’ve written that down, because you’ll never hear me say it again. The ride lasted between 10 – 15mins, or roughly 3 rotations. It was really quite peaceful, and very like it went for a lot longer than it did. And most importantly, the air conditioning was absolutely heavenly. We paid $15 each for the privilege, but it was exactly what we needed.
One of the views of Brisbane from the Ferris Wheel
Another view of the Brisbane skyline from the Ferris Wheel
After that, we walked back to our car and went and caught up with Sam and Amber. It actually turned out to be a really great day, Mat and I really enjoyed ourselves. That says a lot, because usually you wouldn’t catch us dead in the city by choice, by ourselves. Maybe in another 5 years we might just do it again.