Part 1 – Australia

On our way. Off to Vancouver, then to Los Angeles in Business Class with Air Canada. We had a long layover in Los Angeles so time to kill and and an awful $50 hamburger. We should have just waited until we got on the plane to eat. In Los Angeles…how does that song go? It never rains in Southern California, but girl don’t they warn you, man it pours! Indeed, it was very wet outside.

We flew Premium Economy to Brisbane and it was quite good, with decent meal. There were few people in our section so we could spread out and sleep. We arrived at 6am in Brisbane and were picked up by our driver and off to Flaxton and our B and B, called Frog’s Hollow. It is a beautiful, lush property of about 3 acres. We had a wonderful meal with Howard, Jayne and family of Kobe steaks.

Lunch at Montville at the Edge with Jayne. No waiters, just order on your phone and it arrives. Then, we spent the afternoon touring the new property. It is 300 acres and adjacent to a park.

Day two at the Australia Zoo. Crikey!! This is quite the zoo with plenty of native Australian animals as well as tigers, elephants, giraffes. The show features a seawater crocodile being fed by Robert Irwin, much like his dad used to do.

A day at Maleney Botanical Gardens and Bird Zoo. There are beautiful views of the Glass House mountains. It’s very green and lush and we have seen a good bit of rain.