Arrived to Gold Coast and on the way to Brisbane. Unfortunately, our pickup was scheduled for the evening, so we had to figure out how to spend a working day in OOL airport, or to travel closer down to Brisbane. After a quick breakfast with huge stack of pancakes, strawberries and ice cream we jumped on the bus to Harbortown - a shopping centre somewhere between Gold Coast and Brisbane.
Carrying a lot of luggage around for the day wasn't really particularly exciting, but we managed to find a storage room (free) to do some window shopping. Overall, Harbortown isn't really anything particularly exciting, considering DFO has usually much better deals. But then again, this was mostly a pitstop on the way. One notable success was the first encounter with the local Starbucks replacement "Zaraffas" - ice coffees and frappucinos.
Cowabunga!
Getting to Brisbane, or the Gap suburb, was a quick ride. On top of a place to stay, we got an introduction to a wholly new set of dietary principles while the stay - no gluten (flour, rice, wheat... the usual stuff), no sugar, and huge loads of meat.
As swimming and watersports (oh behave) were still out of question, the first things we did were some exploring around the surrounding areas - by foot and by car. We got known to koalas, kangaroos and other natives in Lone Pine Sanctuary.
Weird birds, Koalas and Cockatoos
Tawny Frogmouths
Bats and Pythons
White-bellied sea eagles
Girls from Finland, Tasmanian Devils and White Dingos
Koala families and Emus
And a whole lot of kangaroos and wallabies in all different sizes:
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