here we are in the land of oz.

We left Christchurch Airport in a below zero frost at 6am. As we approached Brisbane, the Captain mentioned that Brisbane Airport was closed due to fog. The bizarre thing was that apart from the airport, Brisbane was awash with sunshine. We flew in a circling pattern for an hour, enjoying Moreton Island and the Glasshouse mountains again and again.... This gave Dave another chance for a scotch on the rocks, the second on the flight, while Heather drank all the wine (bubbly too).













Heather under the welcome sign at brizy airport

Romped through customs and border patrol. Heather was delayed as her destination in

Queensland was Brisbane but no address. This caused a laugh as Davids destination was

”mobile camper" which worked a treat. David ran to help Heather with details of the camper

etc... (thats another story)

It was about 23 degrees when we arrived and our jeans were too much. We got a taxi to pick up our camper – later found out he’d robbed us by going the long way round. The guy at the hire company gave us directions to a supermarket. We still haven’t found it.

As we’re coming back through in a few days, and again before we fly home we decided to leave exploring Brisbane until then and headed north. We found our way to the motorway and headed to the Redcliffe peninsula as this is one area we like the look of. For those looking to move it looks a lovely area for families with nice beaches and parks and some really ritzy houses on the waterfront. The natives were friendly, except on the road. They have no patience with a large camper dawdling in front of them and we sparked some road rage. We had a paddle in the sea, Dave couldn’t resist making a sand angel in a newly graded beach. We also talked to a local photographer who had moved from South Africa. Kate street,Redcliffe

We headed out and Heather wanted to explore some of the nearby suburbs. We called in to a display home area in Halpine Lake and then the weather packed in and we had an impressive thunderstorm that lasted about 20 minutes. We tried to call in to North Lakes shopping centre but missed the turn and ended up on the motorway heading north. Once the torrential rain eased we decided to explore some of the suburbs. The annoying thing here is that there are signs telling you to turn right for the town centre, but then you drive and eventually reach the next suburb having never seen the town centre. We did that a few times, through some pretty country around Burpengary (never found the centre) and Narangba (never found the lake).

Stopped to get groceries and discovered the battery was flat so we had no fridge, no lights or anything unless we stayed in a motor camp which we hadn’t planned on. So we drove back to Redcliffe/Scarborough and got the last spot for the night. All is working well now an hopfully will be in the morning or I am going to get relly pisst off.