Day01 Brisbane

The drive to Rocky was uneventful and we saw Rell and John off all ok. Jess and Rob picked us up soon after, we did some shopping, and had a nice lunch. It was great to see them doing well and generally happy. They shouted lunch which we greatly appreciated and dropped us back to the airport, and saw us off.
The flight was as good as they get especially because I had half an hours sleep. Straight to the city train, $50 return for both of us which was good value compared to renting or taxis.
Walked from Central down to the Sebel Citigate near King George square. On the way the Roulettes flew over several time. Took a few quick pics. Tom and Shanna met us in front of the hotel. Met R&J in the lobby later, had a look up at level 16, the pool level, then over to the Victoria Bridge to watch the fire works. The dump and burn before and after the fireworks lit up the city and illuminated the smoke drifting across the sky. Fireworks off city buildings, barges in the river and off bridges well and truely gave us plenty to look at.
End of day one saw us dining at the Sebel restaurant after walking back through thousands of people along the way. A walk up the mall saw that manny hadn't gone home and every restaurant full to over flowing. Back to the room for some desert and room service.