Shika and I went up to Brissy last Friday, as Shika had a Genetics conference from Monday to Thurdsay at the Brisbane Convention Centre on Southbank. The trip started with our flight on Jetstar which was pretty dodgy. It was delayed by about an hour, so it ended up getting to Brisbane at 12:30am. Jetstar hasn’t got allocated seats, instead they have three different coloured tickets (Orange, Blue and Silver), so the earlier you get there the better ticket you get. We got there just after Blue ran out so we were stuck with Silver, the last group. The deal is, when the plane is about to board, they announce which line you have to go to depending on your ticket. Luckily I guessed correctly which line it would be, and we got to the front of the Silver line which meant we could get sets together, but we just missed out on a window seat :(.
We were coolected at the airport by Briony and Trev. They were gonna meet us at the gate, but Briony had a fork in her bag, so the airport staff thought she was a terrorist and wouldn’t let her in. Talking about terrorists, I had a bomb test done on me on the way there and on the way back. Guess I look a bit dodgy. Since we’d gotten into Brisbane, pretty late, we decided not to go out as me and Shika were pretty tired.
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On Saturday morning we met Kirsty and Craigs little girl Caitlyn who is about 14 months old. Later, Briony and Trev took us for a drive. First we went up to the Glasshouse Mountains. It was really pretty, and we had an awsome morning tea consisting of blueberry pankcakes, and bacon and eggs.
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After that we drove to Mooloolaba on the cost, where we walked along the beach and got our feet wet, but it was too cold for swimming (I know, you reckon I’m weak Tom). Then it was back down to Scarborough where we saw Ann and Pete’s new house that they are building near the beach. The house looks increadible and has a beautiful view over the ocean.
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Later that evening we watched the Pies narrowly lose to the Crows, then Simon and Briony took us into Brisbane and showed us the nightlife.
We took it pretty easy on Sunday, went to a shopping centre in Chermside, then me and Trev dropped Shika off at her hotel in Southbank. We were planning on going for a swim in the hotel’s pool, but it wasn’t heated and the weather was on the cool side.
On Monday, me and Trev went to WetnWild. When we got there the carpark was empty and the main gate was closed. We had flashbacks t0 Wally World, but on closer inspection, there was a side entrance opened. Once inside we realise how empty the place was, there can’t have been more than about 20 people in the entire theme park, so it was pretty strange. We got through all the rides, including 2 new ones, in about 90 minutes. After about 2 hours we were bored and decided to go home.
That night I caught the plane back to Melbourne, this time I was lucky enough to get the window seat, so I got to see Melbourne city on the approach to Avalon.
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