Waited at the Brisbane airport, lots of stores so lots to see and very good people watching! We got to fly on an air New Zealand plane painted with Hobbit material, I will attach a picture if I can figure it out. That flight was 3 hrs, so watched another movie, The Internship, Vince Vaughn and Like Wilson. I sat beside a fellow from Brisbane who gave us some pointers about Brisbane. Got a bus at the airport that took us to our hotel, Watermark Hotel Brisbane. Took about 1/2 hr from the airport. The weather is cloudy but warm. We got an upgrade on our room, now Tom is napping and I am doing the blog. It is now 12:20 in the afternoon. Will shower and go exploring. They said the fireworks might not be so great because of the low cloud cover.

Sorry if this blog is a bit mundane at times, but this will be my diary of the trip, so will mean more to me than you sometimes!