January 4, 2012 BRISBANE

Today we arrived in Brisbane around 11:30 in the morning. We all were feeling pretty rough after the festivities last night. When we arrived we all jumped into three taxis and had about a 45 minute ride to our apartments/hotels called the Q Apartments. We had about two hours before we began our day so we took an hour nap and then ate some lunch. I had half of a beef pie and it was amazing. I saved the other half for one of my other meals so I wont be spending so much money. I feel like things are a lot cheaper here than in Sydney though. After lunch we all got together and walked downtown to the river and the park.

 The park was built for the expo in the 80's?? I think thats right. The park was the most amazing park I've ever been to. John Pittari would love it and I wish I could have done my city comforts project on that park cause it literally had all of them and more. We walked around for an hour or so and were going to take the ferry tour but we missed the boat so we decided to do that tomorrow morning. We rode a ferris wheel that travels around Australia but is here in Brisbane right now. It made me feel kind of sick cause I'm not really a big fan of heights.

 Then we went across the pedestrian bridge called Goodwill Bridge and went to the Royal Botanical Gardens. It was different form the park in Sydney which was more managed and maintained. The park here is more natural. Emily found this fruit that looked like a potato and the sign said that the tree it comes from is in India. It was extremely hard but Emily broke it and the inside smelled like dirt. We walked through a giant bamboo jungle and then went out to dinner in downtown. I got a Margarita pizza and plan on eating the other half tomorrow. Then we caught the bus back and I showered and its only 8:45 but I'm heading straight to sleep. Goodnight everyone.