We are having a great time, we have done everything we said we wanted to do, Whale watching, Rugby and AFL, we visited with the Wood family too! Just a great experience.
I can not say enough about the people! Aussies are as friendly and accommodating a people as I have ever come across. There is not arrogance, there is no attitude. It is all about welcoming people, it is about a smile and a helping hand! Amazing people!
Driving was a bit of fun! Everything is backwards, the controls, turn signal, everything! So that was interesting. The good news, there are almost no cops on the road here, even though everyone in this country admits to "drink driving" pretty often! Nuts! You can cruise along the "motorway" at about 90 MPH with little problem.
The cars here are interesting as well, Ford and Mazda have a good part of the market, as does Toyota. But the models are odd, I have never seen or heard of any of them, and the cars are about 35K U.S. for the basics! We saw a TV spot for a Ford Ranger starting at 35K U.S. !
Gas is amazingly expensive too! We put a little less than a tank in our rental and it was $67 AU dollars, not nearly a full tank!
The food is awful! For starters you can't get even a basic meal for under 10 or 12 AU Dollars. That would get you a burger and just the burger. If you want fries, or "Chips" as they are known here, you are in for an additional 4 or 6 dollars! We have not paid under $40 AU dollars for anything we have eaten. A single order of Fish and Chips is no less than $24 AU dollars. A McDonalds sausage mcmuffin with egg is $7 AU dollars. It is not cheap to visit Australia.
Also AWFUL!!!!!: TV here is just brutal...don't even waste your time!
Whale watching was wonderful! We saw 6 humpbacks and 1 minke whale. The boat we were on was great! Smaller and personal. They served us snacks, lunch, and drinks. Wait until we post the picks, just astounding!
The landscape and culture are wonderful. The architecture is interesting, there is a church on ever corner that is about 1000 years old. Again, wait for the pictures!
Beer flows like water here! Everyone drinks, kids, men, ladies, old young...EVERYONE drinks beer is Australia! It is almost odd if you don't! We are going to the XXXX Brewery today (It's called 4X Beer, and it is the beer of AU).
The jet lag has been almost non existent! Sleeping on the flight over helped, we have slowly adjusted out of it, just in time to hop a flight home tomorrow!
You need about 10 days to see all of Queensland, a week is not nearly enough!
When we return, we have lots of videos and pics to post. The Internet here is less than fast, so it has been a major challenge to get anything online, or have the speed to upload the smallest photo, I look forward to sharing things with you over the weekend!
Some random photos:
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