jetstar serves it up with class, aussie accents, smooth flying, and the guise of low fares. extra charge for bags, entertainment, food, and seats. ain't my dime, but damn.
the digs. larger than the spot back in the J, with almost a full size stove. rental wheels to the left. picked it up upon arrival for the duration. best move ever?
it's possible that I'd not laid hands on a microwave oven OR dishwasher outside of the US of A. check it off the list!
pretty solid view as well. from the 32nd floor. looking northish.
CBD, as pertains to me
view from the oh-fiss, southish.
interesting house of worship
interesting flora abound
part of the South Bank river walk. likely completely fucked in the '11 floods. abnormally active rainy season ended up saturating the ground completely, and an upstream reservoir went from something like 95% to 140% capacity in a matter of days. rated at a measly 150%, the dam possibly would've failed had they not loosed the wooders. the meander that forms the pinnacle feature of the city couldn't handle the elevated levels, and most things bank-side ended up being rebuilt.
only koalas I've seen so far.
artsy-fartsy solar panels. application unknown.
night view
community bike repair station
looking across the river to the (city-sponsored?) rock wall
wheels, rental or otherwise, are now required for the majority of my travels. cruised out to Mount Nebo last weekend. for all the ups and downs, I only came up with this photo.
today I rode from town out to Shorncliffe on the Moreton Bay. pretty good ride. there seemed to be a wool factory off screen to the left, possibly explaining the chrome sheep.
the route took me straight up the gut o' the Boondall Wetlands, a.k.a. croc country. god-damned miracle I made it back alive.
more wetland-o-zu
back end of some driving range
some of the curves could easily land one in the muck were one ill-prepared
wildlife!
these red guys are all over the place. Royal Poincianas I think.
the bay, with a whole bunch of para-surfers getting their schwartz's twisted.
caught some nice ocean spray
wind was ripping. this wasn't down on my way out. roughly 2.5 hours to the bay with head wind, round about 1.5 on the way back to town.
