I also walked through the Botanical Gardens and through the city center to the north. I stopped at a Walgreens for chicken fingers, Doritos and cookies: lunch of champions! While eating in the park between the court buildings, I was accosted by an Australian Ibis who, when his begging from the front failed, quietly circled around, jumped on the bench behind me, and started poking into my stuff with his twelve inches. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like getting poked from behind by twelve inches, at least not without warning. Sneaky bastard.
I’ve decided to hang out in Briz for another week, staying in the same place. I’ve found a great microbrewery called the Brisbane Brewing Company that serves up a quite tasty stout (among other nice selections), with a friendly tender who’s been here for only a couple of years from England. Dominic and I, and a “local” (from up country) named William shared a few yesterday. I’m possibly going to meet up with William tonight at a place called The Burrow (really eclectic mix of furnishings, but less good beer than BBC), where there is going to be live music tonight. Looking forward to that. I went for a run yesterday for the first time since I left FoCo. It wasn’t great, but wasn’t terrible. The river trail is quite popular, and there were a lot of others out running, walking, riding E-scooters and cycling. It struck me that the folks on bicycles are either in a group riding nice, lightweight bikes or are on e-bikes, with the E-bike crowd outnumbering the “serious” cyclists. I’m beginning to wonder how close we are coming to the tipping point where electrical assist will outnumber personal transport without it. I saw a number of electric Segway-like contraptions, with only one wheel. One guy had a baby strapped to his back while riding one of these. I also walked through the Botanical Gardens and through the city center to the north. I stopped at a Walgreens for chicken fingers, Doritos and cookies: lunch of champions! While eating in the park between the court buildings, I was accosted by an Australian Ibis who, when his begging from the front failed, quietly circled around, jumped on the bench behind me, and started poking into my stuff with his twelve inches. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like getting poked from behind by twelve inches, at least not without warning. Sneaky bastard. Today's forecast is for rain most of the day, so I think I may use it to suss out where to go on the 21st. North to Cairns, west inland for a bit, or south towards Sydney? Regardless of direction, I plan to take a train whichever way I go to see more of the country. Maybe I’ll see a roo.
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