Brisbane

We made it to Australia.  Unfortunately, we do not have internet at our hotel so we are presently at a McDonald's in Caloundra and I only have 30 minutes.  We will update with pics at a later date.

So, the sun ended up coming out in Auckland but it was bed time for us. haha  We did walk to the waterfront and it was cloudy and rainy, just like home  haha  Had a wonderful lunch at the hotel (they gave us a $40 voucher).  We had a good sleep and got up at 3:30am to catch our flight to Brisbane.

Flight was good, got our rental car and drove the scenic, countryside road.  It's definitely tropical here and very humid.  It's cloudy though.  The scenery was beautiful.  We got caught in an awesome tropical downpour.  Driving on the left takes some getting used to.  Stress levels are a bit high as we figured it out.  Everyone just gets out of Bob's way.  haha  We arrived at our hotel in Caloundra.  Very nice couple manage it but they are new and the place has no internet, not even for them.  I took a walk and got us some pizza and chicken take out.  Bob was too pooped to go out.  The birds here are so noisy and awesome.  Another rainstorm hit after dark.  We went to bed at 7pm.

I got up at 6am and took a walk on the beach.  The weather is still cloudy but very humid and warm.  We are heading to the Australia Zoo today (with an umbrella, haha).   Tomorrow we drive back to Brisbane airport and meet Kyle.  YAYYY!!!  We are all flying to Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays for our Great Barrier Reef adventures.  If we have internet at the airport maybe we can post some pics and give you another update.