I’ve been meaning to write for several days but have been kept completely on my toes arranging the accommodation, transport, and various incidentals associated with unscripted travel. You see the original plan had been to spend approximately one week in Brisbane before travelling south along the coastal route to Sydney. I’m convinced we’ll make it there eventually but in the meantime our Brisbane visit has been extended indefinitely. What a glorious city. The locals suggest that Brisbane has risen dramatically over the previous ten years. I recall staying several nights in the mid eighties and being mildly confused by the central district’s deserted streetscapes after about nine o clock. That appears to have remedied...