After Laura got home last night, we went out to downtown Brisbane to get New Zealand cash (we leave Monday) and stop by a used bookstore that would put the old McIntyre and Moore to shame. This bookstore was HUGE: two rooms, many shelves... and they were tall. Nothing really caught our eyes, but it was still neat to be there.
Laura and Bon live on the other side of the river, so we took the City Cat back home. This is a commuter catamaran that is fast and comes often. The cool thing is that the fair is the same as a bus trip of the same length and you can just use your bus card (it's like our Charlie Card). It was awesome.
This morning we woke up early to go to the neighbourhood market. This was probably the coolest outdoor market I've been to. It was filled with fresh fruit and vegetables (all well priced), but also had little stalls of clothing, breakfast foods, jams, baby clothing, blankets, knitted things, jewelry, etc. It was well worth being awake at 7am after staying up late. Watching Australians huddled under blankets and wearing mittens was also worth it. They persist in thinking it's very cold!
Laura and Bon bought the produce for the week. Laura got us giant cheese breadsticks and I got us giant Lamingtons. These were a total let down. We assumed that because they were so big, they'd be filled with cream, but alas.
After a bit of shopping for a friend of Bon's, we're off to visit the koalas at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
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