4/25/06
ANZAC Day and Brisbane
Today was ANZAC day, which stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps,
and is the equivalent to Veteran's Day in the States. Most businesses
respected this public holiday by staying closed until 1pm so people
could remember the veterans in parades and other activities in many
towns across the
country. An American fighter plane buzzed Broadbeach on the Gold coast
in honor of the ANZAC Veterans.
I'm sure there are plenty of you out there that can identify this
plane, but whatever it was, it sure sounded great!
We left the Gold Coast for the hour's drive into Brisbane and arrived
in the afternoon. Our hotel gave us a nice view of the Brisbane River
even though the Marriot blocked some of it!
We took a walk along the river in the diminishing daylight to get our
first
glance of the city. Brisbane is Australia's third largest city after
Sydney and Melbourne. It's located about 820 miles north of Sydney on
the east coast of Australia. It gets dark at about 6pm since it's
getting into
Fall here, but the weather is still fine. The evenings may require a
light jacket, but the days are warm. We'll spend the next few days
exploring this town, but so far, we like what we see!
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