Brisbane was great, stayed at this very nice hotel with a pool for a few days before staying at the partners place and meeting all of them. It was so hot there that we pretty much didn't want to go anywhere. Ended up going to the Mall to get stuff then was encouraged about Bribie Island. I was going to check out the Brible Island Seaside Museum but I took too long swimming at it closed early in the afternoon which sadly most of the shops did too. Thankfully there was a place that opened when everyone else closed so we have a nice salad and burger.
I got taken around the block in Mango Hill to see how I was on the motorcycle and was told I was very good thankfully and got taken on a 45 minute trip up Mt Glorious which was a nice ride. We stopped at the Mt Glorious Cafe for lunch. My arms, legs and mainly my back were killing me from constantly having to lean back at the right times and stop myself from falling forward at times. The ride down the mountain is what really did it for me, I was so sore afterwards.
I was taken out to dinner at a nice Indian restaurant on my last day which was nice. They ended up changing my flights from a direct flight from Brisbane to Auckland then to New Plymouth while I was in Australia. I ended up on a Brisbane to Sydney flight at 5am and had a 2 hour wait at Sydney before travelling to Queenstown. Had a 3 hour wait before catching a flight to Christchurch only to find out when we got there that the next flight to New Plymouth was cancelled. They organised an evening flight to Wellington at 8pm with a free stay at the Brentwood Hotel but when the six of us made it to Wellington Airport it was pretty much abandoned and they hadn't been told that we were coming. After a few phone calls we finally got a shuttle to the hotel. Only to find out our Wellington to New Plymouth flights the following morning had been cancelled too and I was put on a flight the following evening at 4:30pm. We made it to the hotel and they had put the six of us into two rooms together but thankfully they changed that and we got a room each. I ended up spending the morning there and the afternoon at the airport. Wasn't expecting to have a long trip home but hey it is what it is.
