Brisbane -Broncos and St Pats Day

Brisbane is certainly a fantastic city - with river in centre

We are staying at Sofitel in CMD in comfort

Today we had breakfast out on a terrace in lovely sunshine and then watched a huge St Pats day parade . Mairead would have loved and most ladies were wearing Lady Gaga type green sparkling specs and all kids in green . I nearly regretted at parade was over an hour and then there was a party in Botanical gardens.

Ma and i then got the river cat and tripped up river for 1hour on ferry and then had lunch at riverfront restaurant.

Last night would have been great for Chris as we went to Suncorp stadium to see Brocos in first RL game of season. I nearly had a fright when TV said all 54000 tickets had been sold out but we got 2 from a ticket booth on 2nd row level with pitch. Unfortunately at half time it tippled it down and we were in t shirts so had to escape back . It is a fantastic stadium like Old Trafford and the camaraderie with other fans was great. We had a drink in hotel casino before bed.

Tomorrow Sunday we are going out for breakfast - better than inside in hotel and cheaper as 45$ but not cost as car costs 50$ concierge daily . Then to Cathedral to mass and maybe we will drive to nearby coast .

Well time flies here in sunshine although we have had more than share of rain and storms for days

We leave on Monday and are calling at animal sanctuary to hold animals such as Koalas and kangaroos etc so will send photos when back in Sydney next weekend.

Phil - i am sure you will have a great time in Goring and London - hope they are in one piece as your Ma is worried about their safety.Give our love to all.

There are some presents in QQ if you get time to visit or Chris does .