I prayed!! I prayed for some sun. I knew that the rain was a good thing, but I mean, people need their doses of Vitamin D!!! But anyway, my Dad, along with my Aunt and Uncle were going to meet some of their high school chums for a bit of lunch today. They were going to South Bank which is along the river across from downtown Brisbane. Steven and I decided to tag along and spend some time out in the sun taking in the sights, sounds and shopping of South Bank.
We arrived downtown, found a place to park the car in the "car park:" and when we arrived at ground level, it was with smiles that we greeted the sun! My dad, aunt and uncle went off to go find their school mates and we took off to go enjoy the sun. Emma got all excited when she saw the beach again. Bless her heart, she didn't even care that it was a man made beach on a river in the middle of down town. :-)
Downtown Brisbane behind us.
These steel archways and flowers are all around South Bank. It is one of my favorite features of the area.
The BIG Wheel of Brisbane. It was huge!!! Steven and Emmaline went for a ride and I stayed behind and enjoyed the sun!
You can just make out Emma and Steven in the center car.
She was sooo happy after she rode the "steering wheel". She had a lot of fun telling everyone that she rode the "Giant Steering Wheel". I just laughed!
We continued our walk and came across this... the Nepalese Peace Pagoda. It was built for the Expo 88 in Brisbane. I had never come across it before. And it was..... peaceful. Emmaline was even very quiet while we were looking around it.
We had eaten some lunch at a Mediterranian restaurant, Emmaline took a little nap and then we headed across the street to visit some shops. We ended up in a cute little tea shop name T Licious. We were busy sniffing teas and taste testing and all of a sudden I realized the wind had picked up and then it started to pour....and pour....and pour. So there I am, in a little tea shop in the pouring rain in Austrailia. What is a girl to do...... have afternoon tea!!!
Emmaline enjoying her first scone. By the way...that is cream not butter on the scone :-)
And before I forget.....here is a picture of my dad, Ross and Elaine with their school mates.
It was a wonderful day, even if it did end up raining on us. Once the rain stopped we made our way back over to South Bank and discovered that the markets were setting up. We strolled around there for a while and then headed back to the house to enjoy dinner with the family. The next day was the wedding!!!!
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