Brisbane

A capital city! It had been a long time since Darwin, and rather a lot of remote travel and lazy days in the beach. It was time to experience the traffic lights, peak hours, paid parking, sights and culture of a “big town”.

We stayed at the Lawnton Showgrounds, reveling in the cheaper site fees, since it was still stinkingly humid and we were in need of air conditioning. What’s this rubbish about having left the tropics?! And we had a lovely few days, cruising the ‘cultural precinct’ with its two art galleries (QAG and GOMA), museum, waterfront and street markets.

We even found an appropriately themed artwork for us all:

A favourite of absolutely everyone was Yayoi Kusama’s “The Obliteration Room” in GOMA. We all had a ball sticking our stickers everywhere. It was lots of fun and I love the swing towards a more interactive art experience in institutions these days.