Brisbane

We left Tippler's and moved slowly up through the Bay Islands. We anchored off Russell Island for a couple of days and visited some of the smaller Islands in the dingy through out the day. It was quote busy at some of the anchorages with the long weekend and a yatch club going to one of the places we stayed at off Russell Island. We had to have Easter late with the kids as we couldn't get any eggs for the Easter Bunny to deliver on Russell Island. We ended having Easter in Brisbane.


We didn't plan on going to Brisbane, we were going to go to Moreton Island but the anchorage that we were going to didn't offer any protection in the southerlies that were blowing. That's why we ended up here. We are currently tied up next to the Botanical Gardens at Garden Point between a couple of pilers. There is all facilities of a marina but at a much better rate, $50 a week, right in the centre of the city

While we have been here we have done most of the tourist things like visiting the museum, the Maritime museum, art galleries and have been to Southbank where there is a great park for the kids,a beach with a pool and a water play park. We plan on leaving here on Tuesday and heading to some big sand dunes on Moreton Island and then a little further up to Tangalooma where there some sunken wrecks where artifical reefs and a anchorage for boats.










Left - Southbank, there is a hugh public pool and water
playground here.

Right - Botanical gardens, Brisbane.