Live Brisbane: A challenge

With my husband's shoulder still giving him trouble we can not yet do a trip to Wet 'n' Wild. I thought we could take a look at Brisbane from different angle, this could only mean a drive up to Mt Coot-tha lookout.

Next tourist exhibition - the afternoon of Sunday, December 13

Live Brisbane: Southbank

We decided to visit Southbank, have some lunch and roam around the markets. It was a hard ask as it is a swilting hot day with lots of storm clouds floating around in the sky and we would have rather locked ourselves in the house and turn the air conditioner on.

We made the effort and caught the train in from Eagle Junction station which was really quite easy, the train comes about every 12 minutes. While travelling in on the train it started to rain, rained for about 15minutes just enough to make it more humid when we got off at central station to change trains.

We sat down for lunch at San Marco Cafe, a little cafe at the north end of Southbank right on the boardwalk overlooking the river and Brisbane city.

After lunch my husband and I did stroll along the river the drops of rain were hardly even noticeable as it was so hot and humid. Walking under the tents at the markets was just to hot to be enjoyable. The Southbank would be considered to be craft markets and there is a lot of jewellery, clothing, paintings and leather materials. Some stuff is pretty pricey, but if you are looking for gifts or something hand made these markets would be a great place to shop.

The heat was draining and we walk a little more along the river and then across to Southbank train station to head back at about 3.30pm. We only spent about 3 1/2 hours in at Southbank but I think you could spend a lot longer looking around, swimming in the lagoon, walking along the boardwalk, swigging a cold beer, just soaking up the sun or relaxing in the grass under the shade of tree.