5 Mar: Brisbane (QLD) --> Noosa Heads (QLD).
I was still recovering from last night's dinner when I woke up and realized that I signed +Marc and I up for a class at a local Crossfit in Brisbane at 9:30am. It's been awhile since we did a proper Crossfit class since I hurt my wrist (diagnosis TBD), but it was time.
The class was pretty packed, and everyone was super nice. It was a shift WOD where you partnered up with someone. They did the WOD as you counted their reps and then vice versa. Fortunately for me, someone else had a wrist issue so we did a bunch of modifications together. I was happy to see that jumping rope wasn't impacted so now I have no excuses to do that along with lower body stuff in the hotel rooms going forward (in addition to running).
[NOTE: Double-unders will be my Crossfit goal in 2013 once the wrist gets better as it is "all in the wrist".]
Anyway Marc and I both worked out, and he gave his all as usual (and then laid on the floor in a uncommunicative state for 5 minutes - hey, just like home with Martha and Angie!). Then we packed up to move on to our next destination up north. First we needed lunch and we had a very important stop to make en route to Noosa Heads.
I found a place in Time Out Brisbane that seemed interesting - Mrs. Luu's Vietnamese. Yep, that was the name. Parking was a nightmare at lunch, but the place had plenty of locals. The food was tasty and we lucked out by getting there when we did because soon the line was out the door! OK, then off to our next destination.
I was pretty excited about this place because I was here 15 years ago on my 1st trip through Australia with Contiki (READ: Drunkfest). It's called the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and they let you hold koalas, etc. They also had platypuses - for now, we are saying that is how you say platypus in plural form - and let you feed kangaroos.
We got to the sanctuary and saw many, many koalas. One could almost get overloaded. They had koalas at all stages of life, and we got to see a little joey on the back of his Mom (yes, cute). I got to feed some kangaroos, Marc saw the platypus, and of course, we got to hold a koala. FUN!!!
After that, we continued up north to Noosa Heads, which is a beach resort town. The weather was sort of all over the place, but we got settled in at the hotel and ventured to dinner where I was able to get more Moreton Bay Bugs (local crayfish). Happy day! Oh, don't worry - Marc ended up just fine, especially when we found an ice cream place that makes it from scratch from liquid nitrogen.
Thanks again for tuning in. We continue to be humbled by the messages we are receiving - publicly and privately - about how some of you are enjoying our posts. And I'll say it again -- we are very lucky people.
The class was pretty packed, and everyone was super nice. It was a shift WOD where you partnered up with someone. They did the WOD as you counted their reps and then vice versa. Fortunately for me, someone else had a wrist issue so we did a bunch of modifications together. I was happy to see that jumping rope wasn't impacted so now I have no excuses to do that along with lower body stuff in the hotel rooms going forward (in addition to running).
[NOTE: Double-unders will be my Crossfit goal in 2013 once the wrist gets better as it is "all in the wrist".]
Anyway Marc and I both worked out, and he gave his all as usual (and then laid on the floor in a uncommunicative state for 5 minutes - hey, just like home with Martha and Angie!). Then we packed up to move on to our next destination up north. First we needed lunch and we had a very important stop to make en route to Noosa Heads.
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| Wait? We can't take this dude home?!? |
I was pretty excited about this place because I was here 15 years ago on my 1st trip through Australia with Contiki (READ: Drunkfest). It's called the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and they let you hold koalas, etc. They also had platypuses - for now, we are saying that is how you say platypus in plural form - and let you feed kangaroos.
We got to the sanctuary and saw many, many koalas. One could almost get overloaded. They had koalas at all stages of life, and we got to see a little joey on the back of his Mom (yes, cute). I got to feed some kangaroos, Marc saw the platypus, and of course, we got to hold a koala. FUN!!!
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| Ice cream from "Nitrogenie" in Noosa |
Thanks again for tuning in. We continue to be humbled by the messages we are receiving - publicly and privately - about how some of you are enjoying our posts. And I'll say it again -- we are very lucky people.