A day out on the town

So today I decided to meander about downtown Brisbane. I crossed the William Jolly Bridge, and found my way over to the Queensland Museum (which was closer than I thought, to my relief). There were a lot of interesting things there, includinjg dinosaur bones, exhbits on the history, culture, and economy of Queensland (which was pretty interesting), exhibits on endangered and threatened Australian animals, a small exhibit on Charles Darwin, and a really cool one on the culture of Australian Aboriginals and Torres Straight Islanders (this really was interesting; especially compared to what I've been learning about Maori and Pacific Islanders). After that I decided to skip the next door Art Gallery and walked over to the Queen Street Mall, where there were a lot of shops. I meandered about, getting a few souvenirs (and fulfilling a promise I made to Erika that I doubt she even remembers), as well as something that I hope Dad likes for Father's Day. I got really hungry, but a lot of the food places I went to looked either pricy or kinda gross. I finally ended up getting BBQ chicken wings at a Portugese restaurant in a mall. After that I meandered about a bit, finally making my way back to the backpackers. THen I talked with one of my roomates, a Taiwanese guy who's in Australia for a working holiday. He seemed cool.

Well, I'm gonna go now (see if Erika's online), and see if i can find any food. I go back to NZ tomorrow, and hopefully to Eunice's afternoon tea, assuming that there isn't some horrible timing problem. Talk to y'all laters!