Bye Bye Brisbane....hello Pottsville (27 January 2015)

I am not going to write much about Brisbane, because to me, Australian major cities are pretty much the same ....  lots of people and traffic, lots of time spent waiting at traffic lights and if shopping is your thing, then the shops are all the same too.  Of course, cities do have icons that distinguish them from each other,  lovely restaurants and often surrounding by scenic spots and Brisbane is no different.  There is the Brisbane River, South Bank, the Glass House Mountains and the pretty townships of Eumundi, Maleny and Montville.  These places are well worth a visit and we   have done so on a number of occasions because we have been to Brisbane many times.

This time, we stopped at Lawnton (Brisbane) over the Australia Day Long Weekend to visit two friends and to pick from things from Kedron for our van.  We needed to replace the internal water filter which should be done every year but there was an issue with the water when we were Atherton and we ended up with mud in the external filter which meant that the internal one would be compromised as well.  The internal filters we use are hard to get so we bought a spare as well as a couple of sacrificial anodes for the Electric/Gas water heater which are also difficult to source. You learn in Australia to be prepared...if you want one, buy two.

We had lunch with friends at a Turkish restaurant in Bulimba, a suburb located 4 kms north east of the Brisbane CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River. We didn't see them but the area has a number of historic buildings and is also home  to several Army Cadet Units at the Bulimba Barracks.  Anyway, it was a very hot day, but we enjoyed the company ...it was a timely visit as one of our friends was celebrating his  birthday. Food was pretty good too.

Then, the next day, we whiled away a couple of hours having lunch with another friend on Australia Day at a near by Tavern.  I had  been very hot and the aircon was not up to scratch but the meal and company was great.

Had a look and found another van park close by.  Tom (our GPS) took us to this park via a number of narrow back streets.  When we got there we found out they have no sites as it is a permanent park and not only that, they were closed for lunch.

So, we drove to where the TV people were, double parked the rig and Nick went in to get the remote, leaving me there in case we had to move.  Got the remote and decided to get out of Brisbane and make our way down the coast.

We stopped at Pottsville, a quaint little holiday village on the Tweed Coast where we stayed overnight.

Not my photos ....but a pretty ones of Pottsville

Bill Potts owned the first house in Pottsville around 1930 and the location was initially named Potts Point. Soon though, the town was renamed Pottsville to alleviate any confusion with the place of the same name in Sydney.  Next day..... Corindi Beach - a favourite little spot of ours.