adventures in oz

first day exploring in brisbane!! and it was rather...uneventful. def not what i expected, it doesn't really seem like theres anything really unique/special about the city from what i've seen. i went around town with jons brother, explored downtown a bit, played a couple games of pool, had a couple drinks...not really anything uniquely brisbane-ey. there's this massive artificial beach that they built right next to the river that reeks of chlorine, but i guess its better than swimming in the doodoo brown river water. we took one of the public transportation ferries up and down the river to see the city from a different point of view, which was kinda cool i guess. anyways...plan for tomorrow is to go solo exploring down to the gold coast. i checked the surf forecast, which is forecasting some depressingly small surf, but hopefully its better than magicseaweed/surfline says it is. according to the longrange forecast, snapper is gonna pick up a little later in the week, but still only to about 3-4. i'm assuming its talking face height and not swell height, since the forecast now says 1-2 and knee high. oh wells. better than nothing, it'll be nice to paddle around and get the gills wet. for the mean time, here's some pics i snapped today while walking around in brisbane