Brisbane

We arrived in Brisbane in the late afternoon. We had no idea where our motel would be located or what it would be like. We were pleasantly surprised to see that it was very nice. They could not give us accommodation for the full week in a motel room so they upgraded us to an apartment as they had both motel rooms and apartments available on the property. We had a nice living room with a new TV, a kitchen with garbage disposal and dishwasher, stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer and free broadband Internet as well as a bedroom and large bath room with tub. We thought we had died and gone to heaven. The parking was all underground and was totally secured.
We checked in, unpacked and went in search of food for dinner. We found a wonderful Thai restaurant and loved their food so much we ate there three times during the week.
On Sunday morning we attended Church in the chapel next to the temple. That is also Elder Smibert's ward, the member of the Area Presidency here last year. His son is the bishop. He was there and recognized us right away. We stayed through Sunday School, then went out and took pictures of the city skyline from the temple, the temple and grounds and the river walk below the temple. The parking is all underground for the temple and church services. It is a beautiful location for the temple and all the tour buses come to that spot to see the city skyline. On the way back to the motel we passed a car dealership that sold Smart Cars. We had to take a picture of the Smart Car display. Our son-in-law, Corey Kent got a real kick out of the Smart Cars when they visited us in Germany.
Ferry on the river.
View of the city of Brisbane from the temple.
View of the river and one of the bridges and ferry.
Rock climbing below the temple.
Guess who?
Grounds in the rear of the church on the temple grounds.
Rear of the temple.
Angel Moroni.
Brisbane Temple from the front.
Brisbane Temple.
Temple plaque.
Flowers on the temple grounds.
Smart cars displayed at a dealership in Brisbane. This one's for Corey.