• The Holt's house in Brisbane

• The Holt's house in Brisbane

• New Farm Park on the Brisbane River is near Brisbane's Central Business District (CBD). We rode the CityCat ferry up the river, past the CBD, to South Bank.

• New Farm Park

• A Bottle Tree in New Farm Park

• The Story Bridge and CBD from the CityCat ferry

• The Brisbane CBD from the CityCat ferry

• The Brisbane CBD from the CityCat ferry

• The Story Bridge and CBD from the CityCat ferry

• Brisbane's Story Bridge was opened in 1940. It was designed by John Bradfield, the same engineer who designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge which was opened in 1932.

• The Big Wheel in Brisbane is patterned after the London Eye. It's construction was nearing completion when we visited.

• South Bank, across the Brisbane River from the CBD

• Kathy, Jeff, and Brian at South Bank

• Brisbane's public 'pool' at South Bank

• South Bank

• Looking across a bridge toward the Brisbane CBD from South Bank

• Looking across a bridge toward the Brisbane CBD from South Bank

• The Brisbane Art Museum

• John strolling along the river

• Brisbane CBD

• Arriving at Coochiemudlo Island ('Coochie', to the locals)

• Some Coochie history

• Coochiemudlo is an aboriginal word for 'red earth'

• A Kookabura in the Holt's back yard

• The beach near the Holt's Coochie home

• The beach near the Holt's Coochie home

• A 'foot shot' on the Coochie beach

• Coochie

• Coochie

• A shell and coral still life on a Coochie beach

• Coochie

• Coochie

• Coochie

• Coochie birdlife

• Kathy 'trapped'

• Coochie

• A view of the mainland from Coochie

• A mailbox on Coochie

• Wesley Wombat in the Walk-About Creek Wildlife Centre in Brisbane Forest Park. This beautiful park is just minutes away from the Holt's home in Brisbane.

• Southern Death Adder in the Walk-About Creek Wildlife Centre

• About the Southern Death Adder

• Tree Frog in the Walk-About Creek Wildlife Centre

• From a lookout in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park

• A subtropical rainforest walk in Brisbane Forest Park