Mount Coot-tah by night

After the Zoo trip and dinner, we decided to visit a look-out at Mount Coot-tah. Though it was pretty cold up there, it was still worth the short drive up. From here you get a really good night view of Brisbane city... Can you see the "Brisbane Wheel" on the right of the picture? Seems like everyone wants to copy the london wheel concept.


North south east west, which direction would you like to go?


An early day map of Brisbane city found atop a granite mounting. Shows how the Brisbane river run through the land mass into the sea.


As it was getting a bit cold after taking some night pictures, we decided to head back down to the city and have some hot drinks before heading home. Bye bye Mt. Coot-tha.


Housemate of my sis said he had been to a nice coffee place which was near to a french Eiffel tower. I was thinking why is there an Eiffel tower in Brisbane?? Last I knew this was a British commenwealth nation, the only french stuff being Vietnamese bakeries that made french bread and croissants. I looked up the GPS and picked a cofffee place in the city. Ended up driving to this place called DOLCE VITA CAFFE. YES!! It was actually a much smaller version of the Eiffel Tower in the middle of town. Can't scoff at local knowledge, just like fishing, local knowledge is best.


This place was packed and looked like a really promising 'hang-out' spot for night time hot drinks. Sis went bonkers and bought a freezing cold peach ice tea with ice cream float despite being pretty cold from the trip to Mt. Coot-tah.

Wife and I decided to share and try out an italian hot chocolate. This hot chocalate is made by churning hot chocolate in very warm container. It was really good, but it was so thick even the tea spoon for stirring was suspended on top of it!



This place was full of people waiting to watch the world cup on TV and had flags of the various football nations hung around. Found it really festive, but then again the management and staff were italian and they really love their coffee and soccer. We only hung there for a while and decided to go back for an early night in preparation for the long trip back to Sydney...