SIGHTSEEING WITH SILVANA

School kids having a surfing lesson.

Silvana is a young lady visiting us from Switzerland. She is backpacking her way around Australia. Her grandmother was in the same class as Bill at school in Thun, Switzerland.

 Silvana emailed from Noosa and asked if she could call in. We invited her to stay.

So we have had a busy few days showing her some sights.

Firstly we took her to the Gold Coast, stopping in at Southport and Coolangatta.

Surfers Paradise from Snapper Rocks

George, Laila and Silvana

On the way home from the coast we called in to see friends, Laila and George, who have just moved into an Eco-Village in the Currumbin Valley.

All the houses are sustainable. They have solar panels for electricity, they have rain water tanks for water and recycled water for toilets and laundry.

The architecture provides natural air flows and air conditioning is unnecessary.  The house is surrounded by an organic garden and a green belt strip is between every house.

There are no cats or dogs allowed but there are plenty of kangaroos.

It is a great concept.

View from Laila's window

The next day we went into Bribane and caught a City Cat from South Bank Parklands for a cruise up and down the Brisbane River .

 Then we got off the Ferry at River Side and walked though the Queen Street Mall and had lunch.

 We walked over the Victoria Bridge back to South Bank and we stopped by the Wheel of Brisbane.

Then we drove up to Mt Coot-tha for an overall picture of our huge city of Brisbane which sprawls as far as the eye can see. Silvana enjoyed the tour.