Oh god, I'm a tourist

So this picture is a bit crap, because it's a picture of a picture...the one I paid 15 dollars for...but the money goes to help koalas! Let's backtrack....Lauren and I left Byron Bay (although I couldn't have stayed for a lot longer, it was so nice) and hopped a bus to Brisbane. This will be the fourth night in Brisbane, we spent two nights on the western side of the city and then we moved into the city center. The Brisbane river meanders right through town like a big squiggly line. It's sad to be in a place where we don't know anyone, although we did make friends with this guy at an Indian place who recently came back from traveling the west coast of the States and Canada. Lauren ran into him today at the state library and we hung out this afternoon, it's pretty cool how that stuff happens.

Anyways, we've been to the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art (obviously), wandered the city and of course the highlight: the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. I swear I didn't know I loved koalas until we got here, but I do! They're just so damn cute. At the sanctuary you can (pay to) hold a koala and feed kangaroos in this huge enclosure. Obviously the kangaroos are used to humans, but it's still exciting. And let's just say we witnessed the potential creation of new kangaroo life. For the dense, we saw kangaroos having sex. I wish I could say I were more mature and didn't giggle, but I did. The koalas were adorable, I pet a few and took lots of pictures. As a side note, it turns out my camera still works, but the screen is completely broken.

We'll be here a few more days and then up to Noosa. We're desperately trying to put together a plan to watch the election results come in--don't forget to vote! By the way, Mom and Dad, I discovered on the internet there's an emergency absentee ballot one can print off if in the event that the original doesn't come soon enough (or you got sunstroke and kept forgetting to tell your parents where to send it). So I'm going to do that. That's all for now, because my internet card is almost done. More to follow, as well as pictures!