Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

While we were staying in Coolum, Caitlyn was staying with her friend Ari up by Brisbane in Bannockburn.  They went on a tree walk, saw the city of Brisbane, and got to see the Brisbane temple.  

 We decided that we would spend the night before we flew out in Bannockburn.  By doing that, we would cut the drive time from Coolum to the airport by about an hour, and it would also allow us to see the temple and a little bit of Brisbane.

 We got up early in the morning, dropped the rental car off, and got to the airport.  Going through security was a pain!  The evening before we had bought some Vegemite to bring home.  For some reason, security decided it was a threat!  They took it away from us.  But, they did let me take this picture in an area where cameras are not allowed.  As soon as we got past security, we could by the exact same jars of Vegemite.  Go figure!

 Ok, now we have paid for Vegemite twice, and been at the airport for about 3-4 hours.  The flight had to be delayed because of something wrong with our plane.  They made us wait for a couple more hours, delayed the flight again, and gave us food vouchers.  We treated ourselves to a really nice lunch.

 Several hours later, they cancelled our flight.  We were disappointed because we had spent the entire day just waiting in the airport!  Oh well.  After several tense hours, the airline found hotels for all the passengers, and got us on buses, and sent us on our way to several different hotels. 

Dean made friends with this guy named Paul Maiu from Papua New Guinea.  He works for the LDS church.  Great guy with a great story. 

 Our hotel happened to be about a half a block from the Brisbane temple!  Caitlyn went to an institute class at the visitors center, and Dean and I walked around the temple grounds.  (This time not in the rain)

 The buses picked us up from our hotel at 3 a.m. and we were finally on our way to Fiji.

 A very tired Caitlyn