A Whale of a Day
Our first (and only) full day in Queensland was a doozy, although (mostly) for the right reasons. For the morning we had plans to visit the Sandy Camp Wetlands in Brisbane for birding, followed by a stop at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. The afternoon was going to be a mini-trip down south to the Gold Coast for a whale-watching trip. It was a full day with a lot of driving, but lots of good things to do and see. Unfortunately, things didn't start out perfectly: it turns out that Google Maps isn't always great for navigating confusing Australian expressways, and we ended up taking a wrong turn and getting a bit lost, arriving in Sandy Camp an hour later than we expected. With that delay, we ended up postponing our trip to the museum for the following day, making this a day entirely composed of driving and nature activities- my least favorite and favorite activities, respectively! Thankfully, things improved when we got to Sandy Camp- because there were birds of...