Monday December 29.
Played golf in the rain yesterday.
It could be Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis or any one of a hundred cities founded on a river. However, it is Brisbane, Australia, located on the Brisbane river, as seen from the Marriott. The river supports commerce, the people come for the commerce and the buildings are constructed for places for the people to work. Oracle has a tall building here, as well as several banks and the energy companies. Australia has large coal and gas reserves as well as a recently discovered cache of yellow cake to support the nuclear power industry. The locals recommend no swimming in the Brisbane river because of a large population of aggressive bull sharks. We did not swim in it.
Ferries take people back and forth across the river. We took a ferry the length of the whole river and saw several universities, recreational areas, gambling casinos and high rise apartments. Cities look pretty much the same to me.
I searched everywhere for a decent breakfast and a great cup of coffee without success. I can say that the food, at KFC and McDonald's, except for the coffee, taste the same as in the states.
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