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Day 17 of our cruise and we arrive at Brisbane.
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia with a population of 2.2 million. It was also the home of Ingrid Burkett, who I had only ‘met’ though social media channels and who had heard about our visit and arranged to meet us.
We docked slightly later than planned at 10.30am, and had to find our way to the ferry terminal to catch one of the “City Cat” catamarans that ply their way along the length of the Brisbane River. We met Ingrid at the Treasury Casino, a landmark building (hotel and casino) on Queens Mall. We took a short walk over the bridge to South Bank, which has an array of restaurants, art complexes and a fairly substantial artificial beach, complete with lifeguard.
We enjoyed (yet another) wonderful local seafood lunch with Ingrid (Twitter: @IngridBurkett), whilst chatting about our mutual interest in knowledge sharing and communities of practice. After lunch we had to go our separate ways (Ingrid had a meeting to attend), though I’m confident that we will keep in touch, albeit in a virtual world.
