Answers to the quiz and becoming Dubiously Manly.

Sunday 27th November 2016

Here goes with the answers to yesterday's quiz.

1. White Shark

2. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, merry merry King of the bush is he. Janice knows the whole song. (extra 1 mark for singing the song)

3. Duck billed platypus, Echidna and Snapper Turtle. (1 mark each)

4. Carpet Snake (very popular with the ladies!) and a Cockatoo. (1 mark for the snake, 2 marks for the Cockatoo)

5. Hairy nosed Wombat.

6. Bandicoot.

7. Tasmanian Devil (I bet no one got this one).

8. Possum

9. Gecko, on the branch on the right.

10. Crocodile that has bitten off more than it can chew!

Maximum 15 marks.  

No animals were harmed by this quiz (they were already stuffed), just in case you are a member of the Animal Liberation Front.

Brisbane has been a great place to visit.  It is a lovely, clean and friendly city.  The mix of old and modern buildings is great and the food, shopping and cultural activities mean there is lots to do.  People seem very friendly and although we saw one or two homeless people we never saw any anti-social behaviour.

This morning we had a little walk before breakfast and then took a train trip to Manly.  

When I was at school we had a lady chemistry lab assistant called Mrs Manley, we nicknamed her 'dubiously Manley', it seemed funny at the time to our teenage sense of humour, it sounds a bit silly now.

We chose Manly as it has a nice sailing harbour and coastal walks.  It is also easy to access from Bribane and is accessible to the airport for our next move.  We have also arranged a special planned event. I will keep you in suspense for the time being.

Manly has a Sunday market which is in the background.  The town is pretty with a range of shops and restaurants, just what we wanted to get out of the cities.

The hotel room is nice and spacious.  This is the view from our balcony, the land in the distance is Stradbroke Island.  We were upgraded to a sea view room without asking, that's nice!

I am still waiting to see a kangaroo and a koala in the wild but did see a pelican and lots of fiddler crabs on the beach today.  They all disappeared down their holes when I approached but they popped up again and I took this 'snap' of one.

They are only quite small but have one really big claw and one small one.  I'm sure this one is smiling for the camera.

A nice quiet night is just what we want.