Brisbane Day 1

All the baskets cleared Australian customs without a hurdle.  My two specimens I'm carrying for pathology did not, however; they're on a shelf at the Brisbane airport awaiting my return.  It's all right - now I don't have to worry about Miriam thinking the jars are toys. 

Picked up an Australian cell phone, which has a ridiculous number of minutes because of this curious "cap" system for prepaid cell phones, so Matt is using it for Twitter messages.  I don't know what international SMS rates are, but if anyone wants to try sending one I'll happily provide the info.
If we wait 6 months, we can unlock it from the Vodaphone network for $25 AUD and then we'll be able to use it wherever the dual-band phones will still work (primarily Australia and Europe, it seems).

We spent today on the Sunshine Coast (after dragging ourselves out of bed and getting a slow start) at the Buderim Ginger Factory, which is a cute little ginger-themed park. 
 We didn't go to the Bee Exhibit or tour the factory itself, but we did ride on "Overboard", which is an awful lot like "It's a Small World" with a gingerbread man as the protagonist, and we took the little train tour, that talked about the history and the buildings of the ginger industry in Queensland. 

And we had ice cream, which made Miriam happy.  She's eating a cone with mango on top and ginger-pomegranate on the bottom scoop there.  It's going to be a few days before I can think about ginger rationally again.

She also likes carousels.