1st December 2014 Brisbane,

Lake Wivenhoe is on our agenda today, this is a large lake and we are hoping one that would make a good canoe experience.
We make our way up over Glorious Mountain the roads are very steep, narrow and windy but not scary even though the gullies are very deep as there are plenty of railing and big trees along the edge of the road. We did laugh, one of the roads leading off was called goat track. When we got to the top of the mountain we branched off onto another road it was wider but just as steep and windy, one area the sign said all vehicles had to use low gear but most of the areas only trucks and buses had to.
The bush was fabulous sub tropical rainforest I could see where the mountain got its name as Mt Glorious, unfortunatly the there was only one lookout to safely stop for photos and the lookout platform was fenced off for maintenance, as soon as we got out of the car in the car park we were mesmerized by sound of bell birds, it sounded like there were hundreds of little bells ringing in the trees,  these birds are only small and not very colorful but make the most beautiful sounds. I got my phone and recorded for awhile but I can't put that on my blog.
When we arrived at Lake Wivenhoe we found lots of great picnic areas, there were places people could camp there had been a lot of money spent on infrastructure the lake was quite large even though the water level was down.
The lake is stocked with fish for the fisherman but we never bothered, we did want to take the canoes out some areas they were permitted some not, we never bothered as around the lake was very dry just like looking at dry paddocks no bush or interesting stuff to look at so we headed back decided to take a different way which ended up going down around the mountain and almost into Brisbane through lots of suburbs, I think the mountain road was better.
Liza had been sent to Brisbane for her work for a couple of days so when we got back we picked her up from her office when she knocked off, went to the railway station and left the car and caught a taxi into the city to the hotel Liza was staying at. Liza checked in and we went up to the room, what a room, full size fridge, stove, kitchen bench, sink, large tv, 2 large leather couches, dining table, table and chairs on the patio, washer and dryer definitely a home away from home, the veiws were fantastic, it was the Oaks security tag to use the elevator all this for $200 a night.
We walked down along the foreshore where there are numerous cafes and restaurants that overlooked the river and the bridge and the beautiful lights of the evening, we went to an Italian restaurant and had the most delicious meal, I had scallops, the service was first class, this was our early Christmas lunch with Liza as we won't be with her for Christmas.
After we walked Liza back to her hotel we caught the train back out.