Woke up early, no surprise, and were headed out pretty quick, as we still had a long way to go. The terrain remained flat and agricultural for the most part, until we got closer to Brisbane, then the hills once again took over. In one section, there were these enormous cacti, at least 25 feet or more tall, looking like they were just about to blossom. Would love to have seen that! Once we got near the city, we decided to look for a decent Indian restaurant for our main meal of the day, but once again, we had problems finding parking, until by some miracle, we ended up right in front of a placed called The Sultan's Kitchen, with parking at the back! We parked and wandered in, then discovered that they were only open because an Indian tour group had booked the restaurant, but they were just finishing up, so the proprietor very generously agreed to seat us anyway. He offered a bargain price for the us to have what was on the buffet, but seemed quite content when we said we'd rather order from the menu, which we did. It was a fabulous meal! He came by and conversed with us several times, and Hubby enjoyed speaking with him and answer his many questions. Afterwards, we headed up to the ranch. Daryl had very generously invited us to stay up at the property overnight, declaring that it was spectacular out on the ridge, so after some phone guidance from him (he wasn't on the premises), we eventually made our way out there to what was, indeed, a spectacular spot, overlooking Brisbane, and you could even see the ocean in the distance (apparently about where the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea meet). We were actually in the horse pasture, so we had numerous visitors during the evening, and it was so quiet, we looked forward to an excellent night sleep, especially after the noisy night of trucks we had last night! I thought it would be a good place to see stars, but surprisingly, there was so much light spilling up from the city that they weren't really that great, but it was a great night anyway!
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