Somewhere to Stay

We stayed in a hostel in Brisbane called Somewhere to Stay. The hostel itself wasn't that remarkable, but the room we had was nice. We had our own deck with a view of the city which was only slightly obscured by the palm trees. We had dinner and breakfast on the deck, and one night there were a couple of possums which came out to visit - probably to sniff our salads.

As opposed to New Zealand, possums are treated very differently in Australia. We even heard a story in NZ about a pub which gave away a free beer for every possum tail brought in. In Australia, they are a protected species. At first, Erin thought that they were two giant rats, but upon closer inspection we could tell that they were possums. The way they used their tails to hang onto palm branches while they ate tree fruit was an obvious giveaway.