Brisbane Temple

We decided to go to the Brisbane temple Friday night and planned to arrive at 5:45. Since we don't have a car we rely on public transportation and I looked up the route on translink to get the information we would need. At 4:00 pm we walked to the bus stop. It was still very warm at that time of day. The bus was running late and we waited about 15 minutes. Luckily they held the train at Sandgate for the bus and we got right on the train. The train ride was 40 minutes into Fortitude Valley.

We grabbed a quick bite to eat at the Fortitude Valley terminal. Dave had a kebab (chicken and veggies on a flatbread) and I had a strawberry smoothie. We found the next bus stop on Wickam street. It was noisy, dirty, smoky and we could smell mold from the recent floods. We waited about 20 minutes for bus 475. When we got off the bus at stop 8A we weren't sure which direction to go, so just started walking. Of course it was the wrong way, so we turned around.  We arrived at 5:50 only a few minutes from our plan.

The Brisbane temple is small but was filled with people from a variety of nationalities.  We recognized Jamie and Jill as the people we sat behind at Stake Conference last week and they kindly offered us a ride home. They had to take out the two child seats in the back seat but did so gladly. On the way out of the temple they recognized some people in the church building next to the temple. SO, we crashed an engagement party! We ate a few snacks and chatted with a few strangers.  No worries!