Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 20

Well then, well then!! first of all i would like to apologise for the SHOCKING amount of time it has been since we updated our blog....... so this one is going to be a looooooooooooong one!!!....i have decided we are going to do this in 2 parts coz there is sooo much to write so here goes part 1.... so the last time most of you heard from us was up in Airlie Beach, we'll take it from there...! After our amazing trip round the Whitsundays we took an overnight Greyhound bus to a place called 1770.. basically one of the first places Captain Cook landed up in Queensland in 1770.. hence the name! it was a really cool place, pretty untouched by tourists so everything is still really cheap! we did a sea kayaking trip ... read more

Moved into the city back packers on Upper Roma Street on the 30th of Jan. Pretty good place, there's a swimming pool, Irish Bar, Free Internet, (if you can get on). Got into the room and found I was in a 9 person dorm. 3 English lads, an English girl, 2 girls from Finland, a Japanese Girl and a guy from Poland. Pretty good mix I suppose. One of the English Guys Stu talked to me straight away so I quickly decided to adopt him as my drinking buddy. The 2 Finish girls were mates with Stu and were pretty chatty so we went down to the bar for a pint. New years eve was a pretty early start as there wasn't much else to do between Christmas and New Year with everything being shut. Think ... read more

Hello everyone. We are currently in Brisbane for Christmas and New Year. Since Byron Bay we travelled to Surfers Paradise where we had complete luxury without even realising this when we booked it. We had a really nice room with a balcony and own bathroom and fridge and tv etc, just like being in a hotel but paying backpacker price. Also got the use of a swimming pool and free tennis, which we played everyday!!! Was very cool. Surfers was a bit weird though, as you would be lying on the beach and then look behind you and it was like seeing New York. And it was full of Irish pubs, every pub we saw and went in was Irish!!!! Now we are in Brisbane and have gone back to being in a dorm with other ... read more

Hi again and so soon after we did the last one, unfortunately camera batteries were low so we couldn't send any more photos. However we had prepared the earlier blog some days ago and since then we have moved on to Hervey Bay and now to Brisbane. We stayed in a lovely hotel in the Marina and have decided we like four star hotels the best. We went on a ferry to Fraser Island where we travelled around in a four wheel drive with a small group and a very amusing German Guide. The island, the largest sand island in the world was awesome but the drive across it was unforgettable too as really bumpy - we have the odd bruise to show - on the way back Margaret fell asleep and was woken by having ... read more

Its my last day in Australia, tomorrow i'm off to New Zealand, like always before finishing my last destination i am ready to move onto my next destination, although it has been very nice to returned to "The Fegan Family" to enjoy & share my last few days with them all. It was so nice going through some of their old photos and travel stories and they couldn't let me leave without having a traditional Oz BBQ :) and you guys back home know how i like a good old Barbie!!! Luckily Lawrie had a day off the next day so he kindly took me up to Mt Nebo for some small treks and shown me their Cafe they use to own. Whilst on our walk we came across a huge strangling fig tree that was ... read more

Hiya guys, just a quick note to say i think i am having trouble sending emails as i have tried to send a few but it keeps saying message failure. If u ever message me on my phone or send an email, if i dont reply im not ignoring you, i just have to watch my credit on my phone and also am not always able to get on a computer for long enough!! I am ot able to enter any photos on this computer, but hopefully will do soon. love bex xxxxx... read more