Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

The flight to Brisbane was in a word bearable. Compare to the flight to Denver it felt significantly shorter mostly because it is a shorter but also because of the fact that I did manage some sleep this time thanks in part to the little neck support cushion. The In flight entertainment system on the air plain was inferior to the one on the Delta flight to Atalanta. The "where you are" screen was horribly useless and had this feel of 80's TV. The movie selection also seemed smaller than the Delta flight. The screen felt smaller and the lack of touch screen made using it less pleasant. I did get to watch some interesting Documentaries. The one was about a mother who counsels people that have been visited by UFO's and her son who thinks ... read more

From the far north and heading back down here's some (42) photo's for you to enjoy (or not..........)... read more

As you probably have worked out by now, these blogs have been typed by me (Lisa) while we are on the road when travelling between townships (coz I ain’t tugging no big thing behind me other than my butt). Then of course Mr G adds in his additions, quips and any wise words of wisdom that he may fancy at the time when we arrive at our destination (GS – all the funny shit....). We have put on our R M Williams gear and are boot scooting our way through QLD, listening to lots of country and western, talkback or gospel and Christian stations (not too much choice when the iPod runs out of batteries). So we hope you are enjoying our blogs. Get yourself a cuppa and sit back for a read. Well here we ... read more

G'day! Just a quickie - Right, Ellie and I are still staying at the City Backpackers in Brisbane and are now both working and have been for a couple of weeks. I have picked up a data-entry job at a law firm in Greenslopes (around a 15 minute bus journey in the morning from Brisbane CBD) and Ellie is currently working at the EKKA Festival selling show bags (2 days into it). Ellie did start working at the bar here in the hostel but to cut a long story short (Ellie tells it a lot better than I do so ask her!); she stopped working there, and started cleaning at the hostel for free accommodation for around a week and is now working at the EKKA for 10 days. We were both meant to be working ... read more

Woke up to a lovely morning and found that Airlie Beach temperatures were hotter than in Trinity Beach, mainly because there was no wind. I went for an early morning walk along the beach and Stephanie and Tux went off to the market and to investigate options for getting over to the Whitsunday islands. The next time we heard from them was to say that they had failed to find a boat trip across but had got a discounted deal on a seaplane flight to land on Whitehaven Beach - Google it! The rest of us had decided to explore the area by car, but met up with them at the marrket after having breakfast in Airlie Beach. The place has a very heavy backpacker influence, but is beautiful. Stephanie and Tux needed to be at ... read more