Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Hi everyone we have put all the photos so far on facebook under Andy's profile Speak to you soon Andy & Caroline PS Thanks for Eastenders update PPS Not many football updates :( ... read more

14/01/2010 Our final day in Brisbane so we are going to chill at South Bank and in the botanical gardens. This evening we are due at Nyree’s house for ‘ROO NIGHT’ Rob is so excited! The roo was delicious! We will certainly be trying it again in its many forms! We can’t believe our trip is planned and we have got so much to look forward to here is a brief rundown - Noosa, Rainbow Beach, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island, Bundaberg, 1770, Airlie Beach, Mission Beach, Cairns, Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Bells Beach and St Kilda - all before flying to Auckland to spend 40 days in New Zealand. 15/01/10 Time to move on - let the adventures begin! We caught the City Cat to Riverside before hiking to the transit centre (this ... read more

Hong Kong als „Vorspeise“ war klasse und dann ging es weiter nach Brisbane, Australien. Nach 10-stündigem Flug und einer „raschen“ Taxifahrt ins Hotel wartet eine interessante Aufgabe auf uns. Die Australien lieben wohl Schnitzeljagd, wodurch sich unsere Suche nach dem Hotelzimmer einige Zeit hinauszog. Um nicht zu viel Neid aufkommen zu lassen - um Mitternacht hatte es gerademal 25°. Am nächsten Tag holten wir unseren zukünftigen Begleiter für die nächsten 20 Tage ab - unser Spaceship, names „Big Bang“. Danach ging es auf dem Brisbane River unter strahlendem Sonnenschein mit dem „City Cat“ Richtung Stadtzentrum, vorbei an beeindruckenden Ufergrundstücken mit tollen Brücken direkt auf die Skyline der Stadt hinzu. Der Duft der German Bratwurst und der Frauenchor, der bei 35° mit Weihnachtsmützen Weihnachtslieder zu besten gab, erinnerte uns an die Heimat (möglicherweise auch Hong Kong ... read more

Well...so...yeh... Rain!!! darn rain, ok, well it hasn't exactly been raining all of the days but it has rained rather a lot. However apart from talking about the weather all of the time, it is also quite hot, and when the sun is shining its rather pleasant. On the whole Brisbane is quite a nice city, its not full to the brim of endless things to do, but is on the right side of busy in my opinion. There is no beach here, but they have a man made swimming complex on the south-side of the river which makes for a great free get away, with nice views of downtown Brisbane to boot. Thats the thing I've found whilst staying here, although it might not have the beating pulse of London back home, it's much more ... read more

Settling in So, I was staying at the Billy Tin Backpacker Hostel on George Street and like other backpacker joints I’d previously stayed in there were a lot of-long termers. In amongst all this were the other the transient folk from Germany, France, Korea, Taiwan who were working as slave labour in fruit picking. Or the Germans/French who were out here and were so bloody young it was painful. It was a strange environment to be in; half-student house, half-hostel, with everyone cooking in the kitchen of an evening and DVDs/TV being shown constantly. You then saw the same people on a daily basis, either coming in from work or just waking up and making some lunch. Getting to know Brissie As you can probably imagine I was rather keen to sort myself out with a ... read more