Blogs from Southbank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

We left Simon's after sleeping on his sofa for 2 nights. Very different to British student life, they live in the most beautiful apartment overlooking a lake. Really spacious and modern, they also all drive really nice cars and live a more luxurious lifestyle than any students I've ever met! Did a major shop to replace all the essentials that were stolen, shopping in Australia is good, lots of Billabong shops but it's the same price as back home. All other shops are probably about half the price although you don't really get any of the brands from home, but I recognise lots from the developed cities in Asia. Drove from there to a hostel in Surfers Paradise and we've decided to carry on the trip but swap the van for a normal car and stay ... read more

Bruny Island Our cruise down the eastern side of Bruny Island down to the Southern Ocean was spectacular and we had an amazing day with the weather. We saw heaps of dolphins (both Bottleneck and Common variety) and plenty of seals and the coastline was magnificent. Dover Well Dover surprised us as the caravan park and surrounding scenery was very nice. From Dover we drove down to Cockle Creek which is the most southerly point to which you can drive anywhere in Australia with a pretty little sheltered harbour and there were a number of yachts moored. There were heaps of oysters around the shoreline you could gather and also it was the first time we have brought out our fishing lines in Tasmania and we caught about half a dozen small Australian Salmon from the ... read more

I want to tell you all Thank You for wishing me happy birthday. It was even better because I kind of got a two-day birthday because a lot of people from home didn't know that my birthday was actually the day before for the states. The night before my birthday my roommates and I all went to a club (I forget the name) to celebrate because we didn't want to go out on Sunday night because we had class the next day. It was a lot of fun. On my actual birthday Sabrina and I went to the movies and saw Slum Dog Millionaire, which was a great movie! and then the rest of our roommates joined us for sushi for dinner. (I'm not sure if I mentioned this before but my roommates consist of three ... read more

Last night Sabrina and I went on a river boat cruise on the Brisbane river, actually it was more like a “booze cruise” because we didn’t see much of the river because it was raining and we were more worried about getting drinks than anything else, well that and meeting new people of course. We met a lot of Germans and a few Americans, I can’t remember meeting any one from anywhere else. After the cruise we went to an “after party” which just consisted of a bunch of people we met going to a club called “down under.” It took forever to get into the bar and then when we did it was so packed that we left shortly after arriving. We then took a cab home and immediately went to bed. This morning I ... read more

First! I found a place to live!! It's kind of like a dorm in that there are 15 rooms and we share showers, toilets and kitchen and commons areas. It's a very clean place that is about a 5 minute walk to my campus. OH and it's cleaned three times a week by a cleaning service! ha! I'll post pictures as soon as I move in tomorrow! I feel much better about being here because I actually have my own space. I'm very excited! SO my address is: Nicole Clark Room 13 225 Vulture St. South Brisbane QLD 4101 AUSTRALIA Second, I want to thank all of you that have emailed me or called me to give me your support. I know being here is a-once-in-a-lifetime opportunity but I couldn't be here without all of you. ... read more