Blogs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 197

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028Dag 19 : 28/03/2006Vandaag zijn we vroeg vertrokken per vliegtuig van Mackay naar Brisbane. Zoals al een paar keer verwacht, was het vandaag zover. We hebben extra moeten betalen voor overgewicht. Niet van te veel te eten, maar van schoenen en kleren in de valiezen.Het is alweer onze laatste bestemming van onze vakantie. Wat vliegt de tijd toch snel als je je amuseert.In de namiddag hebben we een mooie wandeling gemaakt door de stad, door de botanische tuinen en door de amusementswijk aan de Zuidoever (Southbank) van de Brisbane river.We zijn al direct verliefd op deze stad door de mooie groene omgeving en vele verkeersvrije wandelpaden.Dag 20 : 29/03/2006Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary wa... read more

med ett nytt innlegg i bloggen her naa ser jeg! Skulle ha skrevet lenge foer, altfor mye aa skrive, men har vaert litt hektisk i Airlie Beach de siste fire-fem dagene. Jeg dro altsaa fra Airlie Beach til Brisbane idag. Hadde vaert i Airlie i kanskje elleve dager naa! Flere grunner til det. Det var den forbannede syklonen Larry som naadde oss loerdags ettermiddag og varte utover natten og morgenen. Vi slapp heldigvis unna det verste. Morgenen etter var det en del palmer og traer som hadde knekt/blaast overende. Ellers hadde folk vaert flinke til aa sirke ting, saa det var ikke saa mye som hadde blaast avgaarde. Hele loerdags formiddag var jeg ganske saa nervoes, bare spoer Elisabeth!:) I Airlie er det nesten bare backpackere aa finne, de som jobber paa hostellene er ogsaa backpackere, ... read more

This WILL probably be the last entry before NZ, the apartment we’re going to is very unlikely to have a connection. We’ve only spent 3 days in Brisbane, but this has resulted in 3 hangovers. We suspect this may have something to do with the presence of Miss A. White. Met her again last night, then went off to the Story Bridge Hotel to hook uo with Christine who made an appearance on these pages in Sydney. Then went back to Chrissies Mums apartment for more drinks, good night, and all only a AU$ 10 cab ride away. Brisbane has been fabulous, if hot, it has a man-made beach in the middle of town, shops that stay open, life on the street, a spirit of non-conformity, all in all it looks like a good place to ... read more

Well this is the 3am pissed blog that I anticipated it would be. The opening night was really fantastic, even though I know 'An Inspector Calls' backwards and every other way it really was a stunning production (I suppose Steven Daldry knows his stuff), and of course the after show was as expected. A couple of corporate speeches followed by some serious eating and drinking. This being Australia I had to make best pals with the tech guys in order to find somewhere to have a smoke without taking a lift 5 floors down from the roof terrace. It all went downhill from there. It's now 3.15 am, very pissed, one of the principals has been arrested for taking a leak on the street, I've made good friends with Sneaky and Grant from the crew, who ... read more

I was wrong, they didn't advertise it but this hotel has great, free, wifi, so blogging continues. It took a while, but finally found out why Adelaide didn’t work for us. While at an internet cafe in Adelaide (doing the last blog entry), I went outside to have a much needed cigarette break. Then the most astonishing thing happened, I was approached by a young(ish), fit(ish) woman who engaged me in flirtatious conversation. Well, I assumed it was, I’m not much used to that sort of thing, but what gave the game away was the loss of interest that happened immediately after mentioning my wife sitting in the cafe. But before the loss of interest some of the conversation had been about the strange feeling that Barb and I had felt since arriving in Adelaide. She ... read more