http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Queensland , Brisbane en-us Tue, 17 Nov 09 06:19:29 +0000 Tue, 17 Nov 09 06:19:29 +0000 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-449841.html I really could have done with some southern fried chicken seeing that today was American Independence Day but Graeme and I settled for Indooroopillyrsquos Coffee Club for a greasy breakfast. 2 days in a row I am hungover and eating dirty food I guess I have to get used to this.ldquoRed Dogrdquo made sure I got on the right train and it was good that he lived near the Ipswich line. I caug http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Indooroopilly/blog-449791.html Knock KnockhellipKnock KnockhellipNo answer.Knock KnockhelliprdquoRoom ServicerdquoI could hear the key go into the lock and I sat up in my bed looking blank. The maid also looked at me weird and then said ldquoOk Irsquoll just come back when you check outrdquo.At least I wasnrsquot butt naked.But yes I had overslept and room service was here. Damnit I hate this. At least http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Indooroopilly/blog-449768.html So in the last week my mission has been to find a job annnd i think i may have found one. After walking around and around Brisbane and going through 3 different interviews to still not be hired I now have a trial at a place called Eves on the river. I have a shift fri and sat so hopefully if i dont do anything horribly wrong they will keep me. The really strange thing is that at this same res http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-448819.html heeeeeey everyone so ive been in Brisbane about 2 weeks now. Trying to find a job and a place to live we have so far found a place to live and jason has a job which means he can be the provider haha just kidding. He promised me that when i get a job he would buy me a pair of shoes lol If that is not incentive then i dont know what is. Pretty much in the last two weeks we havent been doing alot http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-448809.html Hi everyone Greetings from Brisbane. We arrived enthusiastically here early on the 14th June a Sunday so everywhere seemed quiet and calm. We had booked our hostel before we left and were instructed to get off the airport train at Brunswick Street unfortunately though the station was called Fortitude Valley and it took us a few train journeys to get to the right place following that the hoste http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-447787.html Its hot but not too hot its more sticky than hot. Im standing in shade but the sun rays still hound me as enter hour number six of this tiresome day. Itrsquos a group of Asian kids A cheeky smile creeps across my famished but attentive face. ldquoTwoin to win guys just twoin to winrdquo Half cracked smiles and innocent giggles are returned. Not to worry my Agame is brought to the t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-446925.html Whatrsquos Going OnBrisbane seems to have a festival going on every week. And the good thing is itrsquos usually free. Since Irsquove been here there has been the broadranging cultural Brisbane Festival the 150th Brisbane City Anniversary Brisbane Writerrsquos Festival and this weekend starts the Valley Fiesta. I managed to be around when the most spectacular festival of all climaxed oc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Mt-Coot-tha/blog-446922.html It has been a while since I posted. My apologies to those who look to this blog for light relief. I almost put something up a few weeks ago to say that we were back on the road again but we had to quickly rearrange things cancel the flights and spend some time in Canberra. This time though we are on our way.The plan on our return to Australian on 25 July was very simple. We would drive to Darwin http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-446567.html Hello from Brisbane We finally finished our ten days in a campervan. I tried to update on the way but somehow managed to delete the post before it was published arghHad a brilliant time driving up the east coast. Sleeping was tight but we managed ok they really should use the word campervan loosely it's really just a Hiace van with a mattress in the back We went through Port Stephen's N http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-446530.html helloWe arrived in Brisbane at 6.30 on Friday after a 7 hour flight from Singapore. The flight went pretty smooth i watched the original Taking of Pelham 123 as recommended by JOB and the Tyson documentry. Both were pretty good. I didnt get any sleep on the Plane Anne got a wee bit but we were both totally knackered.Brisbane Airport baggage claims turned out to be an absolute nightmare we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-445793.html The sun decided to find us recently so weve been lacking on the blog side so now here is a long but very compact entry of the recent happenings.....Rest of Sydney...We went on our trip to the Blue Mountains which was pretty awesome although very cold indeed Firstly our tour guide was a typical australian tour dude with the strong accent and tour guide beige hat so he added lots of amusement t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-445372.html Settling inSo I was staying at the Billy Tin Backpacker Hostel on George Street and like other backpacker joints Irsquod previously stayed in there were a lot oflong 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 GermansFrench who were out here and were so bloody young it was painful. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-444910.html ok so i took a little holiday to our beautiful northern capital Brisbane over the weekend to visit a few friends only stayed locally in central Brisbane so not many good pictures but i wanted to check out my new camera and i must say while the camera held up well i think i need to take some photography classes.Spent the weekend in the Ibis hotel in the middle of Brisbane and had some drinks at http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-442307.html Riverside Festival in Brisbane http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Kangaroo-Point/blog-441114.html Hallo da es meinen Fuss entlich besser geht hab ich entlich entschlossen Brisbane zu verlassen und Australien etwas zu erkunden. Durch die Aufbruchstimmung im Hostel da ploetzlich fast alle weg wollten gab es ein schoenes BBQ im Brisbane Queens Park. Anbei paar Bilder. Das Ziel ist Rainbow Beach Strand Sonne Meer und natuerlich Fraser Island. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-439804.html The Following is a post from my motherIt has been amazing seeing Jeff and all the places he has told us about. Hersquos a great Australian guide. We toured his school the University of New South Wales and met some of his new friends. One is nicer than the next. Coogee where Jeff lives is so much like La Jolla. He is o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-439549.html Hier die neuen Schnapschuesse.. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-438108.html Yeah I know. It isn't nearly enough time. I could spend years here. But first let me catch up on what happened in New Zealand since the last time I wrote.So my final week in New Zealand was interesting. I had one last night out at Winnies in Queenstown which was a mess. I met up with Sandra from Tekapo who got a new job in some spa there. I hope she stays there a while... Things didn't end http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-438088.html Dear family and friendsWelcome aboard the blog of our 2009 journey We hope you enjoy the ride with us. Please take the opportunity to comment on our travels and what we have or should see hear taste or smell. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/blog-437457.html