http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Queensland , Brisbane , Central Business District en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:22:11 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:22:11 +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 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 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 Australien's Tierwelt ohne worte. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-435606.html Mein Ersteindruck von Australien ist eher negativ. Nachdem man auf drei rissen Flughafen Frankfurt Abu Dhabi Singapur gewessen ist landet man im Brisbane. Der Flughafen ist ca. so gross wie der Flughafen im Paderborn. Nach dem ich die Sicherheitskontrolle passiert hab begann ich mit der Suche nach einer toilette. Mit dem 18 Kg schweren Rucksack und auf Kruecken fand ich endlich diese. Leider http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-435602.html So the time came to pack up our rucksacks and hit the road again. We had our dinner on our last night in a lovely Irish bar steak mash and gravy of course and said a final farewell to Sydney. It was a strange feeling leaving lsquohomersquo again and we were a little sad having made some great friends and really settled in but we were really excited to start the next leg of the adventure.We http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-429431.html Checked out Parliament House the over day too. It's kinda wierd living here for a couple of years and not actually going to see the Parliament House but i'm sure there's millions of people here who can't say they've been. It was cool to soak up all the history as well. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-419946.html einen schnen guten tagalso nun endlich waren wir in brisbane angekommen australiens drittgroesster stadt und von den einheimischen auch brissie genannt. die sache fing schon ganz angenehm an als wir keinen parkplatz suchen mussten sondern einfach ins CBD Central Business District fuhren und in die tiefgarage von martin's wolkenkratzer fuhren. hah jaja ihr habt schon richtig gehoert wir http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-419939.html Brisbane in a Day. I thinkNewcastle is such a great airport to fly from. Easily accessible easy to park car and easy to check in and get to the gate. I think we accomplished all together with coffee in hand in just 10minutes.We spent the quick 1 14 hr reading and snoozing and contemplating the plethora of key developments up the coast. Wouldn't like to own property there with imminent sea leve http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-419389.html Getting flu and a secondary infection of bronchitis was not the smartest thing to do but I have done it. Stout hearted to the last I shall ignore the doctor's dire warnings of death by pneumonia and play the fair maiden relying on my partner to carry the bags and deal with all the aggravations caused by airline staff and the like. I have visions of reclining on the bed in the camper van whilst http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-418765.html Preparing for BrisbaneOh you might say how boring Australians seem to have a 'thing' about Brisbane deriding its parochialness and small town mentality. I think it might be a leftover from the awful Jo or is it Joe who tainted so much of Queensland with his huge brush. Should that be tarred thenThe travel blog is a way for me to become used to this before we head off on a wonderful trip to I http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-418008.html Decided to check out the Botanical Gardens today. Have been there for various things once or twice before but thought i'd actually spend a fair bit of time there and see what was really happening. I did the rainforest walk and strolled around the gardens today and am going back tomorrow for a formal walking tour and to check out Old Government House cant wait http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-414012.html Day 6We reluctantly have to check out of our hostel today and make our way over to Tamborine Mountain about 25km 15 miles west of Surfers Paradise. The plan is to do a ropes course at the Thunderbird Adventure Parc as we never got a chance to do one at Tasmania. The roads are all uphill not surprising when going up a mountain and poor Trixie bell doesnrsquot like it much especially as she http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-411086.html A last few nights out in Brisbane for you all.We left the Caxton bar a few weekends before to give us time to party and catch up with friends.Overall we had an amazing time in Brisbane and have lots and lots of great friends.We are lucky girls.We spent a night with our flatmates Kerry and Matt and their friends then on our last day we went to the Seafood festival in Caxton street with our Airport http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-402533.html ... is getting boring. Up the coast in Brisbane now. As soon as I got off the plane the heat hit me. It certainly feels a lot hotter than Sydney. This place has a subtropical climate so its only gonna get hotter as I head up the coast.Finally recovered from my drinking exploits in Manly. As I correctly predicted I done nothing that day and just read my book. In fact I've finished 2 books this http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-391755.html Hello everyoneI'm now in Coffs Harbour on my way down the Coast only two more stops one of which is just an overnight bus stop and then I am back in Sydney ready to go to New Zealand I fly next Saturday 2nd May. I'm really looking forward to NZ and so looking forward to seeing Catherine. She is picking me up from the airport and I've told her to bring lots of tissues with her I think it's http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-391736.html Hi guys sorry for the delay in updating the blog since we last posted we've been busy traveling has become a bit of a full time job 0 Cairns We arrived in Cairns early in the morning via a quick stop in Darwin after our mad rush down from Malaysia. After collecting our baggage we ran into a spot of bother at the customs desk due to a little souvenir we'd picked up in Chiang Mai Apparentl http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-390131.html NOTE TO SELF Guinness and Vodka do not mixLuckily our bus was at a reasonable time this morning but just our luck was as we left the apartment it hammered it down so we had a 20 minute walk with all our stuff in the rain Not goodWe arrived back in Brisbane at about 12 and checked into the same hostel neither of us could believe it when we were put in the same room as before but we though http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-384318.html After sorting all our stuff out we took the shuttle to the airport and arrived in Brisbane about 430 we then took another bus into the centre to our hostel TinBillys which was an interesting experience we were sharing a room with 8 irish guys and the whole room stank. Em and I decided to get out of there as soon as we could and headed off to the river bank to take a ride on the brisbane eye i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-382990.html So. I haven't written for a long time. Nearly two weeks But there is a fantastic reason for this so want to be let into a massive secret I have done bugger all Well metaphorically speaking anyway. I have been doing things on a day to day basis but all in all nothing that immensely interesting or exciting except for a few days of absolute joy.So after doing the East Cape of Aotearoa which http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Brisbane/Central-Business-District/blog-378015.html