Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 11

Upon leaving Sydney we arrived in Cairns only to find that for the next 2 weeks we would be experiencing some of the hottest and most humid weather...With that said it has made our tanning a little difficult...But worry not...We are still very dark...We stopped in Cairns for two nights and stayed at a nice hostel called Gilligans...In the north of Queensland they have a lot of jelly fish and crocodiles so no one really swims in the ocean...Luckily, Gilligans had a really nice pool so we cooled of there for most of the day...From Cairns we rented a car and drove up north to Cape Tribulation...On the way we hit up Hartley's Crocodile farm to check out some of the native flora and fauna...Seeing as Elizabeth is deathly afraid of crocodiles it was a funny ... read more

Our first Christmas Eve in Australia and we chose to attend midnight service at St John's Cathedral in the City. The sandstone building is not yet complete and the interior is fairly stark and ordinary, particularly by comparison to St Nick's in Newbury where we have attended Midnight Service for so many previous years. By contrast, the life-sized nativity figures sculpted in cardbord were beautifully made in representational form. The three Kings stood majestically opposite us. We arrived 30 minutes early for the 11.00pm service and we got seats about two-thirds of the way back down the nave. It was very well attended, so we did not have a view of the high altar, but everything could be heard including the excellent choir, albeit we thought the organist was a little 'pacey'. Although a little 'high ... read more

Last night I wasn't thinking I was going to go out because one of my friends was up at the Sunshine Coast visiting his girlfriend and gets back today, and my other friend had to work today, and couldn't stay out late which was understandable. Well I eventually did go out after being harassed by some pushy Indian men because I was Indian, and they were freaking out b/c I didn't speak Hindu or know any of these Indian actresses or anything...weird I know, but yes, I walked around for AGES, had come back, got harassed, left, finally decided to go to the Down Under Bar, and luckily in front of me were some girls from the hostel who were going out as well and we ended up spending the whole time together. We went into ... read more

Mit etwas glueck hab ich's nach 150 highspeed aufnahmen (in2sec 8bilder) geschaft ein blitz zu fotografieren! Das war das heftigste gewitter das ich jemals erlebt habe: 1 1/2 stunden lang nur blitzE non stop. Die Blitze erhellen den ganzen Himmel.......... AM BESTEN ALS DIASHOW ANGUCKEN....enfach auf ein foto klicken und dann rechts oben auf das slide show symbol klicken! ... read more

Divers ascend the underwaterworld in stages - it's about balancing the pressure in your bodies' airspaces. Reacclimatising. Easing into life on land. We had 36 hours in Brisbane. Our little stopover. Post-paradise and pre-populace, pollution and... parenting! It was about balancing the pressure in our minds' breathing spaces :) Brisbane has by all accounts morphed from that pitstop on your way to and from your REAL destination - to an adult city - burgeoning with the sophistication of trendy cafes, modern galleries and cool converted warehouses. Our little layover in the Central Business District was very conveniently located a stone's hurl away from the gorgeous winding Brisbane River with it's ferries, catamarans, sailboats and Story Bridge. Summer hadn't quite arrived yet but the balmy weather drew little flocks of Brisbanites out in the parks and along ... read more