Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Today I woke up earlier then usual. Definatly because I had slept on the night before. As bad as it seems I would much rather save 18 dollars a night and sleep on the floor because 18 dollars goes a long way in my lifestyle right now. After waking up I grabbed breakfast and went to the front desk. I asked them when I could check into my room and wether I would be able to get into the 32 bed dorm we had been sleeping in before as opposed to the 6 bed I was scheduled to sleep in. As it turns out I was able to get into it. So I saved 18 dollars by sleeping on the floor and 7 by getting into the cheaper room, which I would much rather be in ... read more

We are back in Brisbane now... We arrived today at about 3pm from Sydney, after experiencing Qantas' idea of making check-in quicker, which is called 'Quickcheck' although it does not live up to the name, as it makes everthing about 3 times as long as just checking in normally. We were also delayed for about 45 minutes, so left at about 2:20 rather than 1:35 (Sydney time). The flight was quite good. It was really quick, and we got a snack, which wasn't great, but it was okay... We landed in Brisbane a bit later than scheduled. We met Sophie and Dad at the gate, and we went to collect our bags. We went up to Mt Cootha, and took some photos of the city, and then headed back to the unit to unpack, and have ... read more

Basically just work then food afterwards not much time or energy left after waking up at 4:50 each day and working 11 hours. Tuesday we went out and got groceries. Today my job ended, so I am back to the job agency tomorrow.... read more

Today we woke up bright and early at 5:00 AM to go to work. The kitchen wasn't open so we just grabbed some pieces of bed that we kept below mikes bed. We went to the work agency for 6:00 and when we got there we heard through some people that had been working for the agency for a while that we wouldnt be working untill atleast 7. We sat back and waited for the work to come it. Luckly the agency was nice and brought down cereal with milk and such to eat. At around 7 an employee came down from the offices upstairs and said there was work for whoever was the first person who ended up being me. I was assigned to work for a landscape company who was working at a MASSIVE ... read more

So we arrived in Brisbane expecting very little as most people hate it. We orignally planned to stay a week but only lasted 4 days. As a city its pretty dull and very much centered around office like and a concrete jungle that reminded me of a typical city up north. Now for the good bits. Streets beach is a manmade lagoon and beach in the heart of the city next to Brisbane river and is really nice on a hot day. The botanical gardens had some great wildlife in them and the free bus got us around the city with ease, im struggling for positives. i think we have been spoilt up to now and this was a little ordinary. The night out was crazy,we played bar wars and won alot of free drink, brisbane ... read more