Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 19

I'm starting to get a decent idea of the ideal hostel. For a start, it needs to be empty. The first was Cairns Beach House, paradise, though I didn't know it at the time. Choice of bunk, ensuite that you could walk into without catching anything, aircon keeping the temperature pleasant and a light switch that people knew how to use. (for some reason, the light has to stay on till everyone has come to bed, and there are quite a few vampires in Australia - sleep in the day, make moise at night. Then you're made to feel guilty for turning the light on during daylight hours - after 9am, stop caring after a while) This place even had cheap pool tables, nice bar, internet that even friends could sneak into use, and a very ... read more

Well it has been quite a while since we last updated our blog so I thought it was about time to give you a bit of an update!!! Since we last updadated the blog we have been on the road in our campervan Shelia and we have seen so much that I don't quite know where to start but I guess I'll start with the Great Ocean Road. After picking up Shelia we got staright on the road and made our way to the famous Great Ocean Road. Everyone that we had spoken to in Melbourne had advised to see this so it seemed about as good a place as any to start. We spent 3 days driving along the coast with what has to be some of the most spectacular roads and scenery that we ... read more

I am now in very moist yet hot Brisbane, as of yesterday evening. I arranged collection of myself and still (weirdly) heavy belongings from the airport by the TRansbus, and typically was the last stop! (I say weirdly, as i sent Paul a parcel of some clothes and stuff, which came in at nearly 3 KGs!!!) I just cant off load anymore stuff without becoming downright unhygienic and there are a few precious thinsg that a girl just cant do without! ah well) I also have the pleasure of sharing my stinking of sweaty feet room, with probably the most insipid couple I have ever met. Positively thinking, it is only for another night. I sorted my bags out, slipped on my eye mask; squeezed in my ear plugs and went to sleep, to the soft ... read more

Im still in Brisbane and Im not entirely sure what I did day by day in the last few days but Ill give you the general gist of things. I've pretty much explored the whole of Brisbane city centre and some of its inner suburbs. I now know Brisbane better than I do Birmingham. Having done most of the usual touristy stuff I wanted to do something a bit different and opted to do a ghost tour of the nearby Toowong cemetary. The cemetary is absolutely huge and we only walked about a third of the way in over two and a half hours. We were lead on our ghost tour by a creepy guy called Jack Simm who was a really nice guy and really knew his stuff about the macabre part of Brisbane's history. ... read more

On my last day in Coffs I avoided the rain and managed to get to the train station to go to Brisbane. The train was late and due to heavy flooding I only went one stop before I had to get on a bus for the rest of the journey. This was a blessing in disguise as if it wasn't for the flooding I would not have been able to see the giant prawn! The giant prawn is one of a few inexplicable tourist attractions in Australia, others include a giant guitar, a giant koala and the big banana. We got to stop by the prawn and get something to eat while admiring this amazing homage to our pink friends from the sea. I got into Brisbane quite late and booked into my hostel, which is ... read more