Blogs from Central Business District, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 7

3 weeks in Brisbane and i dont ever want to leave. maybe its because we seem to have landed ourselves with some kind of awesome group of people!!! Tash and Jack... absolute legends they look after us making us all dinner.. amazing everytime!!! Frank the nicest guy in the world, always lands on his feet and is still alive after spending 7 months hitch hicking across New Zealand!! The Frenchies awesome people from Paris Marine, Jonathan, Adrean and Sebastian, Marine is a sweetheard poor girl traveling with 3 smelly boys!! And obviously Jenn the light of my life, what would i do with out her!! The last few weeks havnt been very productive but we have managed to have an EPIC time despite the rain and cold!! COLES... what to do when you are bored and ... read more

And so it begins, what I’m hoping will be an awesome year! The journey started Tuesday with our what felt like a luxury flight from Manchester to Abu Dhabi, courtesy of Brian the pilot!! There were literally 20 people on the giant plane so we got to kick back sprawl out and sleep the majority of the 7 hours and the rest of the time was spent playing with the musical headphones and trying to find out who stole my eye mask (I still suspect Jenn) Touching down in Abu Dhabi we went to grab what I can only describe and a cup of pure haven the coffee is the best I have ever had in the world 3 hours passed pretty quickly with the free internet we found!! Back on the plane to Singapore the ... read more

Well Good Afternoon Nearest and Dearest :) i have a few more pages in my note book which i think should be typed down on a few electrically formed blank white sheets for all you to read! I left you WEEKS ago having read about my walks from Bondi to Coogee, and my trip to the Aquarium! I left Surfside Hostel on the 2nd of June to travel about 20minutes to the central of Sydney and checked into Wake Up! one of Australia's number one backpackers Hostels. I was only staying there for the night and for 32$ it was comfy and simple! I shared the dorm with 9 other people one of which was Gregg Coull. He decided after only having three months to do his travels in to go with the better company -- ... read more

Way back at the beginning of March I arrived in Brisbane, my next stop after Noosa. I was only planning to stay in Brisbane for a few days since I still had a lot of ground to cover before arriving in Melbourne on the 21st. Funny how a few days can turn in to a week. First, I met some cool people at the hostel. The hostel actually had a good vibe for meeting people, unlike some of the hostels I’ve stayed at. So I made friends with a few people. Then the second day or so I was there it poured rain. It continued to pour rain for the next few days. In fact, the entire east coast was getting dumped on so I didn’t see much of a point in getting to the beach ... read more

2/24/10 Our “bus” arrived to take us from Byron Bay to Brisbane but it was more of a van than the bus we had imagined the “Brisbane 2 Hour Shuttle” to be. Regardless, it was $25, went straight there and had air conditioning…all the essentials. Before getting on the bus I happened to notice a ridiculous event. At the bus station suddenly a big rig truck pulled up in the bus zone…I thought clearly he was confused, drunk or both. So the guy gets out, comes around to the other side, opens the door and proceeds to help out 2 young girls along with their luggage…these girls thought it was hilarious and were taking pictures in the truck, with the trucker, outside the truck, waving to the truck…now there are a few reasons that made me ... read more