Blogs from Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 5

Apres un dodo a l'aeroport, un lever a l'aurore et notre vol Christchurch-Brisbane, nous arrivons au backpacker prets pour une douche et un peu de repos. Toutefois, l'Australie avait d'autre plan pour nous. Alors que nous attendons a la reception pour le check-in, la voix de notre destinee se fait entendre: "We are looking for 3 people who wants to clean for free accomodation and free internet. I repeat, the first 3 people who will get to the reception for the cleaning, will get free accomodation and internet." Bien que l'instant d'avant annoncait une journee tranquille, nous etions maintenant a changer des lits, des poubelles et a passer la mope ainsi que l'aspirateur. C'est tout de meme etrange a quel point quand on cherche a etre en vacances, le travail survient! Opportunistes que nous sommes, nous ... read more

I had thought, in my ignorance, that due to the fact that ourselves and Madge were sticking strictly to the coast from here on in, there would actually be things to see along the way. Apparently not. After leaving Airlie Beach we passed through ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for two whole days. And I mean N-AH-THING. No towns or even petrol stations for hours, and when we did stop for fuel, you'd swear we were the first outsiders the locals had seen since the dawn of the new millenium. Strange, very strange. We stopped in Rockhampton for a night along the way, which is a generic crappy Australian town, in a motel called Paul's or Dave's or something similiar. We love Motels. Motels mean comfy beds, ensuite bathrooms and tvs with lots o channels. Lovely jubly. After that ... read more

Well, I haven't written for a longtime. So I hope you are all sitting comfortably as this is going to be a long one. First a few random statistics. Time on the road - Nearly 4 months Countries visited so far - 7 Rough distance travelled - 16000 miles TV series watched - Prison season 1 and 2, 24 season 6, Sopranos season 1,2,3,4,5. Words in this blog 7337 Characters in this blog - 26617 - not including spaces I don't know why I haven't updated this for so long, especially after such a good start. I did go through a stage of not really enjoying the trip for a while. I think I was a bit bored, maybe a bit lonely ahhhhh its sad I know. Some of you might think that its all good ... read more

Auf dem Rechner hier sind Millionen von Bildern von anderen Backpackern. Ich ueberleg mir grad, ob ich die einfach auf meine Kamera kopieren soll. Das spart unheimlich an Zeit und Geld. Da sind auch echt schoene dabei. Koennte nur ein Problem mit unserem Copyright System geben. Also merken: Bildern kann man nicht vertrauen. Ich bin hier in einem Backpacker gelandet, was eigentlich ein Klub ist, welcher Uebernachtungsmoeglichkeiten anbietet. Das krasse Gegenteil von der Hippilaube in Byron Bay. Scheinbar legen hier die besten DJs von Brisbane auf und Party geht bis ca. 5 Uhr morgens. Und mein Zimmer ist direkt drueber, yeah!!... read more

I was talking to a mate last year about going to Brisbane for a weekend to watch the football and perhaps just have a few drinks. In the end four of us went, Timmay, Kutts, Steve and myself, we booked a few rooms at the Marque Hotel right in the middle of the CBD close to the Casino and South Bank bridge. We arrived in Brisbane around 10.35am and took a cab to town before leaving our bags at the hotel and heading off to explore a bit, first stop was Queens St where we had a bight to eat before crossing the river and wandering down South Bankwhere we hopped on a Catamaran for a view of the city from the river. Brisbane reminds me a bit of Auckland and Dunedin and perhaps a little ... read more