Blogs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Well, here we are at Brisbane airport. Marcus and I are both very excited and, due to Marcus' extreme organisation, are ready for our next four-week adventure to Scandinavia! We are currently enjoying the relaxed Qantas Business Class lounge, with an hour to go to fly Qantas to Adelaide for a four hour stint, before flying to Dubai for a three hour break. Emirates then whisks us away to our first destination- Copenhagen, Denmark. We are due to arrive Saturday 17 June at 13:15.... read more

Brisbane, The River City. Today my plans were to go in to the City of Brisbane, the night before I arrived in the holiday park I made sure to ask the receptionist for some information regarding what to see and do in the city. I quickly realised Brisbane was not like any other city I had gone to before in Australia as in my opinion it seemed quite limited in things to see and do. Well thats the impression I got from the receptionist as she did provide me a map and showed me some things to see but nothing famous like the harbour bridge in Sydney or the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne. The receptionist told me that it was quite easy to get in to the city, there was either a bus station outside ... read more

Brisbane is about 1 1/2 hour's drive from Noosa Heads and is Australia's 3rd largest area with a population of 2.3 million people. It's been well over 20 years since our last visit and I think about 1 million people lived there at the time. The changes have been dramatic and there is on going construction that's obviously fueled by continued growth. The Brisbane river runs through the city and drains into Moreton Bay to the north. The city has done a great job in developing the river front and the waterway is an efficient transportation artery. There has certainly been great thought given to infrastructure planning as the Airport, with train connections throughout Queensland, is close to the Cruise port that is connected to downtown through a well run ferry service. We were able to ... read more

Geo: -27.4676, 153.028FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3We got up early for sunrise and I went to straight deck 7. There was a straight back chair, so I could sit comfortably and do my morning devotions and cross stitch. Glenn met me and we walked up to level 8 for O'Sheehan's Bar and Grill where I normally "park" myself.We attended the 10am lecture on Sydney by Peter. Then we ate lunch at the Versailes, and got there to be one of the first to be seated. We sat at the very back. We needed to be at the 1pm presentation that they had for us "going on the back to back" cruise. It was just a formative meeting about how our luggage will be handled especially since we are changing staterooms. We started talking to some folks from Atlanta. ... read more

13 janvier 2017 : Arrivée de Andrew, Nadia et Liam pour le week-end. 14 janvier 2017 : Pour l'anniversaire de Socorro et Andrew, nous mangeons sur un bateau à aubes, comma les vieux bateaux sur le Mississipi.toute le famille est réunie. 15 janvier 2017 : Nous restons enfermés toute la journée à cause de l'orage et de la pluie. Du 16 au 22 janvier 2017 : Nous nous promenons et en profitons pour revisiter Brisbane... read more