Brisbane Travel Blogs

I am sitting on the train waiting for it to take me into the city and hopefully my Chinese Visa. I have butterflies in my belly, which goes well with the shirt I wore today. It has butterflies on it. I have started calling it my lucky shirt. I wore it one day in Sydney when I got some fantastic…

There comes the time to return, but before my return I remain in Brisbane, because I can't miss the understanding of this beautiful city. My return from Surfers Paradise to Brisbane, is also using the AirTrain, this time they collected me by taxi from my hotel and go to the Nerang sta…

I spent the weekend in Brisbane with one of my dearest friends, Renee. On Friday when I arrived, Renee picked me up on her way home from work and we drove to Kangaroo Point where Renee will be starting a new job shortly. While Renee was signing contracts, I took a stroll along the paths by the …

Long long day!!!! At 9.30am I had to wake up for checking out, just changed my clothes and brush my teeth and checked-out. I took the key of sabine with me as well so I could take a shower later on, and relax a little! I went on the internet and went shopping until sabine woke up. when she woke u…

So we woke up at Andy's at like 8am..soo early..My neck hurt really badfrom the way I was sleeping which was sweet. We stayed in Andy's room for a bit and then watched some videos on youtube before they called some people to come pick us up. Louie and Hamish came in one car and Dick and Steve Lewis…

Saturday 22nd April Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! I finally arrived in the land of Bruce and Sheila, of venomous animals, the former island of convicts and has-been cricketers. I landed early in the morning and deliberated about having a look around Brisbane before my connecting flight to Cairns la…

Mr. Wendell has come to warn us....   The Lonely planet mentions 2 Koala wildlife sanctuaries in the Brisbane area. One of these offers visitors the chance to ‘Cuddle a Koala’. The LP is rather sniffy about this, favoring instead the non-cuddle option, in the way that it almost always f…

 We’ve been in Brisbane for a week now, doing our “health aspects of disasters” course in a city experiencing its own freak weather. Our jet lag is only just fading now, the rest of the week we’ve been waking up at five - partly because Brisbane doesn’t have daylight savings (it was …

Back in Brisie, the builders have finished renovations at my auntie’s house.  I arrived just in time to help out with some painting and decorating, great!  Of course it was lovely to see my auntie and uncle again, cheers Jan and Andrew for putting me up (and putting up with me!) one mor…

After spending an hour in Surfers Paradise, we got back on the bus and drove towards Brisbane. We arrived there around 12:00pm and we had about 3,5 hours time to wonder around, go shopping or just relax in this city. Judy and Geoff had to go to the airport to pick up 6 more people that would j…

...for me.i have been having an amazing time in brisbane - and i haven't even really "seen" anything! spending REAL time with REAL people is really what makes a trip. these connections with PEOPLE are what i was longing for without even realizing it.some cool things i'm noticing:-i've stopped heari…

On to Brisbane, capital city of Queensland, and time for some real parties! Byron Bay, where I arrived after the Mojo 'surf' week is advertised as Australia's party town. They don't tell you that there are only two-and-a-half clubs and a handful of pubs though. Sigh. Byron Bay was a major let …

Arrived this afternoon. Staying at really nice hostel. Just explored the town a bit today as pretty tired after party last night! Nice and warm at last though. Had a great few days in Brisbane. Walked around the city, hired bikes and cycled along the river. Saw the uni which looked really nice. A…

The problem with reality is that it's real.How much better would life be if you could literally fly away from all your problems, forget all your bills, enjoy uncomplicated relationships and eat whatever you want without getting fat. Oh, and have a magical flying unicorn called Bob.For the most part…

Bereits gestern haben Jimmy, der Franzose, und ich beschlossen, heute zum Lone Pine Koala Santuary zu fahren. Kathy, unsere Gastgeberin, hat uns also nach dem Frühstück freundlicherweise dort abgesetzt. In diesem Park gibt es unzählige Koalabären und Känguruhs sowie anderes Getier, darunter Sc…