Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Brisbane

If you are wondering what the title refers to (a few of the sports geeks will know), well The Gabba is the cricket ground in Brisbane which is where we were. More on the cricket later.

We stayed in the lower ground floor of a 'Queenslander', which is a typical type of Queensland house. The place was great. Loads of space, two bedrooms, …

I eventually arrived safe in Brisbane, It was late at night and I didn't have far to walk from the train station to the hostel. This time in Brisbane I changed hostel and choose Chill Backpackers on Upper Roma Street, This was the street where all the backpackers were.

When I arrived I meet the Night Manager on Duty, He was a tall man, …

This was a very exciting day. Due to it being a completely separate land mass Australian wild life is very different to anything you will find in the other continents (and vulnerable to attack from alien species, as mentioned in the Quarantine blog entry). So we were really looking forward to getting to grips with some of the classic Australian …

• Trip day: 43

It’s day 43 of the trip. That means it has been 12 days since my last entry, 16 days since we arrived in Oz. Time has just seemed to pass us by here on the Sunshine Coast & its surrounds where we still linger, at least for another 24 hours. Normally it would be a problem for me to go 12 days without a blog …

I pretty much covered covered today in my entry of yesterday : as the days seemed to all be one With the exception of going back to South Bank this evening to sit on beach with friends, enjoying a warm evening with cool drinks and Saturday evening fireworks. A nice evening and memory with friends.
Tomorrow will be my last day here in Brissie …

So I finally arrived in Australia, into the next continent and next stage of my trip! Brisbane is a really cool city, and it felt great to be back in the western world again. The hostel I stayed in was really nice, but everybody I met seemed to be in Brisbane to work or to find work so it was a little different to the hostels and backpackers I …

Today is our first full day in Brisbane and we couldn't wait any longer to go to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and get the chance to actually cuddle a koala.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is set in parklands beside the river and is home to 130 koalas, as well as kangaroos, possums and wombats.

The best way to get to Lone Pine Koala …

Brisbane’s BEST!!!!

This was just the best part of my trip – way better than the torture of climbing that danged bridge in Sydney – a trip to Lone Pine Kaola Sanctuary – the largest home to Kaola and Kangaroo! It is fascinating to know that all the Kaola are named – of course they are – they all have …

I have had the nicest past 7 days in Brisbane, having a bit of a break from traditional backpacking – I've had my own bed, a bathroom with a bath mat, a proper kitchen, a dog to play with, and some awesome company!! I’ve been lucky enough to stay with some friends of a friend from London, and in true Aussie spirit they opened their home …

so we are here in Brisbane made it safe , we got in at 6 am aussie time on friday and we were very tired, i don't think i ever want to do a 12-13 hour flight again , the plane was cold the seats not easy to sleep in , i must of got about 2 hours of broken sleep the whole time.

we got to the hostel at around 9am however check in was not …

... to play drums, bass and guitar while the singer sang! Well after all that excitement on Monday, on Tuesday we went to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. It's the first place we've been where we could actually cuddle a koala, and we've got the photos to prove ...

... purpose that koalas have in existing is to be very very cute. Today, I went with Maddy and Corissa to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. There were loads of koalas, of course, as well as kangaroos and wallabies, emus, lizards and reptiles, ...

... get much sleep last night; I was too excited about the keeper program. The main reason for coming to Australia was to visit the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Most of you know that koalas have always been my passion ever since I was little. The Toronto ...

... ’s –I’m trying to get her out here to do it but it hasn’t happened yet. Carolyn took me to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary which is the largest koala sanctuary in the world. There are koalas all over the zoo and when we were there, many ...

... bar downstairs for the night.  Although I ended up calling it a night around 9. The next day, I caught a bus to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.  It was really cool.  They have 130 koalas, and a ton of kangaroos, and other animals.  ...

... or during commuting hours without constantly dodging human traffic. We decided to have a couple nights in Brisbane as we wanted to visit the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary for the day. It was really great - firstly because we finally managed to use our ISIC ...

... /10 - Brisbane to Lone Pine Sanctuary to Surfers Paradise (Gold Coast) to Brisbane - 182km This morning we drove down to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary where we got to cuddle a koala. I was very excited about this as this is something that I've wanted to ...

For the month of October I am working as a volunteer at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary (http://www.koala.net/index.htm). Each morning volunteers are assigned to a particular section and keeper, and they stay with that keeper all ...

... Conservation Volunteer projects that I can get to by public transport im excited to be doing at least 2 weeks volunteering at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. I start monday so that doesnt give me much time to settle in to my new home but hopefully everything ...

... brisbane for 3 nights staying in a hostel. whilst in brisbane we went to the city beach which was great. we also visited lone pine koala sanctuary where we got 2 feed kangaroos and cuddle a koala. It has been about 24-30 degrees everyday. after our ...