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Catching up with Monika, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Catching up with Monika
Apr 15, 2008 (24 photos)

"Will tell you more about it...later:) ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by orizarska
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Apr 17, 2008 (5 photos)

"I am awoken by the storms a few times through the night and decide that it is time for me to move on when I see the cloud cover once arising from my deep slumbers.  Breakfast ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by madman96
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30 sleeps, Brisbane, Australia travel blog 30 sleeps
Sep 18, 2007 (2 photos)

"30 sleeps and counting We've both got that constant butterflies in the tummy feeling.  When we booked in Feb this holiday seemed so far away and now it's only just over ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by aussiepanda
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minus 74 hours to go and counting..., Brisbane, Australia travel blog minus 74 hours to go and counting...
Oct 13, 2007

"Hello everyone, We have created this travelogue so you can join us on our travels around the globe!  Hopefully we'll be good and actually keep it updated.  When we enter ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by canaussie
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Who'll stop the rain, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Who'll stop the rain
Jan 21, 2006 (14 photos)

"As I typed my previous entry I was watching overcast skies over Byron Bay hoping that the weather would eventually clear up so I could enjoy my final day there. With 20-20 hindsigh ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by danblank
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Back in Australia, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Back in Australia
Sep 11, 2006 (1 photo)

"Hello to everyone. We are back in Australia. We arrived back on Mon 11th of September at 11.15am. Shane was there to pick us up from the airport and bring us back to Homer (So diff ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by paulandciara
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Off to Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Off to Brisbane
Nov 22, 2006 (5 photos)

"Tuesday, November 21 We check out of the British Arms Backpackers without the slightest bit of sadness. Admittedly the second and third nights were better than the first but I woul ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by jambo
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
May 11, 2007 (2 photos)

"Alex: As always in cities we didn't do very much in Brisbane! Our first night there we made full use of the hostel bar and were a bit to hung over the following day to do very much ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by alexndean
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G'day Australia!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog G'day Australia!
Oct 30, 2006 (4 photos)

"Failing to get any sleep on the plane I didn't care though as the sun slowly rose over the horizon as we began to descend towards Brisbane through an overcast sky with me still har ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by alasdairm
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Anzac Day, sufferer's parasite, and more zorbing, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Anzac Day, sufferer's parasite, and more zorbing
Apr 25, 2006 (12 photos)

"Goodbye NSW, hello Queensland. I'm in the state's capital now, Brisbane, which is the last major city I'll probably see until I get to Europe. At the moment I'm staying with Maddy, ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by segacs
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Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Koala Sanctuary
Apr 6, 2008 (18 photos)

"It was pretty strange for me arriving in Brisbane. I dated a girl from here for over a year and I didn't know anything about the city at all. I ended up coming here because a Spani ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by rcys
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Brisvegas, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisvegas
Oct 17, 2006 (11 photos)

"Now I'm in Brissy, working back at the 3 Minute Angels giving weirdos massages in bars again. Brisbane's okay, but it's like any other city (and me not being a city girl, this is ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by tracyleigh54
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Sea World, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Sea World
Nov 25, 2005 (10 photos)

"I was less than impressed to see thick black clouds outside the aeroplane's windows, as we descended into Brisbane. It was a bumpy affair too, with one sudden drop causing everyone ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by rich
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Australia - Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Australia - Brisbane
Jan 18, 2006 (6 photos)

" Day 1 Having awoken at 8, packed our bags and caught the hostel shuttle bus to the bus depot we jumped on the 10am Greyhound out of Surfers heading for Brisbane. The journey was ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by gonetilwhenever
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Brisbane - Finally....., Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane - Finally.....
May 17, 2006 (3 photos)

"Well finally we arrived in Brisbane... Flight took about 7 hours and as we were only going 2 hours ahead, no real jet lag. We arrived in the George Williams hotel about 8.30pm afte ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by paulandciara
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Departing En Zed for Oh Zed (OZ), Brisbane, Australia travel blog Departing En Zed for Oh Zed (OZ)
Jan 26, 2006 (17 photos)

"early morn flight get into Brisbane 11 ish. I stayed in a hostel in Brisbane which belonged to the pub downstairs, and was styled as an English pub, named the Wheelbarrow and Eleph ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by directgb
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Brisbane - Queenslands Capital City, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane - Queenslands Capital City
Nov 2, 2006 (8 photos)

"So here we are in Brisbane, we arrived here after leaving at the crack of dawn this morning, considering what we have been used to, Brisbane is one huge city!! We had a nice short ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by alinmattrtw2005
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Finally in a New City, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Finally in a New City
May 23, 2006 (9 photos)

"The evening in the airport had been rather dull. Darwin airport isn't the biggest I have ever been too and there was very little of interest to do. I had been certain that I would ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by rbisset
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Brisvegas Baby!!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisvegas Baby!!
Jun 30, 2004 (45 photos)

"We flew overnight and arrived in Brisbane early morning. We were excited to finally be arriving down under. After the problems with my visa I was just happy to be in the country at ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by fiandrob
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Good Old Brissy, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Good Old Brissy
Oct 11, 2005

"Blue skies, sunny days, cool nights, and beautiful views. After being in cloudy and cold Sydney for two days, Brisbane is extraordinarily refreshing! Being here and loving it so mu ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by bootsmade4wlkin
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A week without a beach!! DISASTER!!!!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog A week without a beach!! DISASTER!!!!
Apr 12, 2006 (22 photos)

"Hey everybody!!! welcome again to another entry! im sure you are all getting bored but dont worry, the weather in the UK will be picking u soon, i think!! Firstly, on the way to Br ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by jackandandrew
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Car Hunting, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Car Hunting
Nov 26, 2005 (4 photos)

"Autotrader, our Trading Post as its known this side of the equator is printed weekly and like the UK hits the shops on a Thursday. We picked up a copy the previous evening and had ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by pidgeandpie
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Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Gold Coast
Apr 29, 2005 (5 photos)

"What didint' we do in Brisbane. I learned to surf, slid down a rock slide, walked through waterfalls, went to a water park and even the Warner Brothers Movie Studio. The picture of ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by theronrobley
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Oz travels, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Oz travels
Aug 20, 2005 (6 photos)

"Hi guys, Well we've left NZ and arrived in OZ, the weather is hotter and the accomodation is a bit more up market as we've splashed out for our Wedding Anniversary (see the view in ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by suzukistorey
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The Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Australia travel blog The Sunshine Coast
Mar 28, 2005 (15 photos)

"We caught a flight from Cairns to Brisbane, arriving after 11 pm (another crazy time to arrive!). This time we flew JetStar, the economy airline of Quantas. It was the first time w ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by kimandmartin
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Well deserved chill out time, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Well deserved chill out time
Feb 25, 2005

"We all live in a "Yellow Submarine" - this was my last hostel in sunny Brisbane, Australia. Not much to report on here folks - I managed to catch up on a good nights sleep before g ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by whereiscliffy
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Day 295-301: Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Day 295-301: Brisbane
Jul 10, 2005

"Monday 04/07/05: Job hunt starts today, got some agency numbers from Bunk and called them in the morning. Paul went off to do some sightseeing for the day as he's off to Byron Bay ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by pauldwade
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Dude, let's go bowling, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Dude, let's go bowling
Sep 6, 2005 (3 photos)

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A travel blog entry from Brisbane by stevejames
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Girl meets boy and falls in love...., Brisbane, Australia travel blog Girl meets boy and falls in love....
Mar 30, 2005 (10 photos)

"G'day from Down Under. 12 years ago Priscilla and me worked together in a pub in Northolt outside London, whether it was the landlady's fiery temper or quirky customers that made u ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by mette
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lazing along the east coast, Brisbane, Australia travel blog lazing along the east coast
Apr 30, 2005

"Well since I last updated this not a lot has been undertaken. The last few days in South America were spent in BA and Santiago with a brief sojurn to Mendoza in between. We got to ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by brendanlarkin
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The Back Story, Brisbane, Australia travel blog The Back Story
Mar 6, 2004 (17 photos)

"Before I started my year+ tour of the world this is what I had been up to: New Years - 3rd Week of Jan: In Wellington NZ. Busted my ass on my Master's thesis, doing major revisions ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by barrettbingley
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Beaches in the city, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Beaches in the city
Oct 26, 2005 (2 photos)

"Arriving in Brisbane after our weekend of partying we wanted a nice small quiet place to stay to 'chill out' and we found it at Aussie Way Backpackers. We spent yesterday by the po ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by worldofbintang
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"Lazing around with kangaroos..."
Oct 30, 2005 (20 photos)

"After making you all read that 2000+ word essay I wrote last time, I thought I'd make this short but sweet, although this is really due to the lack of things to do in Brisbane. Arr ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by mattmcshane
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East Coast Adventures, Brisbane, Australia travel blog East Coast Adventures
Aug 10, 2004

"I've been slowly travelling up the East Coast with a few days break back to Melbourne. After Byron Bay, I headed up to Surfers Paradise and Brisbane. Surfers Paradise had an amazin ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by ajpeel
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From Tasmania to Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog From Tasmania to Brisbane
Mar 5, 2005

"Our last day in Tasmania, it was raining so once we had returned the hire car, we wandered briefly round the Salamanca Market before finding a pub to sit in and wait until the airp ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by shonandgraham
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Jan 30, 2005 (1 photo)

"Brizzo Mate ! After a big sleep we took the easy option of driving down to Brisbane with Guy and Marie in their hippy mobile circa 1980 rather than the 5am Premier bus. Happy to ki ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by roundtheworld
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Making friends with the natives, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Making friends with the natives
Aug 25, 2004 (5 photos)

"After enduring another flight (Kerry is getting better, Paul is getting worse) we finally arrived in Brisbane and made our way to the Explorers Inn which is the mini travel inn typ ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by wordsworths
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Up and then back down to earth, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Up and then back down to earth
Jan 11, 2005

"Ok So I finally left Sydney. My face has been a beaming ray of sunshine. Don't get me wrong, there are millions of people out there, that would love Sydney and set fire to my hair ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by baldtel_on_tour
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Brian!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brian!
Sep 11, 2004 (1 photo)

"The flight to Brisbane took just under six hours and added two hours to my watch. I shared the flight with Brian, New Zealand born and bred, almost pensioner/keen traveller who was ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by scottwoz
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Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Sometimes You Cant Make It On Your Own
Dec 14, 2004 (4 photos)

"Tuesday 14th December 2004 Left it too late to catch the early bus to Brisbane, so sat around the pool all morning, occasional swim, read, etc etc. Only downside was my drying swim ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by shaunduvall
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Oct 13, 2004

"Sat Sep 25 - Day 151 The 3 1/2 hour Virgin Blue flight to Brisbane was on time and very smooth. Rene slept prety much the whole way and I watched the jet black, star spangled sky e ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by leeandcathy
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Farewell to Gold Coast, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Farewell to Gold Coast
Nov 24, 2003

"Monday, Emma and I step into liquid for the day at Wet'n'Wild, one of the amusement parks that nestle up against the highway. In a part of the world where temperatures get into the ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by mbgower
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Australia Day, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Australia Day
Feb 2, 2004 (2 photos)

"************************************* Monday 26th January Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....... Crowd: Oi, Oi, Oi yes it's Australia Day and we were lucky enough to be in the modern, tropi ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by supertrampz
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Fraser Island, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Fraser Island
Jan 19, 2004 (5 photos)

"We've now made it down as far as Brisbane, and are enjoying the benefits of our own flat here for a few days. Actually it's part of a hostel, and we're sharing it with another coup ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by ad_n_caz
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Jul 9, 2004

"Hi Guys, You can read our update from Brisbane in our entry from Cairns, Australia entitled 'Coast to Coast to Coast'. Cheers, K & S ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by kevandsian
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Brisbane - Lazy Days, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane - Lazy Days
Oct 27, 2003 (4 photos)

"Our journey down from Townsville to Brisbane (via Rockhampton again) gave us the opportunity to witness a couple of natural phenomena along the way. Firstly, we drove right past a ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by andanddan
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Chapter 10- Rugby Weekend Take Off in Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Chapter 10- Rugby Weekend Take Off in Brisbane
Nov 2, 2003 (5 photos)

"Greetings. Just thought I would send a Monday morning update for your enjoyment. I arrived in Brisbane at lunchtime on Saturday in pretty decent shape, after my overnight coach jou ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by rowly26
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Shoe Sensitivity and Banana Flambe, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Shoe Sensitivity and Banana Flambe
Nov 27, 2002 (4 photos)

"I really didn't explore too much of Brisbane as I know I will be heading back there. I spent most of my time chilling out with the new fam. Christie, Hil and I went to watch the su ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by whereshegoes
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Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Dec 2, 2005 (20 photos)

"Friday 02/12/05: Hervey Bay to Brisbane: Plans to go to Noosa changed at last minute as the heavy storms flooded Noosa, so came straight to Brisbane, managed to get a room in a fla ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by celiabarclay


Australia Week 3: Port Macquarie -> Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Australia Week 3: Port Macquarie -> Brisbane
May 19, 2006 (9 photos)

"So it turns out some of you DO read this after all! I get emails moaning about the length of my entries whenever I post and then when I go quiet for a while I get emails nagging me ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by lynnetempleton


Mourning a Friend - Brissie, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Mourning a Friend - Brissie
Jun 27, 2006 (3 photos)

"How I would love to wax lyrical on the charms of Brisbane for a lovely long piece on Australia's third city. But this only reiterates the fact that things that come third are insta ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by jo21


Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Nov 13, 2006 (5 photos)

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A travel blog entry from Brisbane by naine


Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Apr 22, 2007

"Brisbane. Many people don t like it.. particularly the travellers.. they just stop for a fiew days.. mostly because they arrive at the airport or bus station.. and just stay in the ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by bafreux


Quick Stop in Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Quick Stop in Brisbane
Jul 14, 2006 (2 photos)

"When we reserved our flights, we had planned to leave Adelaide at around 11am- plenty of time to putz around in the morning and get to the airport. However, a month or so before th ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by sungod


Crikey!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Crikey!
Jan 17, 2007 (6 photos)

"More cricket and a visit to Giles' Mecca...ish ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by gilesandjane


Arrival in Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Arrival in Brisbane
Jun 3, 2006 (9 photos)

"So, after 2 glorious weeks on the open road in El Barto we finally arrived in Brisbane. Our first task was to drop Bart off at the Wicked depot in a part of the city called Fortitu ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by johnandtamsin


Final 3 weeks, 40th B'day and sadly back to Oz., Brisbane, Australia travel blog Final 3 weeks, 40th B'day and sadly back to Oz.
Sep 27, 2007 (22 photos)

"The last weeks then back to Oz.. The last three weeks were perfect. But why was David cruising along a canal with a Dutch folk band - under a midnight moon? Yet another unplanned f ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by gurus


Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
May 3, 2007 (3 photos)

"We woke up relatively early (9.am!) and were out into the city by 10.  We didn't really know what there was to do there, so we mainly walked around and just appreciated the ci ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by rachellocke


Preparing to leave Aus - shopping in Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Preparing to leave Aus - shopping in Brisbane
Apr 27, 2006

"Hi! We're in our last destination in Australia - Brisbane. We'd heard that there wasn't much doing here, so we planned on staying for a few days before our flight out to New Zealan ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by bluecircle


Brisbane & then to Fiji, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane & then to Fiji
Jan 25, 2008

"To come... ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by gwaymar


East Cost done!, Brisbane, Australia travel blog East Cost done!
Aug 2, 2007

"Well.. that's the east cost thing done and dusted, and only have 10 more nights now before I'm home. After my last entry in the Blue Mountains, Joe and I spent a while in Sydney, b ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by brypi


Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
May 25, 2008 (10 photos)

"To be updated. ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by kimandrob


Goodbye, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Goodbye
Oct 27, 2006

"Leaving Australia Now... ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by linznneedles


Brisvegas, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisvegas
Oct 8, 2007

"Back in the big cities - spent a couple of nights in Brisbane not far from the Gabba. Amazing storms, lightning struck not far from the hotel and we were forced to take r ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by jenkins


Hello and goodbye, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Hello and goodbye
Feb 10, 2006 (3 photos)

"We arrived in Brisbane a bit sooner then anticipated and really weren't ready for the hustle & bustle of another big city and certainly not ready to finish 'holidaying' just yet. S ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by lucy_and_matt


MERRY CHRISTMAS, Brisbane, Australia travel blog MERRY CHRISTMAS
Dec 25, 2005 (7 photos)

"Welcome to Brisbane My Hayes !! Christmas Day was ok i guess. It would of been real nice to spend it with my Family, but you cant have everything! But i got to speak to Mum, Mark , ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by james24


The road trip, Brisbane, Australia travel blog The road trip
Feb 20, 2006 (10 photos)

"Well everyone ive made it this far without signaficant damage to myself and no loss of personal property. We started in sydney and spent a day going to the zoo and the beach. I saw ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by adam_downunder


Day 1, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Day 1
Jan 8, 2006

"Well, the Churchill had a very soft opening for me today. We woke early and then lay in bed, reading the paper until Hugo and Declan came in and cuddled in the bed. We did the same ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by zzmatt


Billy Idol was right, it is hot in the city, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Billy Idol was right, it is hot in the city
Jan 26, 2007

"The Batchelomez family tour continues with a stop in Brisbane to catch up with Andy's sister Maria and Brother in law Paul and also Ma and Pa Batchelor who have all settled and see ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by batchelomez


Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Brisbane
Jun 26, 2008

"Wed 25th June The lovely people at Fraser Coast Backpackers offered us a courtesy bus to the bus station in plenty of time for a Mc Donald's breakfast before we caught  the Gr ..."

A travel blog entry from Brisbane by christina_sam


Oz with e Osborne's, Brisbane, Australia travel blog Oz with e Osborne's
Oct 12, 2007 (12 photos)

"We have now arrived at our friends Rod & Sue in Ormiston. They have a large 5 bedroom house, they both live downstairs, Brenda & I have taken over the ups