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Brisbane Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Brisbane, Australia
Back in Australia
This is a top pick! 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 different then the last time we arrived). When we arrived back at ...
Home again, home again jiggity jig!
This is a top pick! ... me and the family slept on and off. We touched down in Brisbane at about 6.30am and it felt good to be in Australia and see the sun and feel it's Queensland warmth. Passport control lines were reasonable and moving. Customs they just asked us ...
XXXX and the City
This is a top pick! ... are worth about $3 each depending on where you buy it. The choice was from the top selling 'XXXX Gold' (second in Australia to 'VB'), 'XXXX Bitter' (only really sold well in Queensland - a bitter lager), 'Summer Bright XXXX' (a Corona alternative, ...
Touchdown in Queensland
This is a top pick! ... for a bit of sailing, and also do a self drive tour across Fraser Island (the world's largest sand island). I flew into Brisbane this morning direct from Darwin ($151 from VirginBlue). Unfortunately I did not get any sleep on board and I felt (and ...
Sea World
This is a top pick! ... lies the Gold Coast, home to numerous Theme Parks that definitely interested me. I'd decided to wait and go to Dream World, Australia's version of Alton Towers, with Donna when she arrives on 1st December. Going on rollercoasters is more fun if you are ...
Brisbane
This is a top pick! ... Coast a day early. I did what I came to do, the reef, and was ready to move on! Once in Brisbane I check out Fortitude Valley, which is a small neighborhood with a bunch of outdoor bars and a lively alternative scene. A quick ...
What a load of croc!!
This is a top pick! ... of photos on this entry too so have a look. We have just one day left in Perth and that means one day left in Australia as we leave for Bangkok very late tomorrow night. Thanks for all your emails as ever. Liz and Simon xxxxx Monday 23rd February ...
Dream World
This is a top pick! ... meeting at 3pm, we headed straight to the Visitor's Centre to buy our tickets for Dream World - we'd decided to go to Australia's biggest rollercoaster theme park as we needed an adrenaline fix! Donna's done every extreme activity that you can think of, ...
30 sleeps
This is a top pick! 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 four weeks before we fly out. We've spent the time well ...
cabin upgrade
This is a top pick! Three weeks time and we'll be on our way, actually we'll be in Rome. Another couple of thousand added to the holiday this week. When we first looked at booking the cruise we looked at what a cabin with a balcony (HAL calls them verandah ...
Oasis gig
This is a top pick! ... thought it was a tad unfair when huge cheers greeted his "this will be our last song" announcement. I suppose a Kiwi band in Australia should expect that! I popped out for a final toilet break (and an orange juice?!) before reclaiming my place at the ...
Wow! Even more overdue update....
This is a top pick! Hello again! Yes, we are still here! 3 years on and have moved to N Brisbane and have had a daughter to boot. Katie is now 3 and Archie turns 5 later this month and starts school - scary! We are still travelling and trips over the last few years ...
The Sunshine Coast
This is a top pick! ... an additional 8 1/4 weeks!!! The Sunshine Coast (north of Brisbane) and Gold Coast (south of Brisbane) are some one of the fastest growing areas in Australia and are attracting people from cooler climes like Sydney and Melbourne. Ros bought her condo ...
Australia Zoo - the home of Steve Irwin!
This is a top pick! Hey everyone!! How could we not visit Australia Zoo when we are in Australia!! The home of everyones heroe, Steve Irwin. Being Easter weekend, we were told that he was there so we couldnt miss the chance to see him. We went to the "Crococeom" where all ...
At the end of Rue de Paris
This is a top pick! ... him for the rest of the day and didn't see him back...oh well. So there, a taste of being an American waitress in Australia. And even though I'm ready to move on to my next adventures, working at Rue de Paris was an adventure in itself really. And ...
Living the life of a Brisbanier
This is a top pick! ... the less, stealing the hearts of the crowd for our efforts!! All of us have at worked at least 1 day since being in Brisbane, which i know, doesnt sound alot but has keeping the pressure off our bank accounts for a few days!! After our long awaited ...
Bris-Vegas
This is a top pick! My first jaunt into Brisbane didn't reall see me take too much of the city in. Mark and Myself had headed up for the Nine Inch Nails concert. After the usually dull 90 minute trin ride we disembarked and started circling the main drag looking for a ...
Good Old Brissy
This is a top pick! 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 much, I am realizing how much I didn't like Sydney. Brisbane has ...
Australia Zoo on the road to Brisbane
This is a top pick! Crikey what a day!!!!!!!!!!! After a decent night's sleep and an average breakfast we set off to Australia Zoo which is about an hours drive and home of the Irwin family. Even before Steve Irwin died Ben and I said we wanted to visit the zoo and ...
Last night in Brisbane
This is a top pick! ... twenty eight months I think I'm finally getting the hang of it ;o) So off to the valley for my last night out in Australia. I had a great pizza at a restaurant with Emily and one of her former flatmates - he works here so we got good service too. ...
New blog and new business
This is a top pick! Hello again, As promised, details of our blog which we launched last year all about anything and everything in a family's life - mainly to save time and money: www.facebook.com/familylife4u www.familylife4u.com I (Emma) is also about to launch an ...
Garden of 60 Dragons
This is a top pick! ... smells that Brisbane seems to have in abundance - this appears to be from the Jacaranda tree which is everywhere in Brisbane, purple in flower. A little windmill atop Brisbane's Spring Hills is the oldest surviving building in Brisbane in its time used ...
Sooo, what's Monika been up to?
This is a top pick! Moni and me...roommates and party buddies in Sofia...10 years ago...Brr, long, long time no see...Last time we spoke on the phone was 9/13/2001...Long time no talk either... So what has Monika been up to? Lot's of things of course. Yet, the one thing she ...
Hotel Ma Chong, Stafford Heights.
This is a top pick! ... to all the family and friends that we did not get to catch up with in Brisbane and the rest of the countryside while we were in Brisbane. We got into Stafford Heights to mum and dad's and we did not DO much at all. I was just in recovery mode and let my ...
Cricket! (CONTAINS VIDEO)
This is a top pick! ... the Aussies, ever the good sports, are. Friday, November 24 Day two follows a similar pattern on the field - Australia dominating completely. As I mentioned, Jane is well entertained by the antics of the largely male crowd. Whenever a beach ...
Viva Bris-Vegas
This is a top pick! ... alcohol, has very comfortable seating (more comfortable than I have ever been in) and is not horribly overpriced (to Australia standards). Dissapointingly we probably could have walked into the cinema without buying a ticket and being $22 richer as ...
Brisbane
This is a top pick! ... to watch the Tennis Final we were stopped as Ailbhe and Toby were wearing thongs/flip flops. So, we drove to a lookout where we got a night view over Brisbane - no camera. Actually we've no photos of Brisbane at all..oh ...
From Melbourne to Brisbane
This is a top pick! ... trips for most of the rest of our time here... which means we're mostly sorted now!! We then got ourselves onto a bus to Brisbane... my best friend from school - Jo - lives in Toowoomba, which isn't far from here, so I was hoping to meet ...