Ascot Budget Inn
Travel Blogs from Brisbane
Back to the City lifestyle
... to Queen Street shopping mall. We went to the Gym then made our tea followed by pancakes, in a pan..
Thursday 29th November
I got up early and went for a walk up to see the Government house and the Old Government house, then across the Victoria Bridge to South Bank. I went for a look at 'Streets Beach’ and walked though the South Bank Garden route. I went into the Museum of Queensland and ...
Brisbane, sightseeing, 5 nights
... out of five days...). There was a one hour lunch break and a 40 minute tea break, otherwise the guys were playing the whole time. The Australians only got two wickets (meaning two guys got put out) the whole day and the batters got only two sixes (equivalent to a home run), so the action was few and far between.
We also spent some time swimming/sunbathing at the man-made beach along the town's river, ...
On to Oz, the Great Barrier Reef & more
... days, but we got the old-fashioned slow one.) The train leaves Cairns at 9:15 am and gets into Brisbane at 4pm the next day, so it was a long ride for our first train trip. It was also, to say the least, interesting. We managed to get in the same car as a bunch of really shady, rough-looking characters who spent the trip trying to dodge the train staff to drink their own ...
In and around Brisbane
... it has been extremely busy and lots of the animals have been put back into the wild. It was an amazing day out.
That evening we drove through Brisbane to catch up with the Miers brothers; Cam and Marty, who Chris had played cricket with over the years. It was great to catch up with them and they very kindly put us up for a week in their house which was in the suburbs and only a short drive to the Gold Coast. Perfect location!
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Last Day in Madang
... boat from Redcliffe to Rockhampton. They then took another flight to Port Moresby which took 8 hours then they took a 2 hour flight to Lae and then they had to drive for a couple hours and then walk home. Georg said once the flight was late and he walked home through the night.Mum tells the story of them as kids smuggling Georg's favourite hunting rifle to Australia on to the plane in a couple bags and bringing it down to Brisbane.....
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