Beach House B&B Motel Redcliffe

... that these days the airlines are responsible for returning anyone who they bring in and is refused entry to a country.<br><br>The interesting thing about this flight is that we left Sydney at 11.30am Saturday morning, spent 13 ½ hours flying into the sunrise and crossed the international dateline, thus going back in time to arrive at 10.00am Saturday morning, half an hour before we departed Sydney! We&#8217;re not only world travellers, we&#8217;re time travellers!<br><br>&#12288;<br><br>&#12 288;

... that for half and hour the cost was $10. We fortunately whipped a u-turn and got safely back onto the crazy manic zig zagging one way systems. Eventually we managed to find the dam place and all for a few bloody movies.<br><br>By this point our stressful hours drive in Brisbane was being speedily left in Major T's rear view mirror and we stayed that night on the Gold Coast at a rather plush campground. We even managed a couple of matches of tennis ...

... so called because every colour of the rainbow is allegedly found in their feathers and sulphur crested Cockatoos. The Nightlife Brisbane is slowly getting on the map for international acts, tours etc. when they venture down under. Recently Coldplay played a concert here and there is a burgeoning arts, culture and music scene. On the Easter Saturday, we went to see Chicago, currently touring Australia and starring Kim from Kath and Kim and Craig ...

... an very young, which made a mockery of the whole ID thing really. We tried a few rooms that were very housey filled with bits of kids with no rhythm, who had half a lager and had no school tmrw. We made our way upstairs after downstairs seemed very lame. It was weird to see the two spaces mixed together as back home the gay area is very separate even though loads of straight people go there. Upstairs was just as young but the music was better so we ...

... in room, can't adjust aircon so blankets needed - it earned its title of chill hostel! After a sleep we got a second wind and went to explore southbank - which has its own brisbane eye like london southbank! Very unpopular though, never saw more than a couple of people on it. There is a lovely manmade beach called streets beach with "sea" to swim in, which is manmade and never more than 3 foot or so in depth - they have two lifeguards ...

Initially we were only coming to Brisbane towards the end of our Australia time, but due to our actively touring the Sunshine coast and our predicatble indecision, we ended up spending 3 stints in this surprisingly pretty river-side city! Luckily Cat and Simon were incredibly hospitable and made their home feel like ours! So comfy we were planning on applying for cook and handyman placements. Kirsty even offered free medical help as a sweetener! Our first visit was two ...

... Men tilgengaeld byder omraadet omkring Brisbane paa mange spaendende oplevelser, bl.a. Fraser Island, som vi besoegte i 2 dage. Fraser Island er verdens stoerste sandoe. Hvis denne oe ikke var blevet skabt, ville der ikke vaere noget der hed Great Barrier Reef, fordi sandet ville have daekket revet til. Det der goer oen endnu ...

The Redcliffe Peninsula is only about 39km from central Brisbane. While the initial drive via Newstead and Hamilton offer picturesque views of the Brisbane River, the wholly inadequate Gateway Motorway had us chomping at the steering wheel in heavy traffic! We diverted towards Nudgee Beach and stopped at the Tabbil-ban Dhangun Mangroves for a walk along the boardwalk. A notice board informed us we were looking at grey mangroves - the most ...

... Murray and Jo have been in OZ for the last 5 years, but have decided to move home to Christchurch, so are sprucing up the house to rent it out to holiday makers. We spent a few days hanging out - Grant lending a hand with the renovations, while the kids caught up with the cousins Liam and Harry. To mark the occasion of the whole Dempsey family being together Jo had organised a trip for the weekend to Moreton Island, just off the coast. WE headed over on the ferry and ...

... moving on. Well once we got out of the bay and into the ocean we started seeing a lot of whales. They were breaching, waving, tail slapping, a few even fully jumped out of the water (ish). It was soo cool. Well, at least until they called for lunch. As soon as I went below decks its started to get really warm and my tummy started to grumble. I told myself to suck it up and that it was no big deal. I got some food and looked for a ...