Brisbane Guest House

... angles, which seemed odd at such a big game and a crowd in excess of 80,000. We used the communal kitchen at the guest house to cook our tea and with sleep deprivation taking its toll had a very early night. Expenses (A$2.5/pound): Accom 70.90, ...

... to the big city was striking. Katoomba, a charming and tranquil little town, was our base. We stumbled upon a Fawlty Towers'esque guest house - complete with a mad owner (who in fact was a lovely woman from Truro). We marched off straight away to Echo ...

... . Preferring Manchester to London, Pokhara to Kathmandu and Krakow or Wroclaw to Warsaw).  The best thing about Melaka was Emily’s Guest House which was like a miniature jungle but with rooms and a host.  You ring a bell at the front door ...

... us they do have a few different rules of the road, so after a little bit we gave that up as a bad job and went back to our guest house. We also had to spend time trying to find a camper van, which at first we had to track a few down on the internet then ...

... ;two bedrooms, a pool and even a traditional Swedish Sauna), that we would be calling home for the next two nights. The guest house was staggeringly beautiful and impressive in every way. We unloaded the car before just taking it all in. I especially ...

... riverfront and Botanical gardens, we had a lovely walk, blew all the worries away and then caught the bus back to a shopping mall near our guest house where they have lots of places to eat. We had a Thai meal and took along some wine, seems to be quite ...

... led to Rat wasting a few pounds on Blackjack, but nothing serious! After a short breakdancing session on the streets we made it back to Guest House Rick & Sus. Bit of a lie in, then off to the shopping centre to place our bets on the Melbourne Cup - ...

... 3.00am in the morning, so got a taxi to a guest house that I had been referred to, by one of my fellow travelers. The Mackenzie guest house was a bit of a dump and cost $35 per night, but it include breakfast, was clean, and the bed was the best I have ...

... and was recommended a stylish hostel just round the corner - the Halse Lodge. It was a imposing sight, built in Victorian times as a guest house by one of the founders of Noosa. It was built of wood with period balconies and verandas, and later as night ...

... we have a kitchen/lounge/ dinner a bedroom bathroom and outdoor seating area next to their swimming pool. It is in a residential area on the south side of Brisbane. I would recommend them as great hosts and at £26;00 a night very reasonable for ...

Jilly and Claude travelled to Cherie and Graham's house in Brisbane for a short stop over before heading to the to the Sunshine Coast for a short stopover before heading back to Abu Dhabi. Always fun at the Abeya ...

Ya, I'd at least 100. Niamh got away with very few. Brisbane is nice. We were out around Brunswich Street which has alot of shop, bars and restaurants. A little rough at night. Met up with Ray from Dublin that we had bumped into in Buenos Aires. Had ...

... in and raced to view the Glass House Mountains in the evening sunset light.  It was a great day and we returned to Brisbane exhausted The Return to the Gold Coast On Sunday it was the return to Gold Coast.  Hamish and his best friend Pete ...

And so, one Saturday night, a weary traveller pulled up at a house in the suburbs of Brisbane.  After almost a year in Oz, I was finally getting round to visiting someone...and, proving that the World is indeed a small place, on the other side of ...

... live in the country & invited us to come and stay with them. We shall see. On Monday Brenda & I took the local train into Brisbane, had a walk round the city center then took a city bus tour, not a lot of very interesting things, but a really very nice ...

... the others headed to hostels whilst I checked into a really cosy B & B in Toowong, )about 3kms from Brisbane city centre) I was the only guest in the family run B & B, the house was beautiful, built in the 1860's, a huge verandah at the ...

... lovely to be able to relax on a sofa and eat home cooked food from the Barbie. The highlight of the return trip to Brisbane was a visit to the Lone Pine Koala sanctuary. We headed out here with Sarah on our last Sunday. The sanctuary has many different ...

... at Waves. Perry is her son, so thank you Marilyn! I will hopefully have some photos to put up soon and a bit more about Brisbane. South Bank It is described as Brisbane's vibrant inner city playground. 'A place for the people'. It is based on the river ...

... helpful."  So, I lugged my bags to get coins, then lugged my bags again for the locker and off I went into Brisbane for a feed.   While I was chomping down my $20 burger (or something close to that), I was noticing that Australians dress ...