Mantra Brisbane

... Gardens before heading back home to make dinner so it was ready when everyone got back from work / school etc.    I like Brisbane very much. Nice and relaxed, plenty of artsy stuff, and reasonably close to both the sea and country-side if you ...

No time to write about the busy day Brisbane with Melbourne Cup - but I don't want you to wait another minute to see the Famed French Fascinator - hot off the Cote d'Azure and already on its way home in a box.  I'll pull it out again for ...

... . Having raided skippy's food cupboard and with breakfast in my belly, I set upon the train heading steadfast and true, to Brisbane. A glorious winter's days - 28 degrees and not a cloud in the sky - I took upon the tried and tested (anything ...

... prepared a buffet for us aswell!5 Minutes to twelve we all stood on the balcony with a beautiful picturesque view of Brisbane city at night!!The firework display was incredible, there were so many colourful fireworks exploding all around us!!It was ...

... I am sitting on the concrete floor of the Mechanics drive way and wait for my lift to arrive and spirit me home where I am headed straight for the fridge and that bottle of wine that WAS waiting for the night before I left Brisbane !! Cross fingers !!! ...

... with lizards by the lily ponds and some mad fools getting married on one of the lawns.......why???  A further stroll across the Brisbane river over the Goodwill footbridge saw us on the south bank area where all the cafes etc are.  We went ...

... . I dont pay any attention to the road and contort myself into a ball across my seat and doze for the 3 hour trip. In Brisbane I offload and wait the 1.5 hours for my transfer. Lunch is from a Thai place and it supposed to be a Bento box but looks like ...

... next, booked an apartment for 8 days. It rained quite heavy for the first 5 days, in the meantime the flood crises worsened and Brisbane was under water followed by Victoria, it was lucky we moved to the Gold Coast as a lot of the towns we drove through ...

... but they have a large outdoor lido with park areas and outdoor barbies everywhere.. we have decided to hire a camper to drive down to brisbane ,, but its from a hippie company and was the last one left ,, so who knows what we have let our self in for ,, ...

Got a coach the short hours trip down from Brisbane to Surfers. The sky is clear blue and it is full of the beautiful people. I booked into my studio hotel room on the 15th floor. Gorgeous views over the ocean and a lovely balcony to sit on and have a ...

... Ayers Rock. It is too expensive and the temp is around 38 C. Like Canada, the distances are huge here. So we flew from Brisbane to Airlie Beach and then back to Brisbane. We then rented a car, drove inland a bit, then to Hervey Bay which is the ...

... good at. Next time might upgrade to a Boogie Board or Shark Biscuit as the Ausies call it.   On the way back to Brisbane we stopped off in a little town perched on top of a mountain called Montrose for a walk through town. The town was filled with ...

... for a while, so I thought I would just throw in my quick visit back to Aus for my sister's wedding. We went over to Brisbane on the 20th of August in time for the hens night and preparations for the following weekend! The hens party was lots of fun, ...

... and had been studying dermatology in Copenhagen. We talked about Indonesia and he revealed that he had also studied for six months in Brisbane. There was nice rapport between us and when he offered to buy us lunch we did not decline. For some princely sum ...

... is minimal especially when listening to the cricket, horse racing or football. Response is at best primal. Whilst we were near Brisbane we had the fantastic opportunity to visit Gus’s newly found brother Gavin and his lovely wife Maria who live on ...

After a brilliant week, my time in Brisbane is over now, after saying bye and a massive Thank You to Taz (and Jacob), Will took me to the airport on his way to work where I thanked him too...I had a great time and they have been fantastic hosts and made ...

FIJI     Right so; we hooked a flight from Brisbane to Fiji for a week of Island Hoping The Yasawa group  of Islands. The Yasawa group consists of six main islands and numerous smaller islets We flew into Nadi the capital and stayed in a ...

... ll send details. Makes a cheap holiday! On the way up we popped in to Len & Pete’s Molendinar just outside of Brisbane. They have a really nice 4BR  house complete with pool set in tropical gardens. They treated us to a poolside BBQ dinner ...