Palace Backpackers Brisbane

... . We arrived in the beautiful city of Brisbane at about 4:30pm and took the train into the center of town and our new hostel: Palace Backpackers. We settled in and went for a walk into the city. Brisbane is very clean and easy to walk around. The city is ...

Arrive in Brisbane and check into the Palace Backpackers. Right opposite Centrel Station. Stay there for 3 nights then fly to Sydney on the 15/05/05 for 3 nights to view the house in Sydney. Arrive back in Brisbane on the 18/05/05 for the Down Under Bar ...

... a Zorbing centre (but having already done it in NZ we just sat and watched the others getting soaked!). Stayed at Palace backpackers in Brisbane, the only world heritage listed backpacker building in Oz (or maybe the world....). Had a quiet night as very ...

... and New South Wales. Shortly after, a guy from the hostel came and picked us up. Were staying in a really nice hostel called Palace Backpackers and have our own private room. After unpacking a bit, we made our way to Chinatown. It was around 2:30 pm ...

... call of Mark and Hayley who are missing me so much, but who can blame them? I feel shattered now and am back in Palace Backpackers in Brisbane. We're going to have a footython tonight and try watch as many games as we can. They're showing the Blues ...

Check out the photos from my weekend in Brisbane, including my trip to Steve Irwin's zoo!!!  ...

... .. So I didn't expect that much of the exciting life in Brisbane or it's nightlife. Though I must admit that beneath Base backpackers is a very nice downunder bar. In the end it's always the people you meet which make a place nice or a disaster to ...

... a hostel. The hostel of choise was THE PALACE which was directly about the Down Under Bar (DUB). Now there place is purely for Backpackers and Students and the jugs of beer are only $10.....4 pounds so as you can imgaine there have been a large number of ...

... for an early morning bus ride to Brisbane. This trip was only about 5 hours or so,... so it wasnt too bad. In Brisbane I happened to meet a Canadian called Heather who also arrived by bus and was destined for the gold coast like me. We ended walking ...

... my favourite place I've visited so far. It is a small town mostly consisting of old retired people, young hippy types and backpackers. Very chilled out, very peaceful and not a skyscraper or tacky souvenir shop in sight. Our hostel was like a little ...

... we went out to the down under bar and said good bye to all the people from our bus. We managed to find accommodation at Brisbane backpackers resort again four nights for the price of three so will be leaving for Cairns on the 5th to meet up with Sam. ...

... the river, accross on a ferry, back along the other side, over the Elizabeth Bridge, and back into the Central District. Brisbane is a really nice clean city, with a real contrast of Brand New glass skyscrapers and real old stone buildings. The place is ...

... but we didn't let him go with throwing him the first of his surprise 30th birthday parties. We also did the Wheel of Brisbane and walked through the Botanic gardens and saw where they host the moonlight cinema.   After Paul left us we ...

... back in civilisation again and we were both unsure that we wanted to stay. Everyone's very dressed up here all the time, so backpackers stand out a mile! We've got into the routines of the place now. Cheap pizza tuesdays (where the whole of Oz goes out ...

Not much to say really. Just got a new camera here. The backpackers was nice but very big, but it was right in the centre and did have a nice balacony area just outside my room. Didn't really explore here too much, to be honest I'd had enough of big ...

... safe and well and awaiting me upon my arrival in my next hostel! Lets see if china have let me in eh! Well anyway brisbane, not a lot to report, cool buildings, a lot of cool architecture, a gorgeous riverside to stroll along with an all important ...

Brisbane - ...

... ! On thursday we went to Australia Zoo. This is the late Steve Irwins Zoo. The Croc show was just great CRIKY! Went to Brisbane Library on Friday to a Retro arcade game exibi called Game On. All the old games like Kong and Tennis were ...

We spent a good bit of time in Brisbane. The guide books didn't have much to say about the place, so the plan was to get out of there as fast as possible....but looking back, we won't be trusting the lonely planet books again. The city was class. ...

Brisbane ended up being one of my favorite cities in Australia that I would continue to visit again and again.  We stayed a few days here before heading up to Cairns.  Its just a very nice clean city thats beautiful to look ...