Briso!
30th December 2006 - 5th January 2007
We finally made it all the way down to Brisbane and it looks pretty impressive. The city is a town planners dream; they obviously had the space and time to build a great city and made the most of it. It has everything you could wish for - sky scrapers, impressive bridge, fancy south bank and even it's own artificial beach and lagoon. A refreshing change to the backward towns we had seen for the last two weeks and one that definitely gets the thumbs up.
Here we meet the end of our journey from Cairns with Gord and Mel and bid them a fond farewell. Off they went to Sydney for the New Year celebrations and then back home via Hong Kong to spend any spare cash they could lay their hands on. I'd like to say a huge thanks to both of them for an awesome 2 weeks. We owe you big time Gord!
And for us, we were to stay in Brisbane for a few more days to make the most of Iain and Craig's kind hospitality. Their plush apartment even had a spa and pool, pimp-tastic.
Our first night with them was at a New Years eve party at Helena and Shane's (thanks for letting us tag along guys!) and safe to say, the Australians pretty much party like us - the usual boozing, fireworks, sparklers and BBQ. One new find however was the BLT canape, I could have eaten a tray of them.
Since we've been travelling we haven't been dancing; to my dismay and to Ed's relief. However, on New Years day we ventured to one (and the only?) of Brisbane's clubs. It's great for people-watching as you're treated to a whole array of men on podiums in bright tight vests and shorts (I'm under the safe guidance that boy shops just dont sell shorts like that). We even witnessed a dance off. Fab! In addition to the impromptu entertainment, the club was well air conditioned and smoke-free, makes a nice change to the usual sweat pits in London.
In addition to these two nights out; we also explored the city, did some shopping, went to the lagoon, visited a national park and had a day out at the plush beach resort, Noosa. A pretty chilled out week which was greatly welcome and much needed.
So, I'd like to end by giving another big thanks, this time to Iain and Craig for letting us stay, driving us around and for their wonderful culinary skills. And a final word of advice - when you come back to England, remember that flip-flops are not called thongs. You may get some odd looks...
Here we meet the end of our journey from Cairns with Gord and Mel and bid them a fond farewell. Off they went to Sydney for the New Year celebrations and then back home via Hong Kong to spend any spare cash they could lay their hands on. I'd like to say a huge thanks to both of them for an awesome 2 weeks. We owe you big time Gord!
And for us, we were to stay in Brisbane for a few more days to make the most of Iain and Craig's kind hospitality. Their plush apartment even had a spa and pool, pimp-tastic.
Our first night with them was at a New Years eve party at Helena and Shane's (thanks for letting us tag along guys!) and safe to say, the Australians pretty much party like us - the usual boozing, fireworks, sparklers and BBQ. One new find however was the BLT canape, I could have eaten a tray of them.Since we've been travelling we haven't been dancing; to my dismay and to Ed's relief. However, on New Years day we ventured to one (and the only?) of Brisbane's clubs. It's great for people-watching as you're treated to a whole array of men on podiums in bright tight vests and shorts (I'm under the safe guidance that boy shops just dont sell shorts like that). We even witnessed a dance off. Fab! In addition to the impromptu entertainment, the club was well air conditioned and smoke-free, makes a nice change to the usual sweat pits in London.
In addition to these two nights out; we also explored the city, did some shopping, went to the lagoon, visited a national park and had a day out at the plush beach resort, Noosa. A pretty chilled out week which was greatly welcome and much needed.So, I'd like to end by giving another big thanks, this time to Iain and Craig for letting us stay, driving us around and for their wonderful culinary skills. And a final word of advice - when you come back to England, remember that flip-flops are not called thongs. You may get some odd looks...
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posted by Hels at 8:29 am
1 Comments:
Hello again!
Just reading all your Oz bits and though I would let you know that on the first pictiure of Brisbane our new block is the first on the right, on the 13th floor, lucky we are not supersticious!
Iain x
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