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Travel stories from Brisbane

Collection of 117 travel stories from Brisbane, Australia. Written by your friends on the road.

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Traveler gembalina

THE PLAN!
2008-07-13, Brisbane, Australia. By: gembalina

Planning is almost my favourite part of traveling! I love researching, hunting down the best prices for flights, trains, hostels etc... I would have become a travel agent, but I'm pretty sure I would...

 
Traveler smurfy22

4th March 08
2008-03-04, Brisbane, Australia. By: smurfy22

Change of plans... Due to the weather forecast not being too bad (and the girls leaving their jobs) we are leaving on Brisbane on Friday and heading to Noosa....with any luck the sun will be out & ...

 
Traveler smurfy22

20th Feb - 2nd March 08
2008-02-20, Brisbane, Australia. By: smurfy22

Well I have now got a job in Brisbane...nothing exciting, just a bit of data entry, but it pays fairly well (about $20 an hour) and there is a lot of overtime on offer... Last weekend was great for...

 
Traveler smurfy22

18th - 19th Feb 08
2008-02-18, Brisbane, Australia. By: smurfy22

Well looks like we are staying in Brisbane for a bit... saw the weather forecast yesterday for north of the east coast and it is awful...torrential rain, storms, floods, cyclones!! Trips have been ca...

 
Traveler smurfy22

13th - 16th Feb 08
2008-02-13, Brisbane, Australia. By: smurfy22

Hey! Arrived in Brisbane safely on Wednesday...it wasn't a long trip here so that was a bonus! As you'll probably notice we went zorbing on the way here which was excellent! Apparently you can on...

 
Traveler sherridan

Here we go again!
2008-06-07, Brisbane, Australia. By: sherridan

So I can't believe we are packing our bags and preparing to set off for the continent again. Here's what's scary.... in searching for the perfect suitcase to fit our gear in for the next couple of mon...

 
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Mundane Brisbane
2004-01-15, Brisbane, Australia. By: tichan

Finally, “the day” has come. This is the reason why I came to Australia in the first place. In case you missed my previous post, my thesis paper got accepted for a seminar in University of Queensland....

 
Traveler Laura85

Brisbane and Australia Zoo
2008-03-24, Brisbane, Australia. By: Laura85

We arrived in Brisbane very early after another night bus. We'd spent the previous day in Rockhampton visiting their Botanical gardens and free zoo with a friendly English girl we'd been sharing a ro...

 
Traveler lizzy86

Brisbane and Australia Zoo
2008-03-25, Brisbane, Australia. By: lizzy86

We are coming to the end of our time in Brisbane now, we are moving on to Sydney tomorrow which we are really looking forward to especially the harbour bridge climb. Yesterday we went to Australia zoo...

 
Traveler eme86

BRISBANE!! and Australia Zoo!!
2008-03-24, Brisbane, Australia. By: eme86

We are at Brisbane at the mo. Its a really nice city, doesnt feel too big, but a nice taster of city life before moving onto Sydney and Melbourne. Yesterday we wandered around the town, discovered the...

 
Traveler jcust

Last month of my trip.
2008-03-22, Brisbane, Australia. By: jcust

Hey sadly i only have 10 days left in this beautiful country of Australia. Well I landed in Brisbane on the 4 of march and took the train down town to meet daner at our hostel. We got there for a ...

 
Traveler bennicci

Home sweet home!
2008-02-27, Brisbane, Australia. By: bennicci

Hello all! It is with great sadness that we write our final entry in our SE Asia journal. We landed at Brisbane International around 11:30pm on the 26th. We both thank you all very much for leaving...

 
Traveler mira

Made it Brisbane...only just!
2008-02-11, Brisbane, Australia. By: mira

After 2 and a bit days or 18hours of driving, Erin and I made it from Melbourne to Brisbane with only one minor problem. Some will remember my ramblings about how my car would breakdown on this tr...

 
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Unidentified Flying Objects (Alice Springs to Brisbane)
2007-11-05, Brisbane, Australia. By: mashman

Leaving Alice Springs the open road lay ahead of me all the way back east to Brisbane. All 3,000km or so in fact as I began 4 days of solid driving and very little else. As dull as this may sound, t...

 
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LEAVING FOR SE ASIA!!!
2008-01-31, Brisbane, Australia. By: bennicci

"We're on our way, from misery to happiness today... uhuh uhuh uhuh uhuh!" (The Proclaimers) Leaving Brisbane International Airport at 23:59 on Thai Airways. Booyah! Talk to you soon from Bangok...

 
Traveler sandypants

GOING AWAY AGAIN!
2008-01-02, Brisbane, Australia. By: sandypants

SO people! im heading off to canadia in 2 days!.. yay. and i have rekindeled my love for the good old online travel journal. i dont know how much i will be able to post as i am not taking my la...

 
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Off to a new country
2007-11-18, Brisbane, Australia. By: gemandyoz

Couldn't resist putting this night pic of the Brisbane cityscape on - we had left Townsville behind, it was deliciously cool in Brisbane and we were off to a new country - Fiji! Brisneyland is abou...

 
Traveler franandtom

It really wasn't that happy
2007-11-10, Brisbane, Australia. By: franandtom

Brisbane, brisbane, brisbane. Oh what a horrible place you are. Basically imagine Nottingham on a friday and saturday night and then make that 7 days a week and you have Brisbane. I guess I'd better p...

 
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November update
2007-11-17, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

Hi all So I thought it was about time for an update… Everything has been ticking along as usual… working and enjoying weekends. Am getting pretty bored at work, so would really like a science job....

 
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Sept - Oct happenings...
2007-10-06, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

Hi everyone So since it has been so long since my last update I will attempt to tell you how we have been filling in time… In general: is starting to heat up – most days for past few weeks have ...

 
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Gold Coast
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

A few weekends ago we went to gold coast with Jade and Leon and two of their friends (Bede and Watty - Bec you know Bede). Stayed sat night down there. Went to Movieworld. Went out on saturday nig...

 
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Contact details
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

So for all the letters and phone calls... 0061 07 3266 9801 5/8 Buckby St Nundah QLD 4012 Also, we have installed Skype, so let me know if you have it...

 
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Work and life in general
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

So when I first got a temping job it was as a receptionist for 2 weeks. At a company called QLD water infrastructure. A company that was set up by the QLD govt to build dams. So at the moment it is in...

 
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Lodgings
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

So i have uploaded lots of pics of our place!!! Is working out really well. We are in a complex with 7 units, and we are on the third floor. Complex has internal stairs - so need key or to get b...

 
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10th August
2007-08-10, Brisbane, Australia. By: amy4rory

Hey Guys Last Day today in Aussie! What a Great Day! We got up early and caught the train to Ormeau to meet a man who was taking us to skydiving!!!!! We arrived at 9am and found out I was the on...

 
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9th August
2007-08-09, Brisbane, Australia. By: amy4rory

Today we went to Surfer's Paradise, on the Gold Coast! For the first time this week it was cloudy, we went for a walk along the beach. The sand there is amazing, soo white and clean! We then went ...

 
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8th August
2007-08-08, Brisbane, Australia. By: amy4rory

Hey Guys We got up late today as we needed a good lie in!! We went to Brisbane centre today and had a walk around the main street where there are loads of shops!! We found one shop called City Beac...

 
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7th August
2007-08-07, Brisbane, Australia. By: amy4rory

Today we went to paradise!! We got up at 6am to get a boat for 7.30am, Simon had a day off from work today so he was able to come with us. We went to a beautiful island called Morton island, which ...

 
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5th and 6th August
2007-08-06, Brisbane, Australia. By: amy4rory

G'Day! We have arrived in Brisbane! We arrived here about 6.30am yesterday and Simon picked us up to take us to Mountain Coot-tha, a lookout where there was really beautiful views of Brisbane! We w...

 
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Quick Hi
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

Hi all, so we still dont have phone or internet hooked up... applied etc for it last weekend so hopefully we will get it this week... this will be really brief as i only have 3mins left. and no ...

 
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Getting Life Organised...
2007-06-23, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

Went out for dinner last night with sean (from hillcrest) which was cool. was really nice restaurant. tasty as. and tonight was going to go out, but have piked. might go out to watch rugby though if i...

 
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Stuff around town
2007-06-19, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

So as mentioned in other email, we have done a few trips into town/southbank and had meals etc. went to ultra cheap movies the other night in southbank - $6.70 adult tickets - and saw oceans 13. had d...

 
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First week and a bit...
2007-06-19, Brisbane, Australia. By: kimdelaney

So we have now been here for week and few days... All is going well. Especially escaping Dunedin ice and cold for 22 degree days... Have been applying for jobs and looking at accommodation. Accomm...

 
Traveler sandypants

just a lowdown
2007-06-18, Brisbane, Australia. By: sandypants

okay so heres the lowdown.. this is where i willl be posting most of my shizz from my trip.. like it or not this is where the shizz is at!. umm.. yeh you will just get updates and stuff. if you love ...

 
Traveler kirmish

Home Sweet Home
2007-06-17, Brisbane, Australia. By: kirmish

Ok everybody Ali and I are done. We are so tired it isn't funny but hey it was so worth it. Thanks again to everyone that kept in touch and followed our travels. I've updated all the stories ...

 
Traveler Ketch

Brisbane - A city afternoon
2007-05-18, Brisbane, Australia. By: Ketch

Just stopped in Brisbane on our way up the Gold Coast for a spot of lunch. It's the third largest city in Australia and it's skyline is just full of skyscrapers, nothing of interest to say about it i'...

 
Traveler jem

End of oz!!
2007-05-14, brisbane, Australia. By: jem

Well as Oz finally comes to an end, heres what we've been up to... Wednesday 9th May We decided to go and have a walk around Townsville, see the marina and beach. Its a strange small city. We summ...

 
Traveler pintooo

End the of Oz......
2007-05-14, Brisbane, Australia. By: pintooo

Well as Oz finally comes to an end, heres what we've been up to... Wednesday 9th May We decided to go and have a walk around Townsville, see the marina and beach. Its a strange small city. We summ...

 
Traveler cmciver

Basking in Brisbane
2007-04-28, Brisbane, Australia. By: cmciver

After the constant rain of Sydney, we experienced its wettest day for five years, we jumped on a plane and flew up the east coast to Brisbane. We then spent four days exploring the city and deciding w...

 
Traveler shamwal

Glass House Mountains
2007-04-29, Brisbane, Australia. By: shamwal

We had a very nice drive up into the Glass House mountains just North of Brisbane on Sunday, we drove past Australia Zoo and then turned off to have stop at a marvellous look out area which we earmark...

 
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Bon Voyage
2007-05-04, Brisbane, Australia. By: kirmish

Had a few quiet drinks last night to celebrate the start of our journey and we are feeling great. Next stop Hong Kong

 
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Brisbane to Surfers Paradise
2007-03-30, Brisbane, Australia. By: claire137

Most people who we met travelling said that Brisbane wasnt that great and there isnt much to do there. I actually really liked the city and thought it was really nicely laid out and the architecture w...

 

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