Waved goodbye to Stanthorpe on Friday morning and left on the bus to Brisbane where we arrived at around 3pm.. finally back to normal civilisation again! We checked in at the hostel, threw our bags in the room and went for a wander around the shops. The five of us had a nice sit down meal and a few jugs of beer then headed back to the hostel to get ready for our night out. It was a short 15 minute walk to Fortitude Valley where we hit a few bars before moving on...

Back where i belong!!! In a concrete jungle with real civilisation.. well, for the next 4 or 5 days anyway. Another decent week at work under the belt.. plenty of hours and really nice warm weather apart from a massive downpour on Monday which soaked us. The bottom of my back has been sore with all the repetitive strain I'm putting it under.. nothing I can do about it though other than grin and bare it. Took the 3 hour bus journey from Stanthorpe to Brisbane t...

Decisions have been made!!! :) Today I jumped on a bus taking me half an hour out of the city to the Mount Coot-tha summit.. the panoramic views over the whole of Brisbane and beyond were absolutely stunning! After an ice cream, a friend and I headed down to the Botanic Gardens. Not usually my sort of thing but I was quietly impressed with the Japanese gardens and tropical forrest.. aswell as the big Golden Orb spiders and lizards scattered around here and ther...

Arrived in Brisbane at 11am Tuesday morning and checked in at the Base Embassy hostel. Bumped into some friends I had met earlier during the Ozintro week and decided to book ourselves in for the XXXX Brewery tour that afternoon. The tour wasn't overly interesting but the four free tubs of beer at the end were! Went for some food and a beer on the way back to the hostel and then got ready to go out to a backpacker bar at night. Headed to Down Under bar where gir...