Brisbane,

We got a flight to brisbane from singapore with emirates! I knowwwwwww check us out! It was pretty awesome too as no one sat next to me so it was just me and char in the three seats also we had all the new films and lovely food. I was tired but made sure I didn’t sleep as I had been very excited for this flight. We were given all sorts of snacks and then a lovely meal of braised lamb and garlic mashed potatoes and veg yummm best meal we had had in ages. We washed this down with a fair few bottles of wine each (the mini ones before anyone comments) It was a lovely flight and i watch little fockers, Gullivers travels, and the next three days on the film as well as some family guy. 7hours went so quickly and soon it was time to land. It was about 1ish in the morning so we got our bags and stuff as quick as possible and headed for a taxi.
It was very strange to have 1. A taxi driver who spoke english and 2. Proper toilets at the airport not holes in the floor. Makes a change from Asia! What wasn’t a nice change was the 50 dollars the cab cost us to get to our hostel. It took us a while to find it in the dark but got there in the end and it was like the Adams family house all dark and creepy. We found our way round the back to reception and no one was there luckily char found a note on the door saying welcome jenni and details of our room. We got to our room and werent sure if the doorgoing on to it was a toilet so tried getting in there, it was only the following day we realised it was a dorm next to us so we probably woke those guys up. The house was a proper victorian house and a little bit rundown. We stayed up talking for ages then went to sleep and woke up the next day around2pm. We managed to find a shop for food and drink; everything is so expensive in Australia! We then got hold of Batesy and with the help of chris (a guy from the hostel) we managed to find the pub he was in. We met him zog (johnny) and kat in the pub as well as a guy called mingnon who was a cock! But they had met earlier that day. And yeah that was his real name such a strange one!! They were all a bit drunk so me and char got started even though we were behind in the drinking, soon enough we decided to head back to their house and bought some beers goon etc on the way. Batesy was amazed with my peeling skin and kept looking at it like he wanted to peel it in the end I gave in. We got off the train and got a taxi to their house which appeared to be in the middle of nowhere. We had drinks in the garden, more and more drinks soon I noticed batesy struggling down the stairs.... soon he’s sat on the bench being his usual pervy self, and as he went to bite kats boob he fell off the bench and as I was laughing so much and went to take a picture. It was only after I looked at the picture i had a bit of panic as i noticed the blood.I sat him up and stopped the bleeding with my hand then went to wash up and get some kitchen roll for him; the idiot had split open his chin. I was upstairs and there was no water (earlier that night they had unplugged the water and plugged in the ipod for music although we did not know that was why we had no water anywhere in the house) so i was using bottled water to wash off the blood, zog comes in and helps me looking all concerned, then I told him its batesy’s blood not mine so he ran off to see Batesy. He was fine though just a drunk state, everyone was pandering over the imbecile so i headed into the lounge and watched friends. Both char and I and everyone else in the house were so thirsty that night due to the lack of water and char was feeling pretty ill, so I searched the house and found a tiny bit of water which I told char to sip slowly. Me and char got into batesys bed (he was passed out somewhere downstairs) and just as we were getting to sleep we heard someone trying to get in and there was zombie batesy at the door, so we gave in and let him have his room back, found some towels and slept on the sofa.

The following morning we headed to the train station with zog (after nearly throwing up at batesys split chin and trying to persuade him not to get out the superglue) and the taxi driver was the slowest speaker in the entire world!! I actually thought i’d be back in England by the time he finished his sentence! We all headed to subway for hangover food and then said goodbye to zog was great to see him and batesy again, I lived with batesy at uni and spent all my time with him so it was like old times! I even stole his phone to text a few of the other uni guys like mike and lukey baby! I do miss those times.

We got back to the hostel and slept off our hangover. We met some funny people in brisbane, the house we stayed at was abit strange (like a halfway house) but ended up feeling like home. Pete was a funny man(he’s gonna do a freestyle rollerskating to crazy frog) and nancy although always seeming nervous was lovely. We went around by the harbor and saw the sights of brisbane, the gardens were beautiful and we nearly got attacked by the massive bats! It did rain a lot though and it was like terrential rain so it was a stay insider!

We met Al one day and he helped us sort out our flights to gold coast and after half an hour of deciding what to do we hit the pub! After a few drinks we headed somewhere for food and ended up at this ladies night club place. Me and char were happy as we kept getting free cocktails and champagne. Al had to go as he had to get the last train but was such a good afternoon and great to see him. Me and chars stayed for a few more drinks and then started the walk home...where we met about 12 Brazilian men ...they were nice :)

We had stayed in Brisbane longer than expected but we were trying to book fraser island and cos we left it to last minute it kept being sold out. We eventually booked two days there and the day before we were meant to go. I got some bad news; my grandma had passed away. I was very upset and I got to admit I spent that day drinking and smoking a lot and we just sat on the veranda listening to music. I know she’s in a better place but it doesn’t make it hurt any less. Got to say a big thank you for char for being there with me through it all even when I didn’t talk she knew how to help. That night it was the royal wedding so i caught some of it then head to bed char came up a bit later after watching more. We packed (a bit drunkenly) and were all set for Fraser Island the next day (see different blog for this).

We got back from fraser at 6pm and decided against dinner in town with the guys as we were shattered so we said our goodbyes and got a chinese on the walk home. The prawn crackers were huge! like 4 times the amount we have at home and all different colours! We were meant to be leaving the next day for gold coast but neither me or char could be bothered so we got in contact with the guys and after a lot of wrong numbers (due to aus codes) and sedat talking aload of rubbish on the phone we eventually met them. Armed with goon, we all sat around at Luis’ apartment and had a great night drinking and doing sedats homework for him. It was Levent’s bday so we all wished him happy bday and had more drinks. He liked english sayings like not my cup of tea so i taught him loads like pulling my leg etc On the way home nestor said to charlene go to the toilet she laughed and was like i dont need it, within 5 minutes she needed it: Nestor was psychic!! It was such a great night all4of them; nestor, levent, luis and sedat are amazing people and made our time in Australia so much better! Thanks guys.
The next day we packed up and left for the gold coast ...well we tried to leave but the rain was sooooo bad we were stuck at the house for another 3 hours and didn’t get to our apartment till later than we expected! Bye Bye Brisbane....What’s in the bowl b****??