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Brisbane - 11th - 14th September
We spent the whole of the 11th on the bus to Brisbane. The following day we walked around the city centre, our 1st city since arriving in Oz and then went down to the botanical gardens and walked along the river front. We also met up with Louise who we met in Cairns, she was i nBrissy for a few days visiting her boyfriend and was also staying at Tin Billy's hostel.
On the 13th (Dom's Bday - happy bday Dom - i did originally write this on your bday!) we had booked ourselves on a River Cruise which had been recommended. I wanted to do the evening cruise but Si aid he didnt have anything to wear so we booked ourselves on to the lunch cruise....BIGGGG MISTAKE.....! We were the youngest on the cruise by about 45 years!!! It was full of OAP's and there parents! Despite being surrounded by the older generation the cruise was good, it was a 3 course meal and the na 2 hour cruise up and down the river with a running commentary onthe sights etc. We were told a nice story about this homeless man who took shelter under a verandaof one of the houses along the river. When the new owner found the man there, she said he could stay there as long as he helped look after the veranda and maintain it for her. After 25 years she was having an extension built and she said he could stay as if he helped build it. So once the extension was built he packed up his belongings when the owner came down and asked him where he was going. He replied you said I could stay as long as I helped build the extension, now its finished I have to move on. She said to him there was no need to move on as she had had the extension built for him for his continued help maintaing the veranda over the last 25 years....Ahhh..im a sucker for a nice story....it is a true story, there is a photo of the house somewhere, i think i uploaded it.
We bumped into the Irish girls that we met on Fraser Island when we got back to the hostel and decided to all go to Tin Billy's nightclub that night. Louise came with us. It was a beach theme and we got drunk on free drinks, yes free drinks! every 5 minutes a bar man would come round with another round, we were drinking shots, cocktails and very stong rum and cokes! We even got free cowboy hats and garlands! Fab night!
We didnt do much else really in Brisbane, its a nice city and we did enjoy it but I had to leave as I was getting no sleep i nour dorm room. An irish man sleeping in the bed next to me kept me awake most nights banging his head against the wall in his sleep, snoring and grinding his teeth! I had had more than enough of dorms by then! ro.llon Sydney!
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