Brisbane City

When we were pulling into the city in our coach after another short journey up the coast it was immediatly obvious to us that compared to the last two cities we have been to in Aus this one is small by comparision! Unfortunatly we could camp as the nearest site was 30mins drive out of the city, so it was back to 3 nights in a hostel! We found one which gave us a great deal which included in our price a free pub meal each, four free drinks at the pub each as well as 12 hours of free internet each! which it turns out came in handy as we were both unwell in Brisbane so stayed in a little more than we had planned! So with such a short time in the city we set about straight away in using up our free vouchers, our first evening we enjoyed a pub meal and a drink before an early night in a busy dorm! The next day was a brilliant day, we took a couple of buses out the The Gabba cricket ground and both watched our first ever cricket match between England and New Zealand, and despite our doubts England came through and won!! it was a great occasion, the atmosphere got better as the day went on and the drinking sessions got longer and it was just a great experience, even better was watching Laura happily support the English, even wearing her very own Barmy Army hat! However Laura was really unwell by the end of the day so we quickly got back to the hostel and pumped her full of drugs and went for an early night. Already onto our last full day we made an early start and headed into the city to explore. Luckily for us it was a mainly business orientated city so apart from a number of spectacular buildings and old monuments and squares there was not a great deal to see. After lunch we walked down by the huge winding river which made its way around and through the city and decided to cross over, this was a great idea. On the other side we were in an even more modern area than the first and we walked through a riverside park which had oriental buildings as well as a man made beach. Unfortunatly we did not have our swimming stuff or we would have been straight in! In one of the grassy areas of the park is where i left Laura for a bit of a snooze, and i headed back across the river for a quick look around the Botanical Gardens which were sat right on the bend of the river which as well as great views of the park and city in the back ground, gave me great views of the Harbour and Harour bridge and some Volcanic Cliffs which formed thousands of years ago. Eventually i got back and managed to wake Laura up and we headed back to the hostel to try and plough through our internet hours and pack ready to head north again.. already!!