Brisbane

Brisbane

The bus journey to Brisbane from Noosa was through Easter traffic, this i didn't mind, it was the rain and the fact that i was on a leaky bus - that I did mind. It was the most rain I've seen in Australia so far and most of it seemed to find the hole above my seat(!) I chatted to a lady from Sweden who was studying in Brisbane at the local university. She comforted my research skills by advising me on all the top things to do and see whilst i was there - which i kind of already knew, but I didn't want to be rude...

By the time we arrived at the Brisbane coach terminal we were 2 hours late and I was starving! So I found time for a greasy KFC. The hostel 'Brisbane backpackers Inn' was a large complex which was 30 minutes walk from the city centre. The last city I'd been in was Cairns.


Deadly Combo!

The next day I got up early and headed to town, armed with my camera and creative eye - A somewhat deadly combination ;c) First call of the day was breakfast before I met with Hanna, a German girl I'd met in Noosa. We went to see the botanical gardens, which had plenty to photograph. There was also an old tree here: one which had previously thought to be extinct from the prehistoric era..

Next we hit the shops and I got some new flip-flops... left the old ones in the previous hostel .. Oops. Hanna had to leave for her bus down to Byron Bay so i headed for the art galleries. The first was 'Queensland Art Gallery, gallery of modern art'. This was by far the largest gallery I'll visit. There was a range of artwork from Thai ancient pottery to modern paintings and contemporary sculptures. One sculpture was by an associate of Henry Moore - A sculptist I studied in GCSE art. By far my favourite works were paintings by Vida Lahey.

The second gallery I visited was the museum of Brisbane in the city hall. This display was much smaller and split into two parts. the display was called 'Temperature 2' - ' "Taking the temperature describes the practice of monitoring an interpreting to better understand the condition of something". - In this case the current work from Queensland's most outstanding artists.' There were a few interesting and inspiring pieces in here. On the way back home I passed some awesome graffiti work and watched as the sun set behind me over the city's highrise skyline.

That evening on my return to the hostel and gave Ken a ring to see if he was in town yet. Turns out he was playing pool behind the payphone in my hostel that I was calling him from! He introduced me to a guy called Elroy. After a few drinks at the bar we headed to the 'Up and Down Under' bar in town and all got very merry and drunk being sure to make an exhibition of our selves on the dance floor in the process!

The next day it was once again time to pack up and hit the road.

Brisbane Photo Album