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Despite throughly enjoying my time in Australia thus far, those of you who have been following my blog or know me at all will know I'm a city boy through and through. As a result, our approach to Brisbane left me feeling nothing short of ecstatic! The high rise buildings looming out of the distance, the traffic, the sirens, the general bustle of the city, it all made me feel right at home! Me and the Fraser Island foursome checked into Base Central, as the name suggests, a fairly central location. From here, a group of us head down to the lagoon - proudly toted by Brisbanites as the worlds largest inner city lagoon. All the major towns along the east coast have lagoons (big swimming pools) on account of the deadly "stingers" which inhabit their shores, it's a great idea and Brisbane's was particularly nice, sadly it was too cold for a swim!
High rise, high five!
BrizzyB´s Lagoon!
The lagoon is situated in an area known as the South Bank which is very similar to London´s South Bank with lots of cafe's, restaurants, galleries and museums. Canadian Aaron pointed out that every guy in Brisbane seemed to not only be a rippling muscle head but also a homo - very strange! From here, Kristin and I head back to the city to get on the internet. I was genuinely proud of my efforts, I booked all of my buses for the remainder of my stay in Australia and also my accomodation - just call me Mr Organised! En route home I also got my hair chopped, all in all a fairly productive day. The evening was a quiet affair with drinks and dinner, Aaron was feeling pretty flush after an apparently sizeable win at the Casino!
Kristin and I in the city mangroves
Brisbane day two was spent exploring. Aaron, Kristin and I roamed through the City Botanic Gardens with yours truly in charge of tour guiding, from here we head to the Queensland Museum on the South Bank. Considering entry was free, it was a very interesting way to pass the time. Back over the river and we had some sushi in the main square.
Me vs. the World's talles man and the closest I came to a Koala!
Sushi and stripes!
Following lunch, Kristin and I left Aaron to find the coolest bridge back to the South Bank, we called it the mechano bridge on account of its retarded design but it was actually known as "Kurilpa Bridge", after crossing the river numerous times we eventually found the origins of the bridge and made our way over to GoMA (Gallery of Modern Art). It was quite a rewarding few hours with exhibitions from Mauri artisits and some crazy, crazy silent movies!
Triumphant on Kurilpa Bridge
Modern art...?
Despite my parents inherent belief that I am a complete drunkard rat bag, my final evening in Brisbane was spent at the movies taking in the limp offering that is Iron Man 2. Check out at 10A.M. the next morning was particularly unwelcome considering my bus wasn't until 1.30P.M. I simply bummed around with German Michael and Kristin - Aaron left for Thailand the previous evening. It was time to leave Kristin as Michael and I head down to Byron Bay - a place I was not looking forward to visiting...
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