Brisbane
28 February - 2 March 2010
Left for Brisbane the morning after the bedbug discovery and arrived to rain. Lots of rain. Not a good start. Not a good finish either; it was still raining when we left! Stayed in a great hostel - Bunk - rated fourth in Australia and located right in the action, in Fortitude Valley. I can't say I was excited by Brisbane as a city though. We managed to find a gap in the rain and wandered through the city centre, along the river and back up through the Botanical Gardens. It's pleasant enough but it doesn't have either the character or the atmosphere of some of the other cities we have visited so far. It is for that reason that the most exciting event of our stay in Brisbane is that we played Bingo on the final night and one of our group won first prize - $80 - and bought us all some beers to celebrate!
Surfer's Paradise
2-3 March 2010
Unfortunately, the rain followed us to Surfer's and we arrived at this seaside sprawl of high-rise apartment blocks, hotels and shopping malls with no hope of going to the beach or making the most of the amazing pool at our hostel. Had a great night of dancing at a nearby cocktail bar though and luckily, we were treated to some sunshine the next morning so we wandered around the town browsing in the shops while we waited for our bus and didn't have to get on it looking like drowned rats!!
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