Back in the city!

Yes, we were brave enough to step out of the save environment of Gayndah to continue our journey through Australia! Since our car is still pretty much screwed and only to be fixed by next thursday, we were forced to travel with the bus and the train from Gayndah to Brisbane. It was a last-minute-decision and luckily for us, both bus and train had available seats for us! (Picture: Skyline of Brisbane)


So with the help of Jenni we booked our tickets, packed our backpacks (it is the first time we actually really use them!) and first got on the bus to Maryborough, and later on a train that took us to Brisbane. The cityfeeling was just overwhelming; it seemed like a decade had passed since we last saw a huge shopping mall or a different supermarket than IGA!

With our heavy luggage on our backs we made our way to the caravan park located just 10 minutes outside of the city centre.

We dedicated the first day in Brisbane entirely to shopping, shopping, having a nice coffee in between, then some shopping again, having a snack at subway, and some more shopping. All the lights and the smells of the shops seduced us to buy a little thing here and there. And that basically sums up the first day of our stay in Brisbane. (Picture above: Shopping malls at night)

The second day was a bit more colourful than the one before. Well, apart from a nice coffee in a cafe in the morning, we had a lot more on our schedule to see. First up were the Botanic Gardens, which were, quite frankly, not half as impressive as the Gardens we've seen in Melbourne or Sydney. Either way, we took a nice stroll along the Mangrove Walk (Picture above) up to a bridge that took us to the South Banks, a beautiful strip along the Brisbane River, covered with grassstripes, shops, rainforests and even a little beach! Eventually we wanted to see a movie at night, but after all we decided the choices (such as "Sex and the City" or "What happens in Vegas") did not quite meet with our needs. After seeing the South Banks we went back into the city centre - the City Hall to be precise. We had a look at two expositions, one about the immigration to Australia in modern times and the other about abandoned rooms. Sounds exciting? Well, it wasn't quite something new, but it was very well made and put up. (Picture: Berrie and the South Banks)

We also took a very old lift (about 90 years) up to the middle of the tower of the City Hall. There we had a good view across the centre, even though we were only about 78m above ground! The rest of the day we spent strolling through the streets, watching the world go by and having an occasional ice cream. (Picture: Church in the middle of skyscrapers)

Our third day was going to be a bit different, because it was a public holiday due to the Queens Birthday. So a lot of shops, malls and sights were closed; therefore we stayed at the caravan park all day until the late evening. Our plan was to go online from 10pm until 8am in the morning in one of the plenty internetcafes in Brisbane.

And now here we are writing our new blogentry at 5:35am in the morning! Believe us, we are rather sleepy at the moment, so the following day will be full of soft snoring, little movements and hiding underneath a blanket, trying to get as much sleep as possible.

This week we are also going back to Gayndah to pick up our car, so the next time we update the blog, the kilometercount will have changed, promised!

See ya!