Brisbane Life

We had a fantastic time in Brisbane and did so many things it would have taken forever to write about them all, so we have done a list of some of the places we visited and things we did. Some of which we will elaborate on as soon as we can.

TJ got a HR Job at Mater Hospital a few days into our stay in Brisbane


The landlady of the Macrossan house lived next door with her dog Zoe who was Phoebe’s twin


We watched the Brisbane lions V’s Carlton, Australian rules game at the Gabba where Brisbane lost


We visited the Lone Pine Koala sanctuary where Tj got to cuddle a koala


Along with thousands of others we watched the fantastic fireworks of the Riverfire Festival


Frank and Marion took us to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast


We dived at The Seaway, Southport and Tweed Heads with the Brisbane BSAC Diving Club

Adam finally got a helpdesk job with Extend Technologies


After much persuasion Tj convinced Adam to go Latino Rock Dancing where we became regulars


We saw some shows at the Valley Festival in the heart of china town.


We had a look round an Eco House, which showed loads of energy saving ideas

We shopped until we dropped at DFO shopping village


We partied at Oktoberfest


We relaxed in Noosa and even tried a Surfing Lesson


We visited Australia Zoo and saw lots of crocs


We drove to Coolum to see the Kite Festival on the beach


We had a meal at the Norman Hotel Steak House for Mich's (a friend from BSAC) Birthday

Jasmin and Annika visited us so we took them to Harbour Town and DFO Shopping Villages and Surfers Paradise


We volunteered at Australia Zoo for 5 days


We caught the ferry to Stradbrook Island and spent the day exploring the island with Matt and Mich


We went for and Indian in Bulimba with Vesna (a friend from dance class) and Iver


We watched the Indy 300 at Surfers paradise and got to walk down the pits.

We took Fearghal (Tj’s work mate) for a meal at West End then for drinks at the Storey Bridge Hotel.