Visiting Brisbane

I took a Premier bus leaving from Bundaberg to Brisbane at early hour in the morning. Premier is an alternative transportation to train along east coast including Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.  It took 9 hours to reach Brisbane from Bundaberg with one stop-off point.

I spent 2 nights in Brisbane and City Backpackers at Upper Roma Street was where I stayed. This hostel is within walkable distance to Transit Centre. It’s clean and looked new, has great facilities such as free internet service and swimming pool. My plan to Brisbane was not only to transit to Gold Coast but also visit another old friend which is my ex-classmate from high school. Again, I found her at facebook :D

Compared to Sydney, Brisbane is more calming. Brisbane is geographically separated by the long indeed Brisbane River and there’re about 16 major bridges built over it.

 

Brisbane River

 

Merivale Bridge



Victoria Bridge & Brisbane skycrapers

I spent time exploring the city alone while waiting for my friend to get off work. Places I visited include CBD, South Bank arts and recreation precinct, City Botanic Gardens and Roma Street Parkland.

 

The Cathedral of St Stephen in CBD

Queen Street Mall - the major shopping hub

 

Kangaroo sculptures on the street

Chinatown

 

We met up for a Malaysian Nyonya cuisine as dinner. After it, she brought me to the Mount Coot-tha before we found a café for some cheese cakes and warm chocolate drinks.