Australia - Brisbane

Next one up after Sydney was Brisbane. The main reason to go there was to meet my good old friend Kate. Finally i made it to Australia, so i had to fulfill my promise and visit her over here.
She's living couple of minutes out of town in a suburb called Taringa, the roads out there are a bit like riding a roller coaster...up n down hill.

The main transport around town is either bus, train or boat, last one is very nice on a sunny day, to cruise along the river all the way through town. I did some cultural day wt a visit to an art exhibit in the old power station, they showed a selection of the price winning photos from 2011 awards.

I spent some good time wt Kate, we had some lunch at her Uni, the Queensland University which is a very big university where u can easily get lost.
The nightlife and bars of Brisbane are good and i think u can find something for every taste. We had a dinner at a Tibetan restaurant, which was delicious. Lots of new flavors that i haven't tasted before.
The nights out in OZ a not very cheap, a bottle of beer can easy cost 8$ in any kind of bar and in shops it is still 2-3$ for a bottle.. but hey they have good wine, which i like too :-)

So from here on i was supposed to head up to Townsville for an event, which was actually the whole reason why i came to OZ, but sadly the local organizer told us in the last minute that we have to pay now to run his event due to him not being able to secure a sponsor, so this would be kinda u come to work for me and then pay me to watch u working... This leaving us no other choice than to drop the comp ,which in the end had no wind anyways... karma...
So instead of that i took the chance and went over to the cook islands a bit earlier than planned
.. and that's gonna be my next blog :-)

big hug and thank u to Kate and her house mate Tim to let me occupy the couch for a while... next time we meet in Europe...