The Best of Brisbane

Our time in Brisbane has come to an end and we are very sad to be leaving a place that we have become very fond of.

Here are some of Brisbane's best bits...

During the G20 Brisbane held a coloured light festival. All the grand buildings in the city were lit up with bright lights along the river. It was quite spectacular to see and we followed the trail around the landmarks of Brisbane. At the beginning of the trail there was a large screen where we were able to choose colours and a pattern for the lights to appear in. Our selection then instantly appeared along the CBD's buildings on the opposite side of the river.

We have enjoyed exploring Brisbane, going on the city ferry, bike riding to New Farm Park, breakfasting, lunching and basically dining out at any given opportunity, as well as gazing at the story bridge, which is lit up each evening.

Brisbane has thrown some pretty crazy weather our way including sticky humidity for weeks on end making our 1.5 mile walk to work each day fairly unbearable and a number of storms including a frighteningly destructive hail storm which we believe made the news at home.

In order to truly make the most of our time in Brisbane we decided to explore the surrounding areas as much as possible. We returned to Byron Bay with Brook and her sister and barbecued at sunset. This was a very lovely idea until the sun actually set and we were left without any light to cook the food with.


We rented a terrible car from 'rentabomb.com' and ventured to a number of the surrounding National Parks. We went south to Mt Tamborine where we walked the 'sky walk' and ate scones in a tearoom located high up in the rainforest. We drove the lengthy scenic route to the Glass House Mountains. Here we trekked a number of the trails and had lunch at the Glass House Mountains Lookout cafe. We also explored Nightcap National Park with Brook and her sister hiking the stunning 8km Minyon Falls loop.

We ended our time in Brisbane by dining on the Kookaburra Festive River Cruise, feasting on turkey and delicious Christmas puddings whilst cruising under the Story Bridge, which was perfectly lit up in Christmas colours, past the Kangaroo Point cliffs and along to South Bank. It was a great way to finish off a wonderful chapter in our travels.