Apr 2007

Just thought i would update you all on our mini-Brisbane Adventure... Things are currently going peachy creamy as we have met some great people and seem to have fallen in with a nice crowd.
First off there is a guy we call Wolverine.. a 28 year old bloke who was born in Beverley (how random!) and has wild silvery black hair!!
Next is Si.. or Malcolm in the middle.. a Southerner who has a liking for Gold Chains and sportswear (need i say more!?) His Girlfriend, or Lisa Hunter from Hollyoaks as Pol Calls her and their friend who doesnt say much, watches continual Scrubs and is called Borat...
Dico... a Kiwi, who left three days ago but has been sleeping on the TV room couch for the last two nights (Without paying) before being caught by reception and having his stuff confiscated until he paid for the extra nights! And Sabrina.. A Kiwi/Oz girl who seems to be a spitting imagine of a certain teenage witch of the same name!!

What a group we make...

Our days revolve around working (of course) and then heading up to the roof where we drink beers and talk until three am before heading to bed. It really has been a great couple of weeks but alas, the management have decided to close the roof at night so that people on the fifth floor can get some sleep! this means we will have to look else where from tonight.
Hope you are all ok back in the UK and im sure we will speak to you all soon.

Pol and Ali

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Brisbane, Brisneyland, or Brisvegas... call it what you will (and trust me, they do here!) seems to exist for one reason to travellers..its the last stop before Fraser Island and the Whitsundays and a lot of people use the city to wash their clothes and get drunk.... very drunk...
Pol and I are currently residing in Staff quarters of the palace Hostel in Down town Brisbane (which is very compact) and i am employed in the more upmarket of the two bars that is attached to it. Pol is working at Picasso's Pizza restaurant so as you can guess, we dont get to see a lot of each other at the moment. We did partake in a few drinkies with some Canadians over the weekend which resulted in Pol taking part in the drinking competition with three others. And guess what, her team won! $25 each.. not bad!
Brisbane itself does not really hold much to keep you occupied. There is a man made beach on the South side of the River (roughly 100 metres long) with a salt water lagoon attached to it! The South side of the river also hosts the University and is far more sedate and laid back that the north side (where we are!) Brisbane in all honesty seems to be half complete. There are diggers and cranes everywhere and come early evening, all the bars are full of Large workers (All Irish!) who are hammered!
Couple more interesting points to make about the city:
We have just had level five water restrictions imposed on us. This means 4 minute showers and absolutely no car washing apart from the windscreens, mirrors and rego plates.
Brisbane is one of the most liveable cities in the world. it polled higher than London (unsurprisingly) and Paris! According to one local i was speaking to last week, more Australians are flocking to the area than anywhere else in the Country (nearly 2000 families a week) This is putting an enormous strain on the water supplies and apparently the situation is so bad, the city may run out water next year!
Anyway, i wont harp on any longer.. we shall write more as it happens.

Polly and ali

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