Farewell to Oz

Our last stop in Oz was Brisbane, also known as “Brizzy” to locals and “Bris-Vegas” (due to the casinos and love of the pokies) to the rest of Oz. Quite a nice little place, nothing special as such about it, but that was what made it so great – you could live there without giving it a second thought, as it was no different to being in the city at home during the summer.

We just chilled for our last couple of days, took in the museum of Queensland, tried to avoid the thousands of kids on their spring half term, did some record shopping and finally made it to Sizzler – an all you can eat buffet and Steak house.

We were both quite sad to be leaving Oz, and even though we’ve done so much in such short space of time, we’ve only really scratched the surface on the East Coast, meaning we’re definitely coming back to do more and also to explore the West Coast. And if Oz gets the 2010 world cup by default, we’ll definitely be coming back because it will be mental. On a sporting theme, we also found out why the national colours of Australian sporting teams are yellow and green – The Wattle, which is the national flower of Australia, is EVERYWHERE, and is yellow and green. That’s your interesting (and useless) fact for the day! Useful word of the day is DOONA – which is what the Aussies call a duvet.


So it’s goodbye Oz and hello New Zealand…