So last year I had a couple of posts dedicated to Melbourne because that was where the previous AMTA conference was held. This year, it was in Brisbane, so I headed up there. Unfortunately, next year I won't have anywhere new to go to- it's in Sydney!
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
The wonderful thing about Queensland is their transport. Definitely not as primitive as Sydney and its paper tickets. They use a "Go card", which works the same way the Octopus card in HK and in Singapore. Tap in when you get on the bus, tap out when you get off. I find myself fumbling for my card when I'm getting off because I forget about tapping off. How noob.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
It was such a clear day, not a single cloud.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
I don't know what this super giant doll figure is doing out in the middle of a park, but it was near where I was staying and had to walk past it to get to the nearest bus stop.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
The only sun without a happy face. Did someone forget to sketch it on?
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
They were setting up for the next day. Might have been interesting to watch, but I was only going to spend one day at Gold Coast before heading up to Brisbane, so didn't get a chance. I always found circus to be creepy anyway..
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Apparently it was raining the whole of the week before, but the week that the conference was on, it was super fine. Of course, when in Queensland, you can't miss out on the beaches. The whole place consists of beaches!
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
I can imagine my dad loving Queensland actually, just as a place to relax.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Pebbles left behind by waves.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Guess the animal prints.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
I was puzzled by these marks... are they crab marks?? They were everywhere.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Obviously one of those damn seagulls.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
I know, I know, there's a hard rock cafe in Sydney too, why did I have to be so unadventurous and have it in Queensland too?
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Couldn't walk any further. Must have walked at least 3 hours non-stop along the beaches, sometimes on sand (that doubles, no, triples, the effort of walking!) and my feet were extremely sore... slippers aren't exactly the most comfortable for walking long distance. Quick decision to find the closest place to eat something.
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Could not finish! Was being greedy while ordering because I wanted to try their ribs, but also their slow-cooked (braised?) meat, and they had the trio platter anyway, so... why not...
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Macaroni cheese on the side =|
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| From Brisbane AMTA conference 2011 |
Queensland's version of Hachiko. Trust Australians to name it "Matey" of all names.
End of day 1! On to Brisbane next~
4 comments:
Yay a proper post!
=D
It hasn't been that long, has it? ><
Laughed at `Matey' =P
It's so lame =( and at least hachiko was a shiba inu... this one.... =|
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