Around Brissy
Sep 2nd 2004 | 5:49 pm
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Re: Around Brissy
Hi Fimart
I think prices are a bit lower there due to the older feeling that it is a run down area. My personal feeling is that no matter what it is like now, it will get better and better, as time goes by.
I agree it is good to wake up to nice weather most of the time
But those last two days with grey skies !!
PS: You can delete the extra post if you want to, using the delete button, I assume it is still there following the forum upgrade ?
I think prices are a bit lower there due to the older feeling that it is a run down area. My personal feeling is that no matter what it is like now, it will get better and better, as time goes by.
I agree it is good to wake up to nice weather most of the time
But those last two days with grey skies !! PS: You can delete the extra post if you want to, using the delete button, I assume it is still there following the forum upgrade ?
Sep 2nd 2004 | 5:59 pm
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by mlbonner
You're so close to me! Have you been to the new Italian there yet? We got a leaflet through the door last week. Apparently there's all you can eat pasta & garlic bread during the weeks for a set price
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Sep 2nd 2004 | 6:16 pm
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
Yeah we went there a few weeks back when it first opened. They do an interesting sounding brekky on weekends as well. It was a lovely meal and since we had just arrived in Australia after being in Italy we were pretty dubious!!! Do you go to Sandgate often?
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Not a huge amount to be honest. We put the boat in at Shorncliffe, but other than that I don't head out that way much. Not sure why really. Will definitely have to try that Italian now, perhaps brekky tomorrow
Sep 3rd 2004 | 12:09 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by mlbonner
Not a huge amount to be honest. We put the boat in at Shorncliffe, but other than that I don't head out that way much. Not sure why really. Will definitely have to try that Italian now, perhaps brekky tomorrow
My husband would be very jealous of that boat. He tells me now that his dream in Australia will be complete once he gets a boat! What sort of boat is it? He is always down fishing on the Shorncliffe pier so he has probably already seen you around there!
Sep 3rd 2004 | 12:23 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
My husband would be very jealous of that boat. He tells me now that his dream in Australia will be complete once he gets a boat! What sort of boat is it? He is always down fishing on the Shorncliffe pier so he has probably already seen you around there!
We wnt up to Bribie Island the other day and took a "tinnie" out for half a day for $50 all in . No license required.
EVEN SAW DOLPHINS!!!!
Sep 3rd 2004 | 12:34 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by dazzac
Hi
We wnt up to Bribie Island the other day and took a "tinnie" out for half a day for $50 all in . No license required.
EVEN SAW DOLPHINS!!!!
We wnt up to Bribie Island the other day and took a "tinnie" out for half a day for $50 all in . No license required.
EVEN SAW DOLPHINS!!!!
Great looking day! BTW I notice you came from Gillingham, we used to live in Rochester. Whereabouts in Gillingham were you?
Fi
Sep 3rd 2004 | 12:42 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
We are at Sandgate (over the bridge from Redcliffe, closer to the city and still a part of Brisbane City Council with a train station) and although it doesn't have a lagoon etc it is a piece of old Queensland, with a pretty park and lagoon in the town centre and 4 kms of flat beachfront for cycling and walking, and beautiful old Queenslander houses all along the shoreline. There is a public pool complex on the waterfront as well but it is not as flash as Redcliffe. The tide is usually out most of the time exposing the mudflats but it is great for dogs and kids to run around and splash. We are loving it. I think though housing might still be cheaper in Redcliffe.
We are thankful everyday when we do mundane things like go shoping and we can see the blue sky and the blue sea stretching out before us. There is also a great view of the sunset over the glasshouse mountains from the Shorncliffe pier.
It is great here.
Fi
We are thankful everyday when we do mundane things like go shoping and we can see the blue sky and the blue sea stretching out before us. There is also a great view of the sunset over the glasshouse mountains from the Shorncliffe pier.
It is great here.
Fi
Sep 3rd 2004 | 12:46 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
Great looking day! BTW I notice you came from Gillingham, we used to live in Rochester. Whereabouts in Gillingham were you?
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Lower Rainham Road, just before the country park.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 2:16 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by dazzac
Lower Rainham Road, just before the country park.
We were in Frindsbury (or Strood really) just behind English Martyrs.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 2:29 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by Amazulu
We were over there recently & thought Sangate was a really nice place, but to be honest with you we thought Redcliffe was a sh*thole.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 2:53 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Awww those pics of Bribie bought back so many memories. My Grandparents used to live on Bribie and we used to go for holidays ever since I was born. I had my first swim at Bribie when I was 4 weeks old.
My Grandparents had a house just to the left as you cross the bridge so we used to be able to just walk across the road to the beach. My Grandad stepped out the bridge and nailed a washer to where he thought was the very center of the bridge and every time we went for a holiday we walked the bridge and it was a competition to find the washer. His ashes were emptied from that bridge....
Nice memories.....very nice....
My Grandparents had a house just to the left as you cross the bridge so we used to be able to just walk across the road to the beach. My Grandad stepped out the bridge and nailed a washer to where he thought was the very center of the bridge and every time we went for a holiday we walked the bridge and it was a competition to find the washer. His ashes were emptied from that bridge....
Nice memories.....very nice....
Sep 3rd 2004 | 3:15 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
I spent a lot of time in Redcliffe as a child as my grandmother lived there. I have seen what used to be nice shops, post office, cafes etc on the waterfront turn into junky discount shops and such. We did live in Margate in Redcliffe for a bit before going to the UK 7 years ago and got out quick because of the inconvenient public transport. That is why we didn't even consider it this time round. The lagoon is good in Redcliffe but Sandgate wins in terms of housing, town centre (there are still proper old fashioned shops!) and proximity and accessibility to the city.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 3:40 am
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Re: Around Brissy
[t to be honest with you we thought Redcliffe was a sh*thole.[/QUOTE]
Sorry you thought Redcliffe was a sh**hole. My sister lives there and that is where I am moving to. Thought it was quite nice myself.
Sorry you thought Redcliffe was a sh**hole. My sister lives there and that is where I am moving to. Thought it was quite nice myself.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 3:41 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by fimart
Is that near the Golf Course and near that new estate on Waterside Road?
We were in Frindsbury (or Strood really) just behind English Martyrs.
We were in Frindsbury (or Strood really) just behind English Martyrs.
Sep 3rd 2004 | 9:03 am
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Re: Around Brissy
Originally Posted by Amazulu
Yes, the waterfront parade is very run down & tacky, I would have thought there was potential for redevelopment. I can't see the attraction of the place, it's not like there is a proper seafront. There are better places to live around there.
"Proper Seafront" - What is required to be a proper seafront?
I'll get the camera out later and take some snaps, maybe!
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