Brit vegas
Jul 13th 2010, 10:05 pm
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Brit vegas
An article from the BBC on why Brits flock to Brisbane. The reader comments at the bottom of the piece are interesting also.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/magazine/10600464.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/magazine/10600464.stm
Jul 13th 2010, 10:17 pm
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Re: Brit vegas
Nice picture of Brisbane's Beach in that article 
It also says:
Brisbane: Australia's third largest city - population 1.6m
And I am one of that 1.6m
It also says:
Brisbane: Australia's third largest city - population 1.6m
And I am one of that 1.6m
Jul 13th 2010, 10:20 pm
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Re: Brit vegas
"And Mrs Bird's decidedly clear too: "This is my home now, I'm never, ever going back."...
Mrs Bird,I concur...
I kinda like Brissy being 10 years behind...
Mrs Bird,I concur...
I kinda like Brissy being 10 years behind...
Jul 14th 2010, 4:57 am
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Re: Brit vegas
Australias answer to florida 
and your dollars will go a third further, yes well
What 'appened to perff thought that was the pom favourite, bet its brisbane now as 'ouses are cheaper than perth melb and sydney
and your dollars will go a third further, yes well What 'appened to perff thought that was the pom favourite, bet its brisbane now as 'ouses are cheaper than perth melb and sydney
Jul 14th 2010, 5:12 am
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Re: Brit vegas
"There's pleasure to be found in Brisbane, but for interstate urbanites it's more of a weekend-in-Bognor-Regis variety." 
Jul 14th 2010, 11:09 am
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Re: Brit vegas
"In Brisbane you can also get around easily, more than in other Australian cities."
Jul 14th 2010, 11:16 am
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Yeeessss . . . once all the workie people are off to work during the day, doing whatever it is they do , the roads are practically deserted . . . always plenty of spaces in the car park at Chermside shopping plaza.
Jul 14th 2010, 11:16 am
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Jul 14th 2010, 11:21 am
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Jul 15th 2010, 3:06 am
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BBC: Why is Brisbane attracting so many Brits?
Australia is once again the destination of choice for Britons starting a new life abroad. But instead of the better-known Sydney or Melbourne, record numbers are heading to Brisbane. Why?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10600464
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10600464
Jul 15th 2010, 3:10 am
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Re: BBC: Why is Brisbane attracting so many Brits?
Australia is once again the destination of choice for Britons starting a new life abroad. But instead of the better-known Sydney or Melbourne, record numbers are heading to Brisbane. Why?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10600464
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10600464
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=676553
Jul 15th 2010, 3:14 am
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Re: BBC: Why is Brisbane attracting so many Brits?
Jul 15th 2010, 3:35 am
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Re: Brit vegas
I've been to Blackpool, and I think I would be slightly offended if I was from the Gold Coast..but then I would be hard pressed to decide who comes first in ick-tackyness.
I'm surprised no-one offered to say Brisneyland as another ironic name for the place.
No mention of poor little Adelaide or Canberra.
I'm surprised no-one offered to say Brisneyland as another ironic name for the place.
No mention of poor little Adelaide or Canberra.
Jul 15th 2010, 3:57 am
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