Geordie George

To celebrate the GG's being married one whole year*, we're heading to Brisvegas at the end of August. Anyone got any suggestions on where to visit and any good restaurants/bars we shouldn't miss?

Plan to do a bit of research before heading north, but any local input welcome!

* - But I refuse to start counting from one again, as we've been together for over ten years ...

Cheers,
Nichola

MrsDagboy

Depends on what you are into! Plenty of touristy stuff to do, especially if you are only staying for a couple of days.

Suggestions

Southbank/Martime Museum
Qld Museum & Art Gallery
LonePine
Trip on the City Cat
One of the markets around town (Eagle Street, Powerhouse & SouthBank are just a few)
Trip on the City Sights bus (cant find the webpage for this, I'll post the link later)

Places to eat/drink

Breakfast Creek Hotel http://www.breakfastcreekhotel.com.au/
Brekky Creek Wharf (right across the bridge from above) http://www.breakfastcreekwharf.com.au/
Gilhooleys (where the girsl have their drinks nights)
Bretts Wharf (seafood)
Bow Thai (in the Valley)

Thats a start.

Geordie George

Thanks, Mrs DB! I think there's some stuff there to keep us amused for a short break. We'll be staying fairly centrally (I think), so I hope we'll get to see a wee bit of the place.

GG

Merlot

Bumping for you, hope you have a great time.

Advanced Happy Aniversary.

M

karenjc

We used to go to a pub called the victory, it had some good bands on when we were there.

MrsDagboy

Expanding on some of my suggestions earlier & some others that I thought of ...

Food
Lat27 - 471 Adelaide St - new Aussie cuisine www.lat27.com
Bow Thai - Cathedral Place Wickham St Fortitude Valley
Bretts Wharf - 449 Kingsford Smith Drv Hamilton - seafood & other
Breakfast Creek Wharf Restaurant - 192 Breakfast Creek Rd Newstead - seafood & other.
Brekky Creek Hotel - across from above - pub fare, they do a nice steak.
Sheraton Hotel - Ann Street - has a nice smorgasbord as does Conrad Tresury Casino - North Quay. Cant remember the name of the restaurant in the casino, but its in the front doors & down to the left.
Pier Nine - Eagle Street - if you like yuppie type food
Exchange Hotel - Edward Street - pub food, steaks etc

Drinking/Clubbing
Gilhooleys - Albert Street - *Irish* pub, music & drinking til 3am
Adrenaline Bar/club - Charlotte Street - younger set, usually a line to get in, music & drinking til 3am
Pig & Whistle - Queen Street Mall - bar only
PJ O'Reillies - Next to Adrenalin Bar - Charlotte Street - Same as Gilhooleys.
Hotel LA - Cnr Caxton Street & Petrie Terrace - pub, music & dancing til 4am.

JohnAndNetta

Ditto everything Mrs D just said, plus don't forget to have a drink/meal/whatever on top of Mt.Cootha. Breathtaking views of the city from here. From memory, if you're not driving you can actually catch a bus up here. Fantastic day or night.

I particularly enjoyed the boat trip (from CBD) down to the Lone Pine koala sanctuary. Can't remember the name of the boat that does this but its advertised quite heavily at the tourist office. You'll also get to see some spectacular bat colonies on the way, though they do pong a bit!

You can combine a trip on the city cat with having a meal at Bulimba (Oxford Street). There are lots of restaurants here, and its a very hip place to be. There is a very trendy bar called Oxford 152 which is packed solid on Sunday afternoons and has live music.

I quite like Rosalie area for night time restaurants. Its packed most nights, especially when they're doing two for one. Paddington (Latrobe St) has quite a good Turkish restaurant with some good belly dancing mid-week!

The breakfast creek place Mrs D mentioned is HUGE. Has great steaks and is really quite unique. Has a kind of beer kellar atmosphere.

Enjoy your anniversary!!!

Juliecabs

You could try a trip on the Kookaburra Queen, the paddle steamer that goes up and down the Brisbane River. They do a great 3 course lunch on there. It stops at various places including Southbank and Eagle Street Pier.

Or take a trip up to Tamborine Mountain. On Gallery Walk there are loads of restaurants and also art galleries to visit if that's your kind of thing

JohnAndNetta

Enjoy your anniversary!!![/QUOTE]

Oh - one thing I forgot in my last post....there's a Paddlesteamer that goes from Eagle Street up and down the river. It seems like a nice thing to do for a special occasion, but when we did it the food was awful, and really spoilt the evening. Maybe we just had a bad experience, but most people on the trip agreed the food was well below par. Just a word of warning.


Regards
Netta

JohnAndNetta

Oh My God ...we posting conflicting views at exactly the same time. We must have been on one of their off-nights! Sounds like you had a much better meal than us!

Juliecabs

Oh - one thing I forgot in my last post....there's a Paddlesteamer that goes from Eagle Street up and down the river. It seems like a nice thing to do for a special occasion, but when we did it the food was awful, and really spoilt the evening. Maybe we just had a bad experience, but most people on the trip agreed the food was well below par. Just a word of warning.


Regards
Netta[/QUOTE]

Whoops, we posted at exactly the same time Netta
We found the food gorgeous - a buffet style 3 course lunch. We had concessionary tickets for the trip, but the staff forgot to bill us at the end of the cruise. They normally take payment at the beginning but as there were so many of us they said they'd do it at the end...and forgot.
This Aussie hospitality is great, don't you think

JohnAndNetta

Whoops, we posted at exactly the same time Netta
We found the food gorgeous - a buffet style 3 course lunch. We had concessionary tickets for the trip, but the staff forgot to bill us at the end of the cruise. They normally take payment at the beginning but as there were so many of us they said they'd do it at the end...and forgot.
This Aussie hospitality is great, don't you think [/QUOTE]

I think that generally the Aussie hospitality is some of the best we've experienced worldwide. We always land up leaving big tips wherever we go in Aus (when we can afford it!), because we're always amazed by the wonderful service we get compared to elsewhere. Seems like Juliecabs might be better off with the buffet style lunch rather than the set menu evening, but we were on the Kookaburra about 18 months ago, so things may well have changed. Shame we didn't get a free helping

Netta

JohnAndNetta

Seems like Juliecabs might be better off with the buffet style


Ooooops - I meant GeordieGeorge.....its far too late...I should be in bed....I'm half asleep already!!!!!


Netta[/QUOTE]

Juliecabs

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Night Night Netta

Billabong

Brisbane CBD at night from the river is breathtaking. Catch a Citycat from Bretts Wharf (Kingsford Smith Drive) for about $4 and take the 35 minute trip into the CBD. Get off at SouthBank and have a nice meal as there is plenty of choice....

The Tastes of India is a pretty good curry house as well!!