On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:32:34 -0500, cshenk wrote:

> "Jeßus" wrote
>
>>>> It would have been good to share a beer with you and wileaway a few
>>>> hours at some local watering hole you like. Would have only needed
>>>> the address of the watering hole and a local taxi number to meet up,
>>
>> Did you forget about your post the other day - you know, the one where
>> you claimed to own a car? You know... the one with the 'witty' bumper
>> sticker? Hmm?
>
> You mixed up your attributes. He doesnt say he doesnt have a car, that
> is me above with the taxi when I was in OZ. Foot or taxi is how we get
> about when in a foriegn port. (oh and Singapore/Hong Hong with the great
> trolley systems).

Sorry about that, I did misread the attributes.
Public transport in Australia is not the best outside the major centres,
taxis and/or hire cars is really the only way to go - unless you have
some locals willing to take you around.

What was your impression of Brisbane?

I made the mistake of moving from the Sunshine Coast to Brissie for about
two years (2000-2002)... partially for a change of pace (not a rural
lifestyle), partially for work. I was so very glad to leave.

We found ourselves commuting back to the Sunshine Coast at any available
opportunity. Or failing that - the Gold Coast.

Brissie is just plain boring, no beaches, built in an low lying, swampy
area - absoultely *awful* climate during summer time as well - hotter and
more humid that the far north of the country ever gets

And hands-down the worst drivers in the country... why that is I still
don't know.