2008-07-01 Brisbane
After a nice meal at Burgerlicious with some of my friends from the Billabong Gardens hostel I grab my luggage and head up to the train station. There is an Airport shuttle service from the hostel but the staff told me that it is not reliable at all. I decide to use the public transport. It takes about 30 min from Newtown over Sydney Central to the Sydney domestic Airport and costs about 14AUD. The check in was not busy at all and I got lucky being offered to take a earlier flight. So I don’t even have to wait and can go straight to the airplane. The flight with the low cost airline Virgin Blue from Sydney to Brisbane takes about 1.5.
After picking up my luggage I take a train to the Brisbane Transit Centre and walk to the Chill Backpackers Brisbane. I share a tiny room without windows (it stinks) with four construction workers from Ireland.
After dropping my luggage I walk back to the Transit Center to get some food. Unfortunately everything is closed (at 9pm), even Mc Donalds. On the hunt for food I walk deeper into the City, passing by a Seven11 wich is also closed caused by construction. Back In the hostel I eat some crisps from a vending machine.
All the construction workers snore, it’s a f**king snoring concert. My MP3 Player battery is dead from the flight. It is quite tough to breath. The air is thick and stinks. Wonder how long I can stand to stay here. The showers have cold water only, there is no place to put any cloth and hostel does not lend Towels they are for sale only (10 AUD). There is no free WiFi. The Internet Computers they costs 4AUD per hour. But I am lucky to have a room tonight. I meet some people in the reception who have to stay in a hotel cause all hostels are booked out.
