BRISBANE, RIVER CRUISE NOOSA HEADS & HOME ROAD TRIP AUSTRALIA
Brisbane Road Trip Australia
If in Brisbane it is a little over a one hour drive to the Gold Coast and one and a half hours to the Sunshine Coast. Both are tourist hot spots with numerous popular surf beaches.
Southbank is a popular recreational area in Brisbane. Southbank is on the southern bank of the Brisbane River and easily walked from Brisbane CBD.
I prearranged Brisbane accommodation in Spring Hill, near the CBD. Spent one full day in Brisbane. Joined a Southbank Brisbane River tour with River City Cruises to the famous Breakfast Creek Hotel for a mighty steak lunch. A one and a half hour tour aboard MV Neptune. An excellent relaxed way to take in the city sights. Complimentary Morning tea and a beverage on the return trip. $60 including a lunch voucher. Informative commentary. The Breakfast Creek Hotel is probably the most famous hotel in Queensland. Rivalling the Birdsville Hotel. Has weathered many floods. A cold beer and meals are available in the historic bar. Away from the large modern bistro area catering to most visiting patrons.
NOOSA HEADS is about one hundred and forty kilometres (85 mi) north of Brisbane. Noosa Heads is the tourist heart of Noosa district, with many restaurants and hotels. The main retail street is Hastings Street, which lies directly behind the seashore.
Along Hastings Street it's difficult to get parking. Noosa is the land of roundabouts and suburbs. The Noosa Heads Yacht Club offers a bistro-style restaurant and bar overlooking the Noosa River. Ten minutes drive from Hastings Street. Good for a lunch or dinner alongside the Noosa River.
I decided not to continue down the NSW east coast and Pacific Highway as I have travelled the coastal highway a few times before.
Through Pacific Highway coastal regional cities such as:
Byron Bay Memories of surf life saving carnival's causing many of the town streets to be blocked off by local council. The streets that could be driven were extremely busy to navigate. The city is home to a few famous people tucked away in their coastal retreats.
Coffs Harbour and the thirteen metre Big Banana. Now features a large fun park and water park. The first of the big things in Australia. Built 1964.
Port Macquarie with it's low high rise looking over the pristine marina and it's boats and the ideal climate. Perhaps enjoying the best year round weather in Australia.
Newcastle and it's ocean baths. Nobbys Head views surrounded by water on three sides. Memories of hiring and driving sand buggies in, around and over sand dunes with fighter jets screaming overhead out of Williamstown Air Force Base.
On this roadtrip the return drive was the inland Brisbane expressway to Toowoomba and overnight rest, then onto Goondiwindi on the Queensland border and into Victoria. Ending the three week solo Australia road trip, Victoria to Townsville in Queensland and return.
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CURRENT BRISBANE FIVE DAY FORECAST
BRISBANE RIVER CRUISE
BRISBANE RIVER &
BIG WILLIE SKYSCRAPER
BRISBANE CITY STREET
LINED WITH PALMS
BREAKFAST CREEK HOTEL, BRISBANE
BREAKFAST CREEK HOTEL
WRITING ON THE WALL
THE BREKKY CREEK GANG SIGN
BRISBANE RIVER TOUR TO THE
BREKKY CREEK PUB
BRISBANE WELCOME SIGN
SOUTHBANK
BRISBANE MALL ENTERTAINER
BRISBANE CBD
