As part of my year-round ANZ tour prior to my becoming a legally Australian citizen, I am planning a 3-day holiday of Brisbane and 3 days in GC.

I will be traveling with a straight male friend.

Any suggestions on what to see/do?

cheers!

haha i just flew bac in to syd tonite from th goldie been there since thu nite with some buddies - and did a trip down to byron today before flying home. we stayed in kirra - so away from all th hecticness and mostly just surfed and hung out on th beach and was in bed most nites by 10 and up @ 6

exciting!

where is this byron thing?

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Originally Posted by wysi

As part of my year-round ANZ tour prior to my becoming a legally Australian citizen, I am planning a 3-day holiday of Brisbane and 3 days in GC.

I will be traveling with a straight male friend.

Any suggestions on what to see/do?

cheers!

Hey wysi, on the Gold Coast, u have got Jupiters Casino, Dreamworld, Seaworld, Movieworld, Wet and wild, {that is a waterpark, with a water slide} wysi, not like bodyline, LOL

LoL OMG 3 days wont be enough in GC then! i might skip the waterworld as i plan to be dry the whole time. there's 'Wet' in Brisbane though!

Hey Sneakos did you get stoned by just walking down Haig st at night I lived in Kirra for 2yrs in the 90s.

@ wysi - byron = byron bay about 45 min drive south

# bad tranny - bahahahahaha we stayed with a mate in douglas st and this morning (no kidding) there were a paddy wagon and car pulled up 2 doors down @ 6am for some ice freak who'd started screamin at his gf and throwing shit in his house etc - a cpl of th neighbours said it was a regular thing - it felt just liek old times lol hope ur well btw badT xo

Where are all the Gold Coasters??
Byron bay - beautiful aqua beaches, a lovely cove, whales you can see from the lookout & quite a few hippies that abandoned Nimbin! It's the most eastern part of the Australian mainland, that's their claim to fame! Foods fairly expensive & not overly tasty (in my opinion)
You can hit the major shopping centres on the Gold Coast: Australia fair (southport), pacific fair (broadbeach), robina town centre (robina), harbourtown outlet shopping centre (biggera waters)... Personally I like robina the best very flash!
You can go on the charters for fishing, or parasailing or jet skiing!
The Sheraton mirage used to have a seafood buffet which was very nice for dinner or there are a whole lot of shops in all the suburbs if you stay in surfers there will be a whole lot of Asian restaurants & noodle shops which are pretty good.
You can do the theme parks, casino, beaches, bush walking at springbrook (good views of the Gold Coast), mt warning just over the border a tough trek I hope you've got a good heart if you choose that one! Mt tambourine if you like cuckoo clock stores, Nimbin in nth nsw which is an eye opener
Brisbane markets at westend on Saturdays, conrad treasury casino, southbank, the shopping centres....I'd recommend hiring a car & going to the Sunshine Coast, you can visit Steve Irwin's zoo, the Ettamoggah pub & attached Aussie world, underwater world, eumundi markets (be early or no parking)
If you hire a car you can go wild, especially in Brisbane I don't think you'll need 3 days there

I use to love going to nimbin getting a goody bag and then climbing Mt warning on the way home to nerang.

Here is a tourism link for Brisbane. Otherwise try asking on the Brisbane threads.
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au...|b|25165881112

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Originally Posted by badtrany

I use to love going to nimbin getting a goody bag and then climbing Mt warning on the way home to nerang.

Ooh you are a bad badtrany!
How times have you changed - you needn't travel to Nimbin anymore Nerang has become the new goody bag CBD!!

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

Ooh you are a bad badtrany!
How times have you changed - you needn't travel to Nimbin anymore Nerang has become the new goody bag CBD!!

but in Nimbin your car wont get stolen and stripped while you are getting your goody bag.

LOL ^^ ooh dear it's funny because its true, I remember checking for nails behind my tyres when I visited my sister in nerang, her neighbours gained some sort of pleasure watching people reversing over nails when backing out of driveways, I started taking my dogs in the car when I visited her they did the job well of keeping people away from my car
Why are all the troublemakers from the western suburbs

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

Where are all the Gold Coasters??
Byron bay - beautiful aqua beaches, a lovely cove, whales you can see from the lookout & quite a few hippies that abandoned Nimbin! It's the most eastern part of the Australian mainland, that's their claim to fame! Foods fairly expensive & not overly tasty (in my opinion)
You can hit the major shopping centres on the Gold Coast: Australia fair (southport), pacific fair (broadbeach), robina town centre (robina), harbourtown outlet shopping centre (biggera waters)... Personally I like robina the best very flash!
You can go on the charters for fishing, or parasailing or jet skiing!
The Sheraton mirage used to have a seafood buffet which was very nice for dinner or there are a whole lot of shops in all the suburbs if you stay in surfers there will be a whole lot of Asian restaurants & noodle shops which are pretty good.
You can do the theme parks, casino, beaches, bush walking at springbrook (good views of the Gold Coast), mt warning just over the border a tough trek I hope you've got a good heart if you choose that one! Mt tambourine if you like cuckoo clock stores, Nimbin in nth nsw which is an eye opener
Brisbane markets at westend on Saturdays, conrad treasury casino, southbank, the shopping centres....I'd recommend hiring a car & going to the Sunshine Coast, you can visit Steve Irwin's zoo, the Ettamoggah pub & attached Aussie world, underwater world, eumundi markets (be early or no parking)
If you hire a car you can go wild, especially in Brisbane I don't think you'll need 3 days there

OmG this sounds like a two-week break!

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Originally Posted by wysi

OmG this sounds like a two-week break!

Holidays aren't the time to sleep in till midday, you haul your fanny out of the hotel room & live it up! You only live once, what's that song 'something something something sleep when I'm dead!' Lol

but i'm planning to check in at the Palazzo Versace, it's expensive and I have to enjoy the most of it!

i have enough money and work leaves to take my time

can someone please supply wysi a map of the local beats up there

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Originally Posted by crazzymikey

can someone please supply wysi a map of the local beats up there

dont people there piss only in the sea?

Palazzo Versace, it has a beautiful Mediterranean entrance & great foyer but when you get to your bedroom there's barely enough room to swing a cat & worse still I don't believe anybody I met there was Italian

As for people only pi$$ing in the sea - this is incorrect, they also do it from the balconies of the high rise apartments it could possibly be the origin of the term 'golden shower' so make sure you carry your umbrella with you

kaleb somehow I get the feeling you don't work for the Queensland tourist bureau.

I just re-read my post, it was pretty tactless!!
I've spent most of my life in Qld and it is a beautiful place, there are very few places I've travelled in the world that have the bright sun and blue sky of Australia, I love returning here after holidaying abroad but what really annoys me is every time I return to Australia......the prices seem soooooo much more expensive than other countries - except France those buggars had the audacity to charge me $12 for a hotdog & that was 10 years ago

queensland is the most gay unfriendly place in oz. ironic state name.

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Originally Posted by one aus man

queensland is the most gay unfriendly place in oz. ironic state name.

What do you expect we share a border with NSW

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

I just re-read my post, it was pretty tactless!!
I've spent most of my life in Qld and it is a beautiful place, there are very few places I've travelled in the world that have the bright sun and blue sky of Australia, I love returning here after holidaying abroad but what really annoys me is every time I return to Australia......the prices seem soooooo much more expensive than other countries - except France those buggars had the audacity to charge me $12 for a hotdog & that was 10 years ago

would you rather visit Queensland or NewZealand?

Mmmmmm if you have the choice, if I was just visiting Brisbane & the Gold Coast in Qld I'd take NZ! Qld has too much area to cover in a short time unless you want do relatively few places & very quick!
You can cover a lot more of NZ in a shorter period of time plus if you go now (during spring/summer) its a lot cooler than Qld

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Originally Posted by crazzymikey

can someone please supply wysi a map of the local beats up there

Wasn't there a Bodyline in Brisbane? Or has that closed?

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Originally Posted by The_Freak

Wasn't there a Bodyline in Brisbane? Or has that closed?

LOL yes it's called Fortitude Valley
I googled bodyline, I never knew of such a place some suburbs in Brisbane are similar to Sydney in that you have a higher gay population but we're quite the conservative sorts up here
Can't confirm that for you Freaky my retinas have never been exposed to such frivolities, maybe some of our Brisbane studs could shed some light on the situation up there

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

LOL yes it's called Fortitude Valley
I googled bodyline, I never knew of such a place some suburbs in Brisbane are similar to Sydney in that you have a higher gay population but we're quite the conservative sorts up here
Can't confirm that for you Freaky my retinas have never been exposed to such frivolities, maybe some of our Brisbane studs could shed some light on the situation up there

It's just that I remember hearing of one (mind you, it was a long time ago) and I thought that since Mr wysi was visiting (and he seems to like the Bodyline in Sydney), he could visit on his "off-time" (and when the straight guy is not around, of course).

Well slap me with a rubber tit - you're right!
There is one at South Brisbane & to think I travel past it every day & never noticed!
Have you ever been into Bodyline Freaky? Next time you're up here we'll do a tour lol
I think we need to do some field research & recon lol

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Originally Posted by Kaleb

Well slap me with a rubber tit - you're right!
There is one at South Brisbane & to think I travel past it every day & never noticed!
Have you ever been into Bodyline Freaky? Next time you're up here we'll do a tour lol
I think we need to do some field research & recon lol

No not the one in Sydney (I believe they cater for ... ahem ... a "younger" demographic).

And not the Brisbane one either!

Old Freaky had a straight mate (I was one of the groomsmen at his wedding) who lived in Brisbane years ago. When I went up there, he was showing me around and drove past and pointed it out.

I know!! ....... how did HE know about it?

Old Freaky never got a "straight" (pardon the pun) answer on that one!