It is not all that long in terms of years in history of this interesting city , but, the city has since 1799, when Matthew Flinders explored Moreton Bay , went through dynamic and very noticeable changes. Here the area of the Brisbane has been occupied by the Jagera and Turrbal aboriginal tribes. Initial purpose of the settlement was to hold here a penal colony for convicts which were sent from Sydney. Fishing, farming , timber cutting and use was the base for the eventual start of free settlement in 1838. Brisbane became a municipality in 1859 and in 1924 , just 90 years ago , became consolidated metropolitan area . Huge leap in terms of its development to become true worldly city in 2014.
Attractive architecture of modern nature interwoven with some mighty structures of colonial days . Elegantly positioned along snaking Brisbane is called “River City “ , and here by its shores South Bank precinct provides many forms of excitement . Galleries , Ballet , concert hall , parks and top class hotels with international style restaurants to satisfy all tastes . This city , capital of Queensland where important world meetings like G20 of 2014 take place , great exhibitions are presented and opera and ballet being of top world class provides lots of holiday fun . From Brisbane one can easily travel to Sunshine Coast and by comfortable train in no time from Brisbane Airport one can reach Gold Coast . This very attractive holiday place , already in early 1950th become popular holiday place for the Return Australian Soldiers from WWII fronts . Here for hundreds of years native Australians enjoyed the life presented by the nature and its resources like “ bush tacker” and fish . As the tourism industry grew the area witnessed development of small businesses and in 1958 the South Coast Town Council was renamed “Gold Coast Town Council”.
This pearl of this Australian holiday destination is Surfers Paradise. Great surf , opportunities to catch welcome sun rays while sunbaking on the golden sands of kilometres long endless beach which basically stretches to NSW Border, is truly fun . For calm relaxations canals of the Gold Coast allow one to do still water sports like kayaking , fishing or boat trips . Leisurely boat cruise to see majestic waterfront houses and exuberance of villas with anchored motorboats which gently bounce on the water provides one with some concept of sophistication of life style of Gold Coast .The waters of canals which are connected by the Spit with open Ocean are playground to dolphins , sharks and other fish . Surfers Paradise is connected with other great beaches of the area like Broadbeach , by newly constructed and opened G- link tramway line . This transport addition to Gold Coast urban facilities provides great , “green” and fast of course very convenient way to move around the place and reach beaches like Broadbeach . Of course flying to Brisbane and Gold Coast is easy as number of International carriers like Singapore Airlines , Emirates and Australian domestic airlines where Jetstar has the services to Brisbane and Coolangatta Airports . Train service from Brisbane Airport to Gold Coast is a pleasant , hassle free experience as Brisbane Airports are linked with Gold Coast via Nerang Railways station where the quick and convenient bus service operates to Surfers Paradise . Once in Surfers Paradise lots of fun awaits visitors . While accommodated at top international style hotels one can plan the adventures in Gold Coast. Many theme and fun parks like Dream World ,Warner Bros. Movie World , Sea World, Wet and Wild present top entertainment and lots of fun . Tasty and exotic food at bars, clubs , small international and great eating places of world class at Palazzo Versace , where one can as well stay and enjoy true worldly atmosphere , with “ true blue” Australian friendly life style .
WMIG
Brisbane November 2014
Links to consider while planning visit:
- http://www.jetstar.com/au/en/home – Jetstar Airlines
- http://www.visitbrisbane.com.au/ – tourism information about Brisbane
- http://www.visitgoldcoast.com/things-to-do/ – information about Gold Coast
- http://themeparks.com.au/ – Theme Parks Gold Coast
Mitch Godziemba Swiat
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