For those who want last minute selfies with Brisbane skyline there are some great views of the city from the panoramic windows located at the southern end of the terminal.
From what I remember about Brisbane International Airport is that it's very busy in the early morning hours. Most international departures and arrivals going to North America seem to leave before 10am. Some international arrivals land during the middle of the night and they open some shops at that time especially for random flights. I remember actually picking someone up at 3am one time as BNE has no curfew and some shops were open. It was a Brunei Airlines flight from the UK.
Typical. Show what makes it look clinical and what the system wanted. A bullshit tour that can’t and would never have let society see the real Pentridge and the degrading place it was 50 yrs ago, the brutal treatment of prisoners and just what happened in the hard days. I bet the tour guides are ex screws or people that have never been in the place. The names of the real hard men who stood up to its torture, names like Chris Flannery who wore constant bashings, the infamous sexual degrading in the Governors office with a baton, but was the real reason behind the shutting down of H Division. Dozens of real stories, not out of the mind of Chopper Reed, By all means build your hi rise apartments and shopping centre, but just for the record, these things are built on the graves and suffering of hundreds and hundreds of men who saw the demolition of C Division ( Dodge City) The E Division Riots, The Boys Division (The Yogs) The mad Division ( Very few would remember its existence.) That long walk from D Division after being classified.. Most wish to have the experience kept in the closet but some choose to have their stories of the true and real versions of what H.M.Prison was like. R.I.P Chris, Archie, Robbo and all my old mates who’ve passed..
Fun fact, the last Queensland railway crossing with a bell is actually located in this area, at 0:17, but in 2014 they upgraded to the new alarms and the old crossing has been entirely removed
Fun vlog, But the CBD China Town is a vestige of the 19th and 20th century . An era, well past it's use by date, when Australia rejected Chinese culture and people. Move on to the 21st century, and things are different. Today, China Town is in Box Hill in Melbourne's east. Here, the slap of the mahjong tiles fill the air and the breath of the dragon is palpable. Marvelous Melbourne Dr M
It takes about 7-10 mins walk from Central Station. I didn’t walk around late at night so I don’t know if it is safe but there are a lot of people in that area during day and evening time.
I think it has slightly less meth junkies there that yell at you and have fights, car jackings happen at Clifford Gardens instead. Ah toowoomba 20 years in the place and how the crime rate has gone through the roof, not just youth crime either.
Sydney Metro started running fully automated driverless Alstom Metropolis TS sets from Chatswood (platforms 2 and 3) to Tallawong via North Ryde, Macquarie Park, Macquarie University and Epping (platforms 5 and 6) in May 2019, the ECRL (Epping to Chatswood Rail Link) was run by Sydney Trains for 10 years having been built in 2009 and in September 2018, Tangara T sets T74 and T53 were given the honours of running the very last Sydney Trains double decker train across the ECRL before the ECRL was handed over to Sydney Metro, Sydney Metro is currently undergoing works to extend the Metro from Tallawong to Bankstown in 3 stages, Stage 1 is Tallawong to Chatswood which is already built and carrying passengers, stage 2 is from Chatswood to Sydenham running underneath Sydney Harbour and stage 3 is from Sydenham (platforms 1 and 2) to Bankstown, major works on the T3 Bankstown line are due to start in early 2024 to fully convert the T3 Bankstown line from Sydenham (platforms 1 and 2) to Bankstown, Metro testing is currently underway between Chatswood (platforms 2 and 3) and Sydenham (platforms 1 and 2) to enable stage 2 of Sydney Metro to open to the public in 2024
Grew up in the area in the 60's and 70's , its lost its charm and convict history and is now a sub continent and middle eastern enclave ,not many people around who were there 50 years ago its so foreign rare to hear English spoken just terrible.
Avoid sleeping at the food court area @2:39 The music from the speaker is quite loud all night. The other far end close to Flight Centre @5:16 will be more quiet. Have an nice trip.
Up to $10.33 each way, but Opal Card fares are capped, so the most you pay for any trip/s on the system per day, whether its by any combination of train, bus, metro, light rail or ferry.is $18.70 most days or $9.35 Fri to Sun.
This was awesome. I have not been to the rocks since I was 11. It looks different for sure. It’s such a lovely place I feel drawn to. The history is awesome. 😊
