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I can’t believe it’s been a year since I left Brisbane<\/a> to go on an internal exchange program to live and work in London. I also can’t believe that I’m at the end of what free days I’ve had in Australia before I fly back to London (yes, you guys have got me hooked). <\/p>\n

Thanks to all the people that managed to make time to see me on this whirlwind visit (again!). My apologies for those I didn’t get a chance to catch up with (but you’ll just have to visit me overseas!). I managed to spend plenty of time with the family, get to the beach briefly, and catch up with most people. I had a great dinner and a very enjoyable evening at the Belgian Beer Cafe<\/a> last night and worked off what ill-effects it had with a hearty breakfast at the ever wonderful Gunshop Caf\u00c3\u00a9<\/a> (shown below) this morning. <\/p>\n

\"Gunshop<\/a><\/div>\n

Brisbane city and especially West End continues to change, and it struck me at how inner-city apartment buildings have built up in such a short amount of time. I’m intrigued to see what effect the supply will have on the property market and how different city living will be in five year’s time. I also visited the Valley<\/a> for some tea but noticed that at least it had not changed too much.<\/p>\n

Petrol’s expensive at AUD1.40\/L (though maybe not compared to the English cost) and thankfully public transports improved slightly (they now have a 3am night train\/bus service) with prices only increasing by a little bit. <\/p>\n

\"Brisbane<\/div>\n

Finally the weather in Brisbane was as brilliant as ever with mostly cloudless but always radiantly blue skies for my entire visit. The temperature has averaged a good 23\u00c2\u00b0C during the day meaning t-shirts, shorts and flip-flops (but more colloquially called thongs<\/a>) though it does dip down to about 10 at night. <\/p>\n

This visit reminds me of how much I will miss but, in another way, of how much I can appreciate living overseas. Til next time Brisvegas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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