Brisbane & Gold Coast Photo Tour

[Winston]

Drove up from Sydney to Brisbane and the Gold Coast around 620 miles or so and here are some pics from that trip. : )

Spending one last night with friends on NYE at my home city before I head off to Queensland:

On the road to Queensland:

On the road to Queensland:

The "Twin Towns" near the NSW & QLD state border:

More of the Twin Towns:

A beach in the Gold Coast:

Surfers Paradise's Skyline in the distance:

Beach:

Wildlife near the beach:

Panoramaic:

Another Beach:

Stuffed up Panorama:

Another pano:

Just any old street:

We'll revisit the Gold Coast again later but for now its up to Brisbane:

Stadium:

Roads leading into the City:

Roads leading into the City:

Brisbane CBD:

Skyscrapers in Brisbane:

Skyscrapers in Brisbane:

Skyscrapers in Brisbane:

Skyscrapers in Brisbane:

Brisbane:

Brisbane at Dusk:

To be continued...

Continued...

Heading out for some night views:

Brisbane CBD by Night:

Office Tower at Night:

Brisbane CBD by Night:

Brisbane CBD by Night:

Brisbane CBD Panorama by Night:

Heading out of the City the next day:

Some mountains, ignore the caption:

A closer view of one of the mountains:

Back to the CBD:

More CBD:

A Parking Meter:

Time to visit Chinatown, also known as Fortitude Valley:

Note the right hand side driving , also the American spelling of 'center', we spell it 'centre' normally:

Chinatown:

Pond in Chinatown:

Chinatown:

Chinatown:

Brisbane CBD:

Back to the Gold Coast again:

More GC:

GC Panorama:

Waterfront GC:

High-Rise in GC:

Another high-rise:

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Skyline:

High-rises:

Skyline:

Skyline:

A street in the GC:

A street in the GC:

Gold Coast:

Surfers Paradise (GC):

Surfers Paradise (GC):

GC:

Surfers Paradise welcome sign:

Skyscrapers in construction:

City Street:

City Street:

Monorail:

Time to head up to Mt. Tamborine for some nice skyline views:

Skyline:

Close up of Skyline:

Skyline & Road Sign:

Skyline & Road Sign:

Panoramic View:

Skyline:

Closer Skyline:

Very Steep Descent:

New Housing in the Hinterlands:

Flowers & Trees:

Broken Bridge:

Dracula's:

Q1 Tower:

Q1 Tower:

Q1 Tower - Vertical Pano:

At the Base of Q1:

High-Rise:

Another pano to grasp its height:

The other side of Q1:

Skyscrapers:

Back to Brissy:

Nightscene at Brisbane:

A Bridge:

Nightscene at Brisbane:

City Street in Brisbane:

Brisbane Casino:

Nightscene at Brisbane:

Flowered Archway:

Bridges over the Brisbane River:

Nightscene at Brisbane:

Brisbane Casino & Brisbane River:

Nightscene at Brisbane:

View of Brisbane from Mt. Coot-tah:

Restaurant at Mt. Coot-tah:

View of Brisbane from Mt. Coot-tah:

A Shopping Centre at Surfers Paradise:

Nightscene at Gold Coast:

Nightscene at Gold Coast:

Nightscene at Gold Coast:

Nightscene at Gold Coast:

Nightscene at Gold Coast, the left bit is the Q1 Tower residents' swimming pool:

Q1 Tower Base at Night:

Nightscene at Gold Coast:

Heading Back:

Night time at our half-way stop, Tamworth:

View from mountain of Tamworth:

Tamworth is a rural town in NSW:

The Golden Guitar, Tamworth is Australia's country music capital:

A random picture of the Big Banana at Coffs Harbour:

I also have many photos from the journey there and back like the one below:

But I won't be posting here since they aren't really urban photos.

Hope you enjoyed viewing,

Winston,

[Ronald]

Those are some great pics! I especially like the ones from the Gold Coast and Brisbane. They look like very modern cities. It's hard to believe everything there is so brand new!

[Mith242]

Wow, those are some great pics. Thanks for sharing them.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Awesome pics, thanks for posting them!