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Introducing Brisbane

It may be Australia’s third-largest city, but for the longest time Brisbane was seen as something of a poor cousin to Sydney and Melbourne: a sleepy country town hiding behind a big city façade. In recent years, however, Brisbane has stirred from its slumber and is casually emerging as one of the most desirable places to live in Australia with an estimated 1000 people packing their bags and moving up here every week.

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Of course locals have always known that Brissie offers the perfect lifestyle and it doesn’t take visitors long to understand why. Despite the transformation into a sleek, cosmopolitan city complete with world-class art galleries, a booming live music scene and a fabulous café culture, Brisbane still retains the laid-back, easy attitude of a small community.

No doubt the lazy subtropical climate, gently curving Brisbane River and rich cultural flavours of its many neighbourhoods also have something to do with its appeal. But mostly people love Brisbane because it’s a ritzy city with a down-to-earth attitude and home to some of the friendliest locals in Oz.

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Last updated: Feb 20, 2012

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  1. Groo avatar
    RE: hitch hiking out of Brisbane

    by Groo 27 May 2012

    Hitching was so simple once. It's such a shame that paranoia and road improvements have made it difficult. It still works well in the…
  2. brother_no_2 avatar
    RE: hitch hiking out of Brisbane

    by brother_no_2 27 May 2012

    doctornono,, i fully agree, i'd assume hitchiker killers are on to this allready and have mobile phone jammers on hand for just such occasio…
  3. rankzerg avatar
    RE: hitch hiking out of Brisbane

    by rankzerg 27 May 2012

    right on. cheers for the info

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