[BahamaPapa]

I did a search and I didn't find a thread specifically dedicated to Brisbane so I figured I'd start one. I got my working holiday visa and I'm heading to Brisbane in a couple weeks. This isn't a Slubu pillages Russia type trip. I'm going to have to work. My plan is to live in Queensland for 6 months and then hit New South Wales for 6. With that much time to play with I can always pack up and bounce to Sunshine or Gold Coast if I don't like Brisbane. Most of the other Australia threads have a lot of "don't go here, go there" fluff or "it was like this 5 years ago when I was at place X" nostalgia. I want to keep this thread with current intel on Brisbane.

Accommodation- Everyone knows that if you live too far from the action it can cock-block you but as I said before I don't have the funds to cop a plush pad with a jacuzzi on the balcony. So where's the best place to live if you're not sitting on a mountain of cash but still want to be within striking distance?

Best Cell Phone Provider- I plan on sticking to the city and making trips to Sunshine and Gold Coast.

Best Bank- I don't wanna pay anymore fees than I have to.

Fitness- Where's the best place to go to move some weight? Ideally it would have a basketball court too.

Online Gaming- I primarily night game but I'll go fishing if it's worth it.

Nightlife- I don't really have a preference on type of venue. I try to go wherever the trim is at.

These are the questions that I have off the top of my head. Any info would be appreciated whether it's left here or through pm.

[Que enspastic]

Good luck with Brisbane. it's reputedly average in terms of quality of women but easy as fuck to get some action.

[Que enspastic]

I haven't been there. This is purely anecdotal.

[T and A Man]

On the stuff that is current

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Best Cell Phone Provider-

For a foreigner who indicates he will mainly be in cities, coverage isn't your priority, so probably Virgin Mobile or Optus.

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Best Bank-

Banks don't compete in Australia, they are all equally price gougers.

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Online Gaming-

Online gaming in Australia is amongst the worst in the world, it is a complete waste of time.

[tiggaling]

Brisbane. I have spent far too many hours talking about this city.

In general the place is perceived to be kind of backwards by the rest of Australia. It is a kind of a no-mans land, where actual people actually do live. But really the people are alright, kind of friendly - just don't expect.... much. And be furiously glad and grateful if you meet a good and solid gang of folks there, or even a handful.

Nightlife is mostly limited to two places - the west end and the city. It is sort of small and condensed. Pretty girls are around like everywhere. And there are hot scandinavian chicks at even the dodgier places.

West end is a good place to live.

>I can always pack up and bounce to Sunshine or Gold Coast

Yeah, well, it is all quite similar. If you like the Beach, the Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast is where it is at. I don't like either place too much.

Best cell provider is Telstra. Online gaming is a waste of time. Get your daygame on.

[+BMDT+]

(09-07-2013 01:14 AM)tiggaling Wrote:  

Brisbane. I have spent far too many hours talking about this city.

In general the place is perceived to be kind of backwards by the rest of Australia. It is a kind of a no-mans land, where actual people actually do live. But really the people are alright, kind of friendly - just don't expect.... much. And be furiously glad and grateful if you meet a good and solid gang of folks there, or even a handful.

Nightlife is mostly limited to two places - the west end and the city. It is sort of small and condensed. Pretty girls are around like everywhere. And there are hot scandinavian chicks at even the dodgier places.

West end is a good place to live.

>I can always pack up and bounce to Sunshine or Gold Coast

Yeah, well, it is all quite similar. If you like the Beach, the Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast is where it is at. I don't like either place too much.

Best cell provider is Telstra. Online gaming is a waste of time. Get your daygame on.

just go and vibe man and dont' think so much about it. I went there and had sex every day. then went up to the goldcoast and also hit byron bay. doesn't matter where you are in australia, the girls Bang.

[SeanBateman]

Here's my take after spending some time there this year:

Accommodation - West End. It's a cool neighborhood that is walkable and has good food, cool bars and pretty girls. The CBD (central business district, Australian speak for downtown) has pretty girls coming and going from work in the day and at the after work type bars in the evening. The CBDs of Australian cities are generally more lively in the evening than the downtown areas of American cities which tend to empty after work. Saint James Street is also a cool area with good shopping for menswear if you need to step up your fashion game.


Best Cell Phone Provider - I use Telstra and have no issues, even in the rural Western Australia desert. Skip Vodafone.

Best Bank- Can't help there but I'm sure they are all comparable.

Fitness - Anytime Fitness is a chain of gyms that has locations all over the country and, as their name implies, is open 24 hours. I have been to a lot of them and in my experience they are basic facilities but clean and properly operated. There is a squat rack. There is not a basketball court. I'm not sure how many basketball courts you will find in Australia.

Online Gaming - Can't help on this one, but there are plenty of girls out and about in the neighborhoods that I mentioned above so I would say skip it.

Nightlife - Timeout Brisbane is a good resource for what is new and cool and good. The West End has some good cocktail bars that are kind of hipster-ish but not annoyingly so. The CBD has some clubs but to be honest they seem to be mostly full of trashy and chunky Queensland girls who roam the streets at night in big ugly herds. Australian guys also like to punch people in the face after midnight. For me, the West End cocktail bars are the best bet. They can be hit and miss in terms of crowds so wander around and poke your head into a few. A place called Sling has a tiny little bar in the front with a huge open area in the back, worth a look. Also, be forewarned that you can easily spend $17 on a cocktail. Australia is fuckin expensive.

General - As an American I have noticed that my accent goes a lot further in Brisbane than in Sydney or Melbourne. In Sydney it can be hard to find an actual Australian person in some areas like Bondi Beach, it's a very international city. And residents of both Sydney and Melbourne think of themselves as quite cool and are therefore hard to impress without implementing some advanced level social game that is beyond the scope of this post. But Brisbane is much less diverse so a foreign accent get noticed much more, often being received with wide eyes and big smiles. Generally, Australian girls are up for it. They are approachable and have good attitudes, at least in terms of having a drink and chatting and transitioning easily and quickly to the bang. I have not dated any for longer than a couple months but due to their largely gender neutral culture and willingness to bang I suspect the girls are not very trustworthy on a longer term basis. But it is a nice place. The warm weather and beaches make for a generally fit and relaxed and attractive population of white people. Combine the good aspects of California (beaches, weather, sophisticated cities) and the UK (beer, functional Anglo business environment) and remove most of the bad (crime and immigrant overpopulation in California, horrible weather and ugly girls in the UK) and you have Australia. Australians seem to all have well paying jobs and a very large middle class, perhaps similar to what America was in the 1950's in terms of income distribution, so the playing field is fairly level. They do not seem to understand sarcasm very well, so a positive and fun attitude is your best bet. It took some time for me to figure this out and shed my pseudo-hipster brooding game. Basically they all like to BBQ, go to the beach, drink and bang. I've had more than one Aussie guy with a big smile on his face ask me if I've "had a crack" at their women. I have been happy to say yes.

[tiggaling]

Oh yeah, there is also Fortitude Valley (the valley), but yeah, it is pretty average there. What SeanBateman said, bars in the west end is largely where it is at.

[BahamaPapa]

(09-07-2013 01:20 AM)+BMDT+ Wrote:  

just go and vibe man and dont' think so much about it. I went there and had sex every day. then went up to the goldcoast and also hit byron bay. doesn't matter where you are in australia, the girls Bang.

When did you go to Brisbane? What spots did you hit?

[Que enspastic]

(09-07-2013 03:43 AM)SeanBateman Wrote:  

And residents of both Sydney and Melbourne think of themselves as quite cool and are therefore hard to impress without implementing some advanced level social game that is beyond the scope of this post.

Agree with this, at least for Melbourne.

In London I was asked what I thought of Dalston, which is seen as the "coolest" place in town these days, supplanting Shoreditch.

I said it's basically the same thing as back home, nothing too special, nothing I haven't seen before.

It's hard to be cool because being cool is "mainstream" so in reality, you think you're cool but really you're just average. But leave for another city and then you stand out straight away because other city populations have no style and shit taste in music and bland, boring bars, etc.