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Brisbane PT patronage growth

Can we see the effects of the fare cut yet?

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Brisbane 2025

Brisbane’s busways

Some thoughts on Australia’s biggest Bus Rapid Transit deployment

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Brisbane 2025

Monday: home time

Monday morning, and sadly time to head home from Brisbane. At home in Victoria it was Kings Birthday (still doesn’t sound quite right), but in Queensland they have that later in the year, so it was a standard weekday. I walked with my sister back to the Cultural Centre bus station again – she was  ... [More]

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Brisbane 2025

Brisbane: south to north

(As usual with my travelogues, this is backdated to the day.) Sunday morning in Brisbane. More perfect weather! We planned a visit to University of Queensland. By the lake is a bench in memory of my dad, so it’s a must for our family holidays. Last time I was there, the bench was looking a  ... [More]

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Brisbane 2025

Exploring Brissie

Saturday morning in Brisbane, fine weather, low 20s again. I could scarcely believe it was winter. We headed out to explore South Bank and the Cultural Centre. The Cultural Centre does what it says on the tin – it’s got the State Library, Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Museum, Performing Arts Centre… and an  ... [More]

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Brisbane long weekend

For those of you who follow my blog for the public transport content, the next few posts will be one of my travelogues… but of course you will also find some PT observations in here. I quite like a winter warmer getaway, and this year an option presented itself: Brisbane for my aunt’s 80th birthday  ... [More]