Brisbane Local Custom Tips by Aleyd

I still can't put my finger on why I love Vegemite. Maybe growing up on it helps!

Each day at work I have at least 2 slices of toast with margarine & Vegemite. As Vegemite is very salty (& definately savoury not sweet), I use about 3 times as much margarine as Vegemite. I find a very fine spread of Vegemite best, or else the taste is too overpowering.

If trying Vegemite for the first time, either try a very small, thinly spread amount on bread, toast or a savoury biscuit/cracker. Then if you like it, experiment with the ideal amount for you. Vegemite is definately a very individual thing!

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Website: http://www.vegemite.com.au/

One thing I always have problems with is finding a local radio station that suits my tastes.

Following is a list of some of the FM Radio Stations in Brisbane. (Have tried to describe each station, but at the end of the day music is such a personal thing. The numbers are close, so give them all a go!)

Triple M = FM104.5 - 80s, 90s & today, wide variety - http://www.triplemrocks.com.au/

97.3FM Brisbane = FM97.3 - tends to be a lot of top 30, but more variety than Nova - http://www.973fm.com.au/

B105 = FM105.3 - tends to be a lot of top 30, but more variety than Nova - http://www.b105.com.au/

Nova = FM106.9 - mainly current top 30 & some older ex top 30 songs - http://www.nova1069.com.au/novaMain.aspx

Triple J = FM107.7 - plays more alternative music than the main stream radio stations - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/

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Cricket is practically our national sport.

In Brisbane most inter-state and international matches are held at the Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground, located in Wooloongabba). There are both day and night matches held here. The Gabba has a bus stop right next to it. If you are catching a train you can get out at the South Brisbane stop, as there is a bus station right across from it. Address = Vulture Street Woolloongabba, QLD 4151. Phone = +61 (0)7 3008 6166

www.baggygreen.com.au has information on all matches that are on in Australia, as well as anything you could ever really want to know about cricket.

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Phone: +61 (0)7 3008 6166
Website: www.baggygreen.com.au

Public Holidays (in Brisbane) for 2006

Note: Public holidays can vary by state and city.

02 Jan New Years Day Holiday
26 Jan Australia Day
14 Apr Good Friday
15 Apr Easter Saturday
17 Apr Easter Monday
25 Apr Anzac Day
01 May Labour Day
12 Jun Queens Birthday
16 Aug Royal Queensland Show Day
25 Dec Christmas Day
26 Dec Boxing Day

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Zigzag Street by Nick Earls (fictional) - Would recommend to a 15+ audience.

(following is jacket blurb from Zigzag Street.)

Richard Derrington is twenty-eight and single. More single than he'd like to be. More single than he'd expected to be, and not coping well. Since Anna trashed him six months ago he's been trying to find his way again. He's doing his job badly, playing tennis badly, stalled at the start of renovating and wondering when things are going to change.

Zigzag Street covers six weeks of Richard's life in the house his grandparents built at Brisbane's Red Hill. Six weeks of rumination, chaos, poor judgement, interpersonal clumsiness and, eventually, hope, as he stumbles from one incident to another.

Richard's trying to be a nineties man, longing to be desirable, searching for calm, but things are only getting more out of control. Zigzag Street is his story.

Nick Earl's official website is: http://www.nickearls.com/

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He Died With a Felafel In His Hand by John Birmingham (fictional) is about a young guy and his experiences of share-house living in Brisbane.

John Birmingham has lived with eighty-nine people and kept notes on all of them. This is their story. (from the official website)

There is a film called 'He Died With A Felafel In His Hand'. It is very loosely based on the book, and condenses a lot of the share-houses in to 3 main ones.

Tasmanian Babes Fiasco is the sequel to He Died With A Felafel In His Hand.

John Birmingham's official website is: http://www.duffyandsnellgrove.com.au/authors/birmingham.htm

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