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Brisbane seems a bit more enlightened on the free wifi front - the council provide free wifi in 22 parks! The wifi in parks page includes a map of the parks with wifi, and where in the park you can find the hotspot (if the whole park / square isn't covered). Not sure about cafes / shopping centres etc, but if you can go and sit under a tree in the city ...

Difficult. You're probably going to want to spend a night. In which case you could take a car. IF you wanted to take the train, the service is the Queensland Rail Tilt Train. However, the earliest departure north is 11.55am, and you won't reach Bundaberg until 3.30pm. Coming back, depending on the day, you could be back in the morning if you get the ...

Yes, you can visit it! On days when parliament is sitting, there's a tour at 2pm, or you can watch from the public gallery. On Mondays to Fridays when parliament isn't sitting, there are tours at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. The tours take a little over half an hour, and you need to get there a little in advance as you need to clear security. The entrance is ...

Well, I am not the expert in Australia, but I love playing with Google Maps. Anyway after some playing I got this corner store which is 300 meters away, 4 minutes walking (I suppose it sells food because my search query was food): Also, there is a McDonald's 800 meters away (9 minutes walking) which seems risky since you will have 24 minutes.. if you ...

Realistically there's nothing near the station food-wise, with the exception of a Coke machine and a snack machine within the waiting room at the station itself (make sure you have coins!) Even though you may have a 24 minute wait, the process actually varies dramatically depending on how many people are on the bus(es). When the train arrives the buses ...

It's hard to say exactly what your goals are, but a few thoughts: The train may end up taking longer than bus, since buses go directly between Sydney and your desired destinations (see greyhound map and train map). If you are into overnight buses, you could consider taking one from Sydney to Byron Bay and hanging out there. Around $90 right now. This way ...

So how much is it for train or plane? Have you considered Premier Motor Services (Bus)? It quoted me $95 for one-way full fare Sydney-Brisbane. Or check out the hostel boards or this rideshare site; the route Sydney-Brisbane is quite popular and it should be easier to get an even cheaper lift where you are more flexible with routes and sightseeing. Byron ...

Brisbane Airport is not far from the city, and the Airtrain service takes you to the city centre in 20 minutes, running every 15 minutes. It's not cheap though: $30 for a return ticket. Allowing for 30 minutes to get out of the Airport and a reasonably safe 2 hour margin to be back before departure, that leaves you about 3 hours in the city. Brisbane ...

With the help of the very handy TransLink journey planner, it turns out it can be done just fine! Currently, there are no trains serving the Sunshine Coast (though a branch line is proposed). Instead, you need to take a Nambour Train from Roma Street Station or Central Station, and then change at somewhere like Woombye for the bus to the coast. The train ...

The SEEQ cards cost either $79 (3 days) or $129 (5 days), and they basically offer 3 things : 2 one-way trips on the Airtrain 3-5 days of unlimited travel on other TransLink services Discounts at various retailers Realistically, most of the "discounts" listed appear to be things that you'd expect to find in the free tourist guides/maps/etc available at ...