Brisbane

Beside Sydney and Melbourne Brisbane was treated as a stepbrother and was not more than a sleepy small city until a few years ago, but it is now the third largest city in Australia, and has become the tourist centre of the country.

Brisbane numbers

Population: 2,043,185 persons
Area: 5904.8 km2
Distances: Brisbane - Sydney 931 km, Melbourne - Brisbane 1692 km
Weather and Geography

The weather in Brisbane is humid, subtropical. The summers are humid and hot, the winters are dry and hot. The highest temperature they have ever measured is 43.2 ° C and the coldest is 0 ° C.
Brisbane is situated in the South-East corner of Queensland, along the Brisbane River, but the coast of Moreton Bay was only reached by the suburbs.
Brisbane basically hilly city and some of the "mountains", such as the Mount Coot-tha or Herbert Taylor Range reach even the 300 meters height.

Transport

Brisbane has an extensive transportation network, both within the city and outside, you can reach regional centers, interstate or overseas destinations. Nevertheless, Brisbane vast majority of the residents use cars for transportation.
The Brisbane public transport is divided into three branches: the bus and ferry services, as well as the local train. The center of the bus service is in the business district of Brisbane, paches start from here to different parts of the city.
The high-speed ferries, they call them CityCat in Brisbane, ply on the river. It is a popular mode of the travel among those who live in downtown and the tourists.

Sports

Brisbane is the centre of the vivid sporting life of Queensland.
As it was already mentioned in connection with Queensland, Brisbane is the first in rugby on the continent; at least this seems to be supported by the unbroken winnings in recent years. But of course, besides rugby football, cricket, netball, and even baseball are still in the Brisbane sporting palette.
Therefore it is not surprising that Brisbane is home of a number of prestigious sporting event, such as the 1982 Commonwealth Games and the 2001 Goodwill Games; many times the rugby and cricket world cup and even some parts of the 2000 Summer Olympics were held here.
The community sports also have great popularity in the city; a great example of this is the Bridge to Brisbane running competition.

Culture and recreation

As mentioned in the introduction, tourism plays a major role in Brisbane's life, as most tourists arrive here after Sydney and Melbourne every year. The most popular tourist destinations: a variety of beautifully arranged parks, such as the City Botanic Gardens or the South Bank Parklands, but undoubtedly the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is what makes the biggest sensation, not only in the city, but also across the country. The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is nothing more than a park for Australian native animals. There are exotic snakes and birds; visitors can feed the kangaroos but the biggest sensation is the embracing the koalas.