Simon and I took in the first day of the Ashes at the Gabba (with a guest appearance from Ant who flew up from Wagga Wagga for the day). It's not your typical cricket ground - looks a bit too uniform and ordered to have the character which other Test ghrounds have. Sadly England showed a little of the old brittleness faced with average Aussie bowling, but we had a good day out all the same. Finishing with beers by the river as the sun went down. Tragically, we left the sombreros in the pub.
The Aussies from Brisbane whom I have met have been a little negative about Brisbane - I wouldn't be so down on the place myself. It's not Sydney or Melbourne, but is wonderfully less pretentious than either place and has some fine eateries and a nice setting.
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