Have just got home after a quick and busy trip to Brisbane. Flew up on Friday with a recovering sprained ankle to meet mum and dad who had just spent the past week on the Gold Coast. We had an apartment booked at Kangaroo Point which is straight across from the Gabba!
Friday night we had a great night out at Byblos at the Brisbane wharf area – it was exactly like the Melbourne Docklands surround. It was my mum’s Aunties 80th Birthday and the food was delish – kibbeh, Siyadiya, tabouli… ohhhh it was all good and a wonderful, very family orientated night. (For a lot of family that I have never met before)
On Saturday morning, we all took a walk from our apartment around the back area of Kangaroo Point to the Brisbane river where we were able to take a great ferry ride up past the State Library area of the river and then back around and down, under the Story Bridge and further on. We then took a steep steep steep walk back to the Apartment to get ready for the footy.
With the Gabba being so close, we had dinner in the Lions dining room (there were some ‘Pie supporters in there so it was all good…) After the game and walking back we actually realised that the German Club was just across the road for the Gabba so that would have been an awesome place to grab dinner – at least we know for next time.
Walking around the Gabba is a crazy exercise in logisitics and reading strange signs. We got our seats eventually and they were up quite high… but the atmosphere was as close to experiencing those days back in the outer at Vic Park as I could remember. The stand was full of Collingwood supporters – and VOCAL Collingwood supporters at that. It was amazing and it felt more Collingwood than the Ponsford ever has.
Another bonus of the Gabba – they serve Chiko Rolls at the footy!! AMAZING!!! It is worth flying to Brisbane for that alone.
In the end, it was an great match as we won convincingly!
Lack of real public transport access to the Gabba as well as no car parking would have made for an interesting experience if we weren’t staying so close. 30 minutes after the siren went, I was already in my Pjs!