7 January 2025 | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Hotels
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© John Robert McPherson/cc-by-sa-4.0
The Spirit of Queensland is a
Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a
diesel-powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the
North Coast line between
Brisbane and
Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres (1,045 mi). At the start of 2015, it replaced the diesel-hauled train
The Sunlander.
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22 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien | Rubric: General
Reading Time: 8 minutes
Queenslander architecture © Kgbo/cc-by-sa-4.0
Brisbane is the
capital and most populous
city of
Queensland and the
third-most populous city in
Australia and
Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of
South East Queensland, which includes several other regional centres and cities. The
central business district is situated within a peninsula of the
Brisbane River about 15 km (9 mi) from its mouth at
Moreton Bay. Brisbane is located in the hilly
floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the
Taylor and
D’Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several
local government areas, most centrally the
City of Brisbane. The
demonym of Brisbane is
Brisbanite.
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