Why Brisvegas

Yes,...... but every other Capital City has the same. (OK maybe not Canberra, I can never even find a pub or shop there)

You never hear Melvegas, Las Adelaide, or Sydvegas.

Canberra ... ????? hehehehe


If you find a shop ... you have a found a pub.

Was the first place to allow grog to be sold alongside the cheese and crackers ....
( N.T. by default of course )

Saved the pollies all the stress and exertion of having to manage parking the car twice after a hard day at work .........

Also the first with those taxpayer money storage devices ... pokies ... I think they're called ???

Not to mention the centre of australias mail order porn industry .....

Has more right to be called "Vegas" ... than all of the other capital cities combined .... LOLOL

Troppo , Brisbane has the "valley " no other capital city in Aus has the same , first time that heard the term Brisvegas was round 20 yrs ago from visiting friends from Toowoomba ,all the lights ect , they thought they were in a different country ,LasVegas USA.

Axel..... ever heard of Kings Cross???

Cheers

Brian

Brian , Kings Cross Sydney has always been known as the "Cross " never heard it called anything but , whereas FortitudeValley in Brisbane was allways the "valley" and nowadays Brisvegas , all our capitals and major cities have a "redlight" area and the Cross was the first and still the largest but the "valley" had / has a 'different ' feel ,vibrance ,to the rest. ,,lol.

Sorry Axel, I misunderstood your Follow-up (621716)..... I get it now! LOL.....

Cheers

Brian

Doin the lap of Queen St, with a casual wave to Rock & Roll George, impressing the sheila's with a drink or two at Top of the State...


Siigghhhh

I still wave to Rock & Roll George and he still waves back, he walks around now, in West End all the time, the local fruit and vege ship alongside the tobacconist and downstairs from Huongs has a deal with him, he can take whatever he wants whenever he wants, their little contribution to keeping him alive. He popped in last saturday morning, picked out a peach, gave me a wink and walked out.

Geez

I still remember Rock & Roll George in his F J Holden doing the laps in the city, he is an Icon, even when the Trams were there, he would cruise around all night lap after lap, I'm happy to here he is still around.

PS, We used to do the laps to, in an FC Holden and then a E H Holden, but not as often as R & R George.

Cheers
Daza

Geez that takes me back, Top of the State and Rock & Roll George......

Compliments of Wiki...

"Bris Vegas, is a name given to the Australian city of Brisbane in Queensland. The source of the nickname, which some believe to have come from the relatively more cosmopolitan cities of Melbourne and Sydney,[1] has never been identified with certainty, although it has been connected with a Sydney Morning Herald headline, an Elvis Presley tribute CD[2] and the city's growing live music scene.[3] It is believed to have been first used in print in a 1996 edition of the Courier Mail,[2] also approximately the time of the opening of the Treasury Casino in Brisbane and the popularisation of poker machines in Brisbane bars and clubs. The name has also been attributed to the city's nightlife[4], relatively compact size of the central business district and previous lack of sophistication when compared with more populated Australian cities[5][6] and also to Las Vegas.[7]"

George_M

Matt
I've been to Geelong heaps of times and never had any delights offered to me. LOL

Matt,... were you in the Grey funnell line???????????, Pussers was a good learning curv for all of us.

Cheers for now...William H...Bunbury...WA.

Geeez, all the ol pussers on this site.

Have a mate who's parents wanted to surprise him on his first voyage, flew over to Singa, was told he was out with his mates, they went down to boogie st, yep walked into the bar, there he was ..... dance of the flames ..... mum was shocked, dad had a grin ..... the rest is history... lol

Lotzi

William,

Yep, just got out last year after 24 years. Kind of miss it in some ways, but not in others. Family life much easier, but now I have to pay to go out on a boat as well....

Matt.

Just mention you are having thoughts of getting back in and you will get permission to buy one.

Pete