The Davis Cup in Brisbane.

Yay, we get to go, it was my birthday gift. Couldnt get tickets for the Friday, which had the two singles, by the time we looked, there was only five tickets left and none were together so thats no fun. We went to see the Saturday session which is the doubles match.

We drove down to the station, far easier and cheaper to go by train, only to find the carpark our side of the station was closed. Hopefully there would be space on the other sidr, we drove around and surprise surprise there was plenty of room. Parked walked in and swiped our cards, discussed the best place to get on when a woman who was waiting told us that there were no trains, only rail buses. Great!

Just then the bus pulls up and we pile on, lucky it did only stop at three more stations before we got into the city, then we had to get a train to Roma street, then another train to the tennis centre.

Our seats were pretty good and venue is brilliant so couls see eveything. The match was good, it went for almost four hours.

After the train service was pretty crap as they had not allowed for so many people wanting to use the service. Rail staff had to hold people on the walkway over the lines for some time as the platform was full. Then they announced that the next train was an express and not stopping. We had already been on the platform for about fifteen minutes. Thankfully someone had some sense and another announcement told us that it would be stopping. The train wasnt even that crowded when we got on, we both got a seat.

Took that train through to Bowen, which was the furthest north the trains were going and had to stand in the rain waiting fot the bus. Two and half hours after the tennis finished we got home, normally its just over an hour travel.

Great tennis even though we lost.

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