Australia, Brisbane

Brisbane's trains and busses are easy and eficcient. A day pass for zone 1 which is the city and up to Fortutude Valley costs $4 and is valid for both.
We had great friendly service from Jade Brasington at Escape Travel, 217 George St. if you need to book any flight tickets or other travel stuff.
We did a trip out to Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo which is a Disneyland style zoo. The cheapeast and easiest way to get there was by train from Brisbane to Beerwah train station. We went on a Sunday and the return train trip which was a travelcard valid for zones 1-12 was $11.40. A zoo bus meets all incoming trains and takes you the 10 minutes to the zoo. Make sure you know the return train times and can get the corresponding bus so you make it back to Brisbane. The zoo was good with close up encounters with lots of animals and shows in the "crocoseum". A bit too showy but what else do you expect from a big name. The price was $34 with a backpackers cards holder discount.