This is a perfect time to be writing this as my bus takes a 5 min detour via Southbank. "some serious structural problems have been uncovered. These problems have resulted in several on-ramps to the expressway being closed 'indefinitely'." I wonder if they're going to spend a lot of money and get this fixed right away, seeing that there isn't really any equivalent bridges acrossthe river, or if everyone in Brisbane is just going to have to adjust to general traffic chaos for a few years while they get around to it. Traffic in the city is a joke, and even when I'm catching a bus, there are still so many people driving that everything is so much slower. Maybe this whole mess will encourage more people to start taking public transport? Maybe if there was more 'bus lanes' and that kind of thing there would be a good reason to.
On the upside, I can now catch a bus across the river without having to get any connections. Might be handy for the weekend. I guess it's good that I can do everything on my laptop on the bus as I would be doing at home anyway.
Maz