It’s kind of funny how we au pairs go about meeting people down under. We’re all a part of this Facebook group for nannies in Brisbane and girls post on it every day trying to get together to meet new people. We’ll post our suburbs to find girls in our area, and we’ll share our time off to find travel buddies. This weekend, one of the girls suggested a good old Aussie barbeque for her birthday, and all the nannies flocked to Southbank’s Picnic Island. Just beyond the beach is Picnic Island, which is pretty much just a park with BBQ’s all around to grill our burgers and sausages. It was a beautiful sunny, warm day and about 30 girls from all around the world showed up to meet, eat some food, make some friends, and enjoy our days off of work. I was able to meet some really sweet girls who live around me, and a few of us have already started planning some trips to Melbourne and the Great Barrier Reef!

Nannies BBQ at Picnic Island

After the BBQ, I spent the day wandering around Southbank’s markets with a couple girls, and then my friend Kelsey and I went to our first AFL game – Aussie footy! We went to the Gabba with some Australian friends to sip on beers and cheer on the Lions. It was a long, late night, but we had heaps of fun in our new city.

Dave, Kelsey, me and Benny at the Lions game