Transportation...

I finally have a GoCard. A GoCard is like NY's MetroCard, it's cheaper to travel with a GoCard then it is if you pay with cash. When you hop onto a bus or enter a train station, you tap your card upon entry and then also when you get off, as you pay the distance that you travel, or should I say within zones. When transferring between buses and/or trains you pay something less than $1.  You can set up the card to automatically top up when it gets to a certain balance. It expires after 20 years, so it's not a constant worry. Seniors have a red card, children (5-14 yr olds) have a yellow one. (These expire on the child's 15th birthday.) Blue ones are the general standard ones, and they also have Concession cards which are green. There are four different concession cards: Secondary schools students (full-time) - which is high school. Tertiary students (any education beyond high school). Pensioners - which is confusing to me as they have their own red cards. Defense force veterans. 

For my car I have a GoVia account which is like the EZPass, only thing is, you never have to slow down or stop to pay the toll, you keep driving at the regular speed of 60kmh which is about 40mph and it reads it. Then the speed inside the tunnel goes up to 80kmh which is about 50mph.  There is no bottlenecking like at the Tappan Zee Bridge or any other major crossings. There are many tunnels running through Brisbane, and it's really cool. They have this one called the Inner-City Bypass and it cuts through the city, and you don't have to pay to use it. There's an Airport Link tunnel that's just up the way from this place and it's great if you need to get to the airport as it cuts down travel time and avoids traffic congestion in the city.