Quiet Brisbane

I landed in Brisbane.  The way to the hotel is so so quiet.  Everything is closed by 7pm!  I stayed in a hotel right beside the train station and only one or two bars are opened and 7-eleven.  Luckily, there is 7-eleven.  Otherwise you cannot get anything after 7pm in Brisbane.  My host tells me it is a country town really.  I am in total agreement.  It is going back to rural living.