The Corner Pub
I had to get this up before I was accused of uploading photos out of season! Not that my photos are ever really current, I am always dragging my feet.
One of the most picturesque, popular and famous pubs in Brisbane is the Regatta at Toowong. Suitably, it sits on the very busy Coronation Drive which parallels the Brisbane River out of town to the inner western suburbs. It's quite a difficult pub to get a broad view of because of the volume of traffic and the fact that the traffic lights there are always slowing or stopping cars make getting a clear shot almost impossible even at midnight!
So I took the corner of the side street and got the fine Jacaranda in shot. The iconic trees and their purple flowers are now on their very last flowering legs for the year replaced as always by the red Poinciana trees.
The hotel is superb, notice the beautiful wrought iron balustrades. It was a mid Sunday morning and breakfast was in full flight, perhaps brunch.
The keen eyed will notice behind the tree and on top of the building right above the corner, a little man in a black suit with a funny hat with four X's on it like this XXXX. For those not in the know this is Mr. Fourex, iconic symbol of what was the Castlemaine Perkins Brewing Company which made and continues to do so Queensland's most famous beer - naturally XXXX. In fact, as the crow flies, the brewery is just down the road where it has always been.
Here is some further reading if you are interested.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regatta_Hotel
The Corner Pub
I had to get this up before I was accused of uploading photos out of season! Not that my photos are ever really current, I am always dragging my feet.
One of the most picturesque, popular and famous pubs in Brisbane is the Regatta at Toowong. Suitably, it sits on the very busy Coronation Drive which parallels the Brisbane River out of town to the inner western suburbs. It's quite a difficult pub to get a broad view of because of the volume of traffic and the fact that the traffic lights there are always slowing or stopping cars make getting a clear shot almost impossible even at midnight!
So I took the corner of the side street and got the fine Jacaranda in shot. The iconic trees and their purple flowers are now on their very last flowering legs for the year replaced as always by the red Poinciana trees.
The hotel is superb, notice the beautiful wrought iron balustrades. It was a mid Sunday morning and breakfast was in full flight, perhaps brunch.
The keen eyed will notice behind the tree and on top of the building right above the corner, a little man in a black suit with a funny hat with four X's on it like this XXXX. For those not in the know this is Mr. Fourex, iconic symbol of what was the Castlemaine Perkins Brewing Company which made and continues to do so Queensland's most famous beer - naturally XXXX. In fact, as the crow flies, the brewery is just down the road where it has always been.
Here is some further reading if you are interested.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regatta_Hotel