Blocking my view!
We had the opportunity yesterday to break away from the house and birds and head into the city (Brisbane, Queensland) for a wander about and photos. I was starting to have photo withdrawal symptoms! Yesterday, Monday is a public holiday in Australia and makes up the fourth and last day of the Easter break. Businesses and many shops were shut although it was still very busy. We decided to use the bus so at the end of our day, walked across the Victoria Bridge which joins the top of the City mall (Queen Street, Brisbane's main street) with Southbank and South Brisbane etc. to pick up the bus at it's starting stop.
This view which has changed dramatically over the past couple of years and is still evolving looks downstream of the Brisbane River, the self same that flooded the city so badly early last year. On the extreme left is the still under construction Queen's Wharf project, consisting of casino, hotels, entertainment and eating precincts. Not open yet but parts of it at least can't be far off as I can see gardens on the exterior of one of the buildings. The next pointy building is Queensland Government administrative offices and commercial businesses. Right in the middle of the river is the new and uncompleted Neville Bonner pedestrian bridge that links Queen's Wharf and Southbank. Neville Bonner was the first indigenous (First Nations) person elected to the Australian parliament. He was a Senator in the upper house and passed away in 1999. I am sure he would be absolutely ashamed of the antics concerning our First Nations people in national politics at the moment had he still been alive. The bridge lifts towards the left by the way, my shot isn't crooked.
The river flows downstream from this point to the far end of Southbank before taking a hard 90+ degree left turn down the other side of the city. This river and the Thames in London could almost be twins in terms of their meandering course through both cities. On the far right are the Southbank Parklands, site of the 1988 World Expo and now a massive park and open air entertainment venue of many facets including massive swimming pools, restaurants, pubs and parkland of course.
Blocking my view!
We had the opportunity yesterday to break away from the house and birds and head into the city (Brisbane, Queensland) for a wander about and photos. I was starting to have photo withdrawal symptoms! Yesterday, Monday is a public holiday in Australia and makes up the fourth and last day of the Easter break. Businesses and many shops were shut although it was still very busy. We decided to use the bus so at the end of our day, walked across the Victoria Bridge which joins the top of the City mall (Queen Street, Brisbane's main street) with Southbank and South Brisbane etc. to pick up the bus at it's starting stop.
This view which has changed dramatically over the past couple of years and is still evolving looks downstream of the Brisbane River, the self same that flooded the city so badly early last year. On the extreme left is the still under construction Queen's Wharf project, consisting of casino, hotels, entertainment and eating precincts. Not open yet but parts of it at least can't be far off as I can see gardens on the exterior of one of the buildings. The next pointy building is Queensland Government administrative offices and commercial businesses. Right in the middle of the river is the new and uncompleted Neville Bonner pedestrian bridge that links Queen's Wharf and Southbank. Neville Bonner was the first indigenous (First Nations) person elected to the Australian parliament. He was a Senator in the upper house and passed away in 1999. I am sure he would be absolutely ashamed of the antics concerning our First Nations people in national politics at the moment had he still been alive. The bridge lifts towards the left by the way, my shot isn't crooked.
The river flows downstream from this point to the far end of Southbank before taking a hard 90+ degree left turn down the other side of the city. This river and the Thames in London could almost be twins in terms of their meandering course through both cities. On the far right are the Southbank Parklands, site of the 1988 World Expo and now a massive park and open air entertainment venue of many facets including massive swimming pools, restaurants, pubs and parkland of course.