Brisbane

After arriving in Brisbane I spent quite a bit of time working at grading and adding two weeks of lessons for the online learning we are doing during the extended break. Time for a break from the computer.

I booked a tour for the afternoon so that I could get out and stretch my legs. The Story Bridge Adventure Climb looked interesting and it was a fair walk to it as well.

The bridge was built during the Great Depression using material sourced from Australia. It was a public works project that allowed employment and job skill training. It is a cantilever bridge and matters that it has no posts in the river itself.

My tour guide was great and provided all kinds of information about Brisbane which I will scatter about below.

We climbed up to a peak in the bridge and then towards the center before turning around and coming back the other side. You are tethered the whole way for safety.
Looking down at traffic at the halfway point of the walk.

On the way there I left the apartment building I’m staying at. I’m so glad to have a kitchen and cook for a few days. It was right next to the river and the Riverwalk that goes along the Brisbane River. There are paths on both sides of the river for easy travel and ferry boats to go from bank to bank.

The South Bank is a beautiful walk.
Not exactly sure what that art work is.
There is Mangrove forest along the edges.
An Ibis
The peace pagoda created by the Nepalese. There is beautiful intricate carvings and these pagodas can be found in other areas around the world.
A mural near the maritime museum.
In South Bank there are a few pools and a sand beach that people can swim in.
They also have a rainforest walk.
Kangaroo cliffs at kangaroo point. It gets its name when the area was first settled the kangaroos would eat all the grass farmers wanted fur their sheep, do they corralled them to the this area.
Yes you can climb the rocks.
There are beautiful gardens along the walk through South Branch.
There is also art work scattered around.
Art work outside a jazz club.
I thought this lizard was posing. Instead he was catching insects.

Near the end of my walk they had information on the settling of the area. It was credited to James Warner but actually 4 felons who integrated with the aborigines on Moreton Island used to row a canoe around the area and found the opening to the Brisbane River which at that time was difficult to find. They left maps and notes that were discovered much later.

I love how even people here are questioning the history we were taught. As in America, they were horrible to the aborigines and we made our own story.

Behind me is the four felons brewery. Of course I stopped later.

The Customs House. Now a restaurant is there but you can go inside to see.
This is the bridge I climbed as I look from the other side of the river.
The other side is equally beautiful.
Now that it is night, there are beautiful lights here. This was taken on a pedestrian bridge across the water as I headed back to the South Bank from the North.
The Ferris wheel on the South Bank. It is to give a great view of Brisbane as well.
The colours on this bridge is the lighting at night.

Now to check on student work, solve problems, and prepare for an island visit tomorrow.