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Good Riddance Oswald
The swollen river taken from the Story Bridge. Over the past couple of days water has closed the footpath along this part of the river. Many of the ferry pontoons are affected by flood water. This...
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Creating a Sand Mandala 2
Updating the progress of the Sand Mandala – see my Previous Post These shots were taken on day three and as you can see the work of Lama Khedup Bhutia is almost complete. And the Sand Mandala is on...
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Dragon Boats on the Brisbane River
Fast and furious describes the sport of Dragon Boat Racing. Corporate and social teams, serious competitors and those out for a days fun joined the Brisbane River Dragons for some racing as part of...
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Taiko – Japanese Drumming
The rhythm and beat of Japanese drums entertain the crowds at this years Dragon Boat Races. There is something hypnotic about the sound, the way it pulsates through the body, it energizes you to the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
Under the circumstances this is possibly as close to a kiss as you are going to get without touching. Aerial aerobatics courtesy of the Red Arrows, display team of the Royal Air Force. Location:...
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Traffic Signal Boxes
We appreciate them when we need to cross a busy intersection; we curse them when we are in a hurry, but there is no getting away from it, traffic lights are a feature of urban life. As part of the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
An occasional visitor to Brisbane the Antonov AN-124 is the world’s second largest cargo aircraft in operation. As jets don’t fly in reverse, and on the ground they have to be pushed backwards by a...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details
The Elusive Trifecta Sometimes Queenslander’s cross the Tweed and head south. Not so much Ambling Around Brisbane but rather meandering around Melbourne at present. I’ve been in a few Hotels, Motels...
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Eyeballing Melbourne
Not Crazy John but one of the ‘Three Businessman’ by Alison Weaver and Paul Quinn. Located on the corner Swanston and Bourke streets, its one of Melbourne’s better known pieces of public art. The city...
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The Canvas is Full
The Canvas is Full A blaze of colour, the pungent odor of aerosol fumes, the haphazard layering of the art and the unexpected tidiness of the footpath, its all too much. A first time visitor to the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense
Patiently Waiting After a very early start and a long drive we find ourselves standing in a field, cold and damp from the morning dew waiting for the sunrise to bring some warmth …. and lift off.
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Colours
Colours of the Rainbow Over the past couple of days Brisbane has hosted the Rainbow Warrior. Promoting Greenpeace’s “Save the Reef” campaign the vessel was berthed at our Cruise Terminal on the...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
Up on the cliffs, lighting up the way is Cape Byron Lighthouse. A two hour drive south of Brisbane, Cape Byron is the easternmost point on the Australian mainland. A well known stopping off point for...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture – ANZAC Day
Someone has to be in charge. ANZAC was the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey early on the morning of 25 April 1915 during...
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The World’s Longest Party – Remembered
For six months in 1988 Brisbane entertained the world at what locals labelled the ‘worlds longest party’, World Expo 88. Nearly sixteen million visitors turned up to enjoy the spectacle, at what was...
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‘Queens-land-er’
The resting place of Henry Charles Rawnsley who died in 1873 “Queens-land-er, Queens-land-er”, screem the fans from the terraces. State of Origin is here once again. Queensland versus New South Wales....
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Showtime
Ekka….. the annual agricultural show of Queensland. Formally known as the Royal Queensland Show, held at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. I’m on the bus heading home from the Ekka. Aching feet, head...
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