Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Story Bridge Again

Sorry I just can't help myself.

I'm back! I heard it rained a lot while I was away but yesterday as we drove back from the airport, the sky was blue, the river was sparkling in the low winter sun and the light was bright and crisp making everything shine.

Thanks to everyone who visited while I was away.


Monday, June 29, 2009

Hibiscus


How inviting!

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June...oooh that's very soon...

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Window Shopping

I've featured this shop before - it's the Libertine purfumery on Hardgrave Road in West End. At night, when all is quiet, they leave the lights on for you so you can press your nose up against the window.
It's a bit shaky. Still waiting for my tripod!

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

GPO Passage




Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Friday, June 26, 2009

St. Stephen's Cathedral and Chapel


The Cathedral is on the left and the Chapel is on the right. The Chapel is the oldest church in Queensland with the first mass offered on the 12th of May, 1850.



Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Mondrian Building




Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 25)


By artist Elsje Downes. This one is the signal box for a little while and comes to you from William Street.



Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 24)




Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 23)

The artist, Alicia Lane, writes:

As this painting is situated on Creek St it is an abstract interpretation of the original watercourse and its remaining presence underground. Rock strata give way to flowing water which dissolves into atmospheric particles.

so there you have it. Good to look at, site specific and a science lesson all rolled into one!

And by the way, that's one of Brisbane's "yellow" cabs.


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 22)


This box is on the corner of Milton Road and Cribb Street with a nice view of the XXXX brewery. And that's what's on the box too. The artist is Jo Murphy who painted the fourth box I featured on this blog (here).
I haven't decided if it's to do with the environment or hangovers.


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 21)


Rugby League is the sport of choice for the majority of Brisbanites. The local team is the Broncos. I find it all eye-rollingly boring. Bunch of big blokes with poor inter-personal skills chasing around after eachother and a funny shaped ball in between fights. Sadly for me, some of my close friends regard it as a religion. This box is on Castlemaine Street which has the XXXX brewery on one side and the Suncorp Stadium (the self-proclaimed home of Rugby League). RrrRRRrrrr. Lots of testosterone round here.


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Traffic Stopping Art (number 20)

This one is from the archives but it still gracing the corner of Merivale and Melbourne Streets by artist Simon Degroot who seems to have painted the most signal boxes in Brisbane by far. Here, we have two for the price of one. Splendid.


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Crossroads

Taken from Riparian Plaza on a lazy Saturday...


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Morris Dancers (2)


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Morris Dancers

Here are the dancers that the accordian players from the last few posts were accompanying.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Accordian Player (3)


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Accordian Player (2)


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Accordian Player

When I was at the Brookfield Show I came across a bunch of Morris Dancers in the weirdest outfits. I thought it was all supposed to be white shirts, white faces and a few coloured ribbons... but I'm no expert. Anyway... the musicians were just as good to look at as the dancers.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Grange Rainbow


This was taken back in April in Grange, one of Brisbane's northern suburbs, by Sandra.
Thanks Sandra!

Skywatch Friday is a global blogging event. Check it out here.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Indian Take Away

You see these trees in parks all over Brisbane.

This one here is in the City Botanical Gardens. I should have really got a person in it to get an idea of scale. The base is about 4 metres across.

Did you know....the trees are native to India. They have a peculiar way of growing where they send aerial roots downwards to support large branches. The roots eventually develop into a new trunk and so the tree spreads. One in India covers 1.5 hectares!

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Flower Power

One of the most prolific flowers in Brisbane is bougainvillea. This particularly fine example was taken back in January and looks like it is beating the wall into submission.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Boundary Street Shops


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Another Neighboorhood Aerial

Lovely Queenslander houses.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Fenced Off


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Birdies


Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Arch With Riparian Plaza View (2)


This massive arch helps support the Story Bridge.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Mangrove at High Tide

West End.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Arch With Riparian Plaza View (1)


This is one of the original passenger arches that stood at the end of the old Victoria Bridge (destroyed 1969). The new bridge (finished 1970) can be partially seen here. Read all about it on The Foto Fanatic's blog here.

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.

Monday, June 1, 2009

June Theme Day: Feet

This white wall is part of Naldham House on Eagle Street, home to the Australasian United Steam Company, now known more commonly as The Polo Club. It was opened in 1889 and so has first-hand experience of Brisbane's three great floods... with markers on the wall to prove it: from the bottom up: 1896, 1974 and way up there is 1893. Accounts of the 1893 flood are biblical in proportion. All sorts of debris floated down the river. Houses, lifted off their stumps and furniture crashed loudly into the Victoria Bridge causing half of it to be washed away. The Indooroopilly Railway bridge was carried away too.

So what's this all got to do with feet?
Well in 1893, Edward Street in the city was under 8 feet of water and the official level in the city was 23 feet and 9 inches above the mean spring tide. This marker here at the Polo Club looks like it's about 17 feet but I didn't have my tape measure with me.


Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Posting magically continues despite me being on me hols. Back in late June.
Related Posts with Thumbnails