City Botanic Gardens & Goodwill Bridge

Brisbane - We continued our Sunday heritage walk from St Stephen's Cathedral to Brisbane City Botanic Gardens located at the Albert / Edward Street.  It was spacious with many families out jogging and playing at nearby sand pits or greens.   There are lots of fauna and birds to look at.

entrance to the Botanic Gardens

lots of greenery

From there we passed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) campus and walked towards Goodwill Bridge.  This bridge is meant only for pedestrians and cyclists only.

me and my sons

upward stretch of the bridge

This bridge stretches from Brisbane city to Southbank and we have been walking for hours.  The view of the sunset on the Brisbane river is scenic and beautiful.

Brisbane river

At the Southbank side of the river, there is another University campus - GriffithUniversity.  This is a public and new University conferred only in 1971 and named after the premier of Queensland.

Griffith University

We found this cafe along George Street which offered reasonably price steak that comes with fresh vegetables and french fries.

murals on the cafe's wall

Beautiful Brisbane Heritage Churches

Brisbane - Bisbane has many beautiful heritage churches within her city.

St John's Cathedral

This beautiful cathedral is situated along Ann Street next to Cathedral square.   St John's Cathedral is the Anglican Cathedral of Brisbane.

inside St John's Cathedral

Another heritage church is St Stephen's Cathedral along Edward Street.   This is a Roman Catholic Cathedral.

buildings within the St Stephen's compound

Shrine of Remembrance and ANZAC square

Brisbane - We walked pass The Shrine of Remembrance along the Ann Street and the ever burning fire.  This is the shrine for Australia's fallen soldiers who died in the World Wars.

Shrine of Remembrance

Plaque for God, King & Empire

Nurse and the Soldier

Vietnam War

Southbanks @ Brisbane

Brisbane - We walked across the Victoria bridge to Southbank, South Brisbane.   Victoria bridge was built on the site of Brisbane's oldest bridge.   Here at the Southbank, there are lots of arts and drama buildings like Gallery of Modern Art, Museum & Science Centre, Convention Centre, Griffin University and the Performing Arts Centre.

Performing Arts Centre

Pax lifting his heavy suitcase

reading the art pieces

The Wheel of Brisbane

The Wheel of Brisbane is located near the interesting art piece which was out of place in this Southbank.

Nepalese building for Expo 2008

This Nepalese structure was the only building kept by the Brisbane City Council after the Expo 2008.

A further walk down, we came across one of the recycling plant servicing the Southbank population.

The treatment process

Walking further down, we came across an Ancient plants garden.

Ancient plant garden

Cycad

An interesting Cycad, a cone-bearing plant that existed during dinosaurs time.

Every Saturday, the Southbank held their art and creative market.  A huge crowd gathered around many of the stalls at this market.  I was not able to take photos of the stalls as many vendors put signs of 'No Photo' taking.

Along the way there was an Epicurious Garden with patches of edible vegetables.

Cassava (Tapioca)

Taro (yam)

All these vegetables and fruits are given away weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday by the Brisbane City Council.

Along the Southbank, many people were sunbathing in the winter sun on an artificial beach,

Beach and Sun

Australian have a good sense of humor 'Lifeguards are not Babysitters'

Artistic Brisbane

Brisbane - The whole city is filled with arts and design.  "The city without Art is a city without Heart".   This makes up the creative and artistic of the people of Brisbane with a vibrant art scene.

lane with design

designs on the road

Robotic design of Kangaroo

Public library of Brisbane

The artistic design depicts books on the shelves for this public library of Brisbane.

Brisbane Arcade

Brisbane - We walked a short distance from Brisbane City Hall to Brisbane Arcade.  This Arcade has lots of history.   The oldest mall in Brisbane - celebrated their 90th Anniversary.

Brisbane Arcade

Intricate design of this arcade

Heritage Walk around Brisbane

Brisbane - We walk to Brisbane City Hall to meet our Brisbane City Greeter, Teryn.  We were introduce to the Grand dame 'Brisbane City Hall' which in years gone by was the tallest building in Brisbane.  Brisbane City Hall is the civic seat of the city and is the home of the Lord Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

Brisbane City Hall

 We walk through the Museum of Brisbane which was within the Brisbane City Hall and they had interesting exhibits of Brisbane.   Photo negatives taken by amateur photographer Alfred Elliot was discovered buried and the City of Brisbane made a photo exhibits of bygone Brisbane.

Foundation stone of Brisbane City Hall

Museum of Brisbane

I participated at the 10:30am Brisbane City Hall tour and was brought up to the tower via the oldest cage lift in Brisbane.  Old and still working...

Inside the cage lift

Telstra tower seen from the tower