Along the river

Mangroves at the QUT ferry pontoon


Southbank. Bougainvillea, weeping figs & palm trees


State Library from the river


Gallery of Modern Art from the river


Poincianas on the building site. (Gallery of Modern Art behind.)


Cranes



Two days earlier. Same site. Pile-driver (yellow) and two cranes.

They tell me Joh was responsible for the Cultural Centre and Southbank. I must think more kindly of him. It is a beautiful place and all Brisbane seems to flock there to barbecue, to picnic, to eat, to swim, to do cultural things and to just enjoy themselves. The people pour off the ferry at the Southbank stop and on again and it doesn't matter what hour of the day or night it is.

The ferry has to slow to a crawl between Regatta and North Quay so as not to disturb the building works on the river. I heard the yellow pile-driver first and then saw it. Amazing that they have built this way since at least the Bronze Age.
See
www.tv.com/time-team/vauxhall-london/episode/450351/summa...

The bridge being built is the Tank Street Bridge
Wikipedia
For the design see
Department of Public Works
I hope it doesn't clutter up the river..

Cup day

Against the light. Lorikeet feeding in a flame tree.


Banyan near the Goodwill Bridge

Cup day and maths department party. Before the party I went to some good exhibitions at the QUT art gallery: William Robinson and some lithographs with lovely colour and feeling, and an exhibition called "Replant" where several artists were gathered together on the Daly River to draw, etch, paint, photograph plants.
Some lovely things of Fiona Hall, in particular, Green Ant Nest and Water lilies by Marita Sambono.

(I included the photo of the Banyan, because its structure reminded me of Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia.)

Tying up the ferry

Mangroves from the pontoon. QUT, Gardens Point ferry stop

When you catch the ferry, even if you haven't noticed which way the river is flowing, you can always tell by the choice of the end from which to disembark. They only use one rope to tie up to the pontoon(not two as for the Sydney ferries) and arrange it so that the water's flow puts a strain on the rope.

Even with all the rain, the river flows quite strongly upstream when the tide is coming in. You can see the water eddying around the piles.

Aerial routes

Kegelia pinnata flowers
(The Sausage tree flowers at nightfall.)

QUT is formed by many buildings close together on a small sloping site. As a consequence it is like a mediaeval town with walkways between the buildings which pass overhead. So as well as the earthly routes, the aerial routes need also to be discovered.

En route

Kigelia pinnata
Walking to the ferry through the UQ campus


Walking to my building on the QUT campus


Leaving QUT via the Goodwill bridge. Low tide in the mangroves


Through South Bank past an artificial creek to catch the 109 bus back to UQ

Going to work, and coming home.