Brisbane

The Story Bridge from the ferry

The Story Bridge and Brisbane

Last night, we slept in a caravan park just north of Brisbane.  When we woke up this morning, I made pancakes, and we enjoyed a nice calm breakfast.  After that, my brother and I got busy making recordings for our orchestral auditions.  When we were done, we had a late lunch and drove into Brisbane.  Our first stop was a Ferrari dealership just down the street from where we parked, and now I want the 2015 458 Italia even more.  The only problem is the half million dollar price tag.

After that, we walked to the Story Bridge, which is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Brisbane.  It is the largest steel cantilever bridge in Australia,  stretching over the Brisbane River.  We walked about half way across the bridge and then tuned back and walked along the bank of the river.  We saw lots of restaurants similar to the bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne.  We caught a free ferry and rode it for about half an hour on the river.  We saw the bridge and the city lit up at night (the sun is setting earlier and earlier every day, because in the Southern Hemisphere the seasons are opposite.)  After we got off the ferry, we had dinner at a restaurant right on the river bank.  Afterwards, we walked around down town Brisbane.  We walked on a pedestrian street called Queen's Mall, and saw lots of little shops.  Because it was Sunday night, most of them were closed, but it was still fun to walk around.

We will spend the night in Brisbane, and start driving north again tomorrow.  We are hoping to make it to Rockhampton by Tuesday.