10 miles on foot in Brisbane, Australia

[MJPhilly]

In early May, I had a full day for photography in Brisbane at the tail end of a business trip, and walked about 10 miles (16 km) over two separate sessions to cover as much of the downtown area as possible.

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Skyline from the Story Bridge


Roma Street Parkland


Goodwill Bridge markings


Skyline from the Kurilpa Bridge


Crested Pigeons (Ocyphaps lophotes)


Infinity Tower from the Roma Street Parkland


Skater on the Goodwill Bridge


Sunset over the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from the Rydges South Bank Hotel


Wheel of Brisbane and Victoria Bridge from the Goodwill Bridge




Skyline from Kangaroo Point


Roma Street Parkland




Soleil Tower (right)


Violinist at Queen and George Streets


Roma Street Parkland


Stoke House Restaurant


Skyline from the South Bank near the Wheel of Brisbane


Base of the Riverside Centre


Captain Burke Park from the Story Bridge


Goodwill Bridge


Kangaroo Point Cliffs


Queensland Bottle Tree and Infinity Tower, Roma Street Parkland


Skyline from the Story Bridge


Roma Street Parkland


Skyline from the Story Bridge


Looking south down Berry Street from Leichhardt Street


Kangaroo Point Bike Path


Albert Street and King George Square from Wickham Park


Story Bridge


Skyline from Kangaroo Point


Roma Steet Parkland


Skyline from the Story Bridge




Skyline from Count White Park




Skyline from the Story Bridge


Oasis Juice Bar, Queen Street




William Jolly Bridge


Skyline from the Story Bridge


Wheel of Brisbane


Syline from Clem Jones Promenade


Kemp Place in the distance


1 Scott Street Apartments


Goodwill Bridge and Captain Cook Bridge


Female Magpie Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)


Skyline and Captain Burke Park from the Story Bridge


Story Bridge


Skyline over Albert Street


Story Bridge Hotel






Small Park on the South Bank near the Arbour and Clem Jones Promenade


Roma Street Parkland pond


Kayakers in the Brisbane River, from the Story Bridge




Skyline from the Goodwill Bridge


Facing north on Eagle Street


Treasury Casino and Hotel


South Bank




Wheel of Brisbane and the Cultural Forecourt


South Bank


Infinity Tower




Looking up at Comalco Place


Emma Miller Place


Buildings on Wickham Terrace




Kurilpa Bridge


CityCat Terminal and skyline from the Clem Jones Promenade


The distance, to the southwest, from the Roma Street Parkland


Wickham Park


Goodwill Bridge


Eagle Street


The Arbour


Queen Street






Kurilpa Bridge support structure


Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes)


Skyline from Kangaroo Point Bikeway


Quantas Airlines Boeing 747-438 (Tail Number VH-OJA)


Sunset over the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from the Rydges South Bank Hotel


Skyline from the Story Bridge


Thanks for getting this far!

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[Minato Ku]

Nice set of pictures.

[Razor]

nice pics thanks..I dig how urban Australia is..Lot's of over a million cities for it's population..Brisbane is what? 3rd largest?..Anyways, great pics!

[simms3_redux]

Impressive skyline - looks like a clean, modern tropical city. Love all the juice stands, urban beaches, tropical plants, and outdoorsy nature of the city.

[ue]

Miami on steroids.

[OhioGuy]

Nice photo tour! Brisbane looks like a great city.

[ColDayMan]

It seems like a nice, livable core.

[mello]

Very comprehensive tour, Brisbane has had huge growth in its skyline in the last 12 years especially for a metro area of around 2.5 million. The design of their condos both tall and shorter is phenomenal in my opinion very sharp and usually creative. Even the pigeons look good! Great parks and pedestrian friendly from what I gather from these pics.

The combo of Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane is very enviable for a country of only 25 million people or so Brisbane is very underrated and if it were here in the states would be a very popular place to live.

[POLA]

The old part of town looks nice.

[LouisianaRush]

Fantastic photos. I lived in Miami for several years and it kind of reminds me of it, but Brisbane is much cleaner.

[mSeattle]

Lucky to be able to visit such a nice city.

[KevinFromTexas]

Great set. I think I could dig Australia.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Beautiful looking city. I too noticed how incredibly clean it is. Thanks for the tour.

I was wondering what is going on in this pic. Is it me or is no one paying attention above them?

[Dr Awesomesauce]

Australian cities never fail to impress. Cheers for that.

[george]

Thanks for the tour! Great pics & walk about.

[boden]

Beautiful skyline!

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures!

[destroycreate]

I'm almost amazed by the sheer absence of homeless people in literally any Aussie city thread. Is it just chance or is it just simply not a problem in Australia?

I totally envy it...all of the major cities in California have SERIOUS problems with homeless people...not to mention our inner cities tend to be filthy as a result.

That aside, Brisbane looks simply wonderful. Love the architecture of the newer, infill-style condos...and the aesthetics of the place remind me of a cross between San Diego, Singapore, and British colony. Intriguing.

[sterlippo1]

^^^ amen to that brother.................Australia looks just so perfect, every thread, every city, every picture, all the same. Looks like they have the best of everything there