Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Brisbane: Views from the Brisbane River:

 
People on the top of Story Bridge
Story bridge
Story bridge. Here is some information I got from Wiki about Story Bridge:  Do you know why it is called Story Bridge? The bridge is named after John DOUglas Story.

 
Official name Story Bridge
Carries Motor vehicles and pedestrians
Crosses Brisbane River
Locale Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Design Steel cantilever
Total length 777 metres (2,549 ft)
Width 24 metres (79 ft)
Height 74 metres (243 ft)
Longest span 282 metres (925 ft)
Clearance below 30.4 metres (99.7 ft) at mid-span
Opened 6 July 1940
Coordinates 27.463752°S 153.035699°E
An old paddle boat


An old fashioned paddle boat.


 It has two or three entertaining decks and can handle up to 350 guests. It has a restaurant as well.  There are actually two boats; they are called the Kookaburra Queens.

Brisbane's Skyscrapers
Brisbane's Skyscrapers
Brisbane's Skyscraper being built
Brisbane's Skyscraper being built from further away.
Brisbane's Skyscrapers
Brisbane's Skyscrapers
Brisbane's Skyscrapers
Brisbane's Skyscrapers, with an interesting reflection.

Brisbane's skyscrapers
Brisbane's towering Skyscrapers

Brisbane's Skyscrapers and a optical illusion
Brisbane's Skyscrapers and an optical illusion
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  1. Mathys TaljaardMay 20, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    Yes I heard about the sea wasp jelley fish and then find out that it is the other name for the box jelley fish. Have you ever heard about the parabuthus transvalicus scorpion? Its South Africa,s second most venomous scorpion.

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  2. Mathys TaljaardJanuary 2, 2012 at 5:32 PM

    I heard that those skyscrapers with the reflections,s fatlaier breaks down 200 nanometer day.

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