In a past week, I posted mostly photos of Queensland Heritage Listed buildings and places in Brisbane. On Saturday when I had more time to explore Brisbane I found my “outdoor office” in one of the parks on Enoggera Creek. Later on, I found out that Downey Park is actually listed in Brisbane Heritage Register.
Brisbane City Hall was constructed between 1920 and 1930, its tower was the tallest structure in the inner city until the 1960s. The clock tower centred above the entrance portico is the predominant feature of the building and stands around 90m above street level. It houses a set of Westminster chimes, sheet copper clocks of 5m diameter and an observation tower. On top of the tower’s copper pyramidal roof is an open metal sphere that housed a red neon light, which in the past served as an air navigation beacon. [QLD Heritage Register]
Other main architectural feature of Brisbane City Hall is its copper dome roof over the auditorium. It is the largest in Australia, spanning 31 metres in diameter. The dome is supported on a brick base that allows the interior of the Main Auditorium to be unobscured by columns. [QLD Heritage Register]
Walter Taylor Bridge is a rare Florianópolis-type bridge, and the only one of its kind in Australia. It also has rarity value as Australia’s longest span suspension bridge, and is significant for its unusual incorporation of residential accommodation into the bridge structure. The bridge was constructed in 1932-36 as a private enterprise. [QLD Heritage Register]
The former Brisbane Customs House, constructed between 1886 and 1889 was in use by the customs service for nearly a century. The Brisbane Customs House was built during a period of economic prosperity and a construction ‘boom’ in Queensland and was amongst the more impressive of a number of notable public and commercial buildings erected in Brisbane during the 1880s. This landmark is a rare surviving marker of the Port of Brisbane before it moved to the mouth of the river. [QLD Heritage Register]
All Hallows Convent and School in Fortitude Valley is the oldest surviving secondary school in Brisbane. The core of the convent at All Hallow’s is one of the earliest surviving houses in Brisbane, Adderton built for Dr George Fullerton in the 1850s. Several of the buildings on the site provide evidence of early social and cultural customs which are no longer practiced. St Ann’s is one of the few Industrial Schools in Brisbane and thus provides rare evidence of earlier forms of technical education. [QLD Heritage Register]
Today after I dropped Marta at the exhibition in Newmarket I decided to look for a spot for my “outdoor office” and I found it at Downey Park with a view on Enoggera Creek. I found out that this park is listed in Brisbane Heritage Register
Sunday ride to the top of state heritage listed Mt Coot-tha Lookout. The site has been recognised as the best vantage point from which to view the surrounding area since the first recorded European ascent in 1828. It was previously known as One-Tree-Hill, a reference to when the hill terminated in a bare knoll with a solitary large tree at the summit. However the aboriginal name for the area was Coot-tha or Kuta, the aboriginal name for honey or the place of honey. Hence in 1880 the name changed to its official title of Mt Coot-tha. [QLD Heritage Register]
