Posts Tagged: Brisbane
Brisbane Heritage – Photos 11 April
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. A... Read more »
Naval Stores at Kangaroo Point
In my previous post, I wrote about St Mary's Anglican Church on top of Kangaroo Point Cliffs. It was a naval chapel in Queensland and was once connected by stairs with the Naval Stores below the quarry face. Kangaroo Point Boardwalk is a very popular place for people who like sports like cycling, running, walking, climbing or just relaxing... Read more »
Hornibrook Bridge the first private toll bridge in Queensland
One of my favourite bike routes in Brisbane is from South Bank to Redcliffe. This relaxing ride is mostly on a bike paths far from car traffic. At the northern end of the ride we go across Bramble Bay through the longest bridge in Australia (at the time of opening in 2010), Ted Smout Memorial Bridge... Read more »
Brisbane Open House 2015 – Day 1
At the beginning of October there was a feast for heritage and architecture lovers. The Brisbane Open House weekend was held for the 6th time this year and it gets bigger every year with over 90 buildings participating this time. The concept of opening buildings to public started in London in 1992 “as a small, not-for-profit organisation to... Read more »
Franklin Villa
Some time ago at a monthly meeting of Annerley-Stephens History Group I got a guide of heritage West End. Few weeks ago I decided to go for a walk around this suburb and enjoy the view of some of old buildings in the area. One of them was Franklin Villa on Brighton Rd (which actually belongs… Read more »
Cooinda – the happy place and NAIDOC Week
When I came to Australia 8 years ago my first home was at Cooinda Street. I didn’t know what “cooinda” means and as there was a lot of new things around I must admit I didn’t check it back then. Recently when I started thinking about this blog I have checked it and found out… Read more »