Brisbane River
The Brisbane River is what determined the city's foundation and is still one of its principal 'streets', as City Cats and ferries take commuters to work everyday. Maps show the course of the river from the mountains to the sea but the best place to get a sense of it is from the Summit Restaurant on Mt. Coot-tha, a this photo shows. At the restaurant an outdoor floor mosaic shows the river route while the view lets you see across the river as it wends its way through the city. And you can do all this over lunch!
As the river grows in size, its attraction to home builders grows too and along the banks, on the western outskirts of the city, beautiful homes with lush gardens provide a 'Home & Garden' style idyll to passers-by.
At this end, the river is still almost pastoral and home to wildlife, like the colony of Flying Foxes at Indoorpilly Island, and sort of wildlife at the
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
As it approaches the city, it passes under this elegant bridge before reaching the Central Business District. The picture is taken from the sunny rear deck of a
CityCat.
As the Brisbane River leaves the city, it passes under the
Story Street Bridge.
If you look very, very closely, you can see climbers near the top of the left summit.
Down river of Story Bridge, the river enters the old harbour area where the wool companies' prepared and stored their wool in grand warehouses before its long voyage to the woollen mills of Britain and elsewhere.
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The river continues to meander, broadening as it goes, under the Eleanor Schonell bridge and on past the honey-coloured colonnades of the
Brisbane Pictures
