Brisbane South Bank Parkland

I took a stroll around South Bank, Queensland, Brisbane. It is quite an interesting walk along the river bank. This is an aerial view snapshot from google earth of the place I covered.

The walkway is modernly designed. The arching pillars highlighted with the crimson shades blended quite well with the surroundings. There are also lanes for pedestrians and cyclist.

One thing that caught my attention is the Children's Playground in the Park. This is a phone. There are a lot of  "Phone Booths" around the park, not just adjacent to each other. You can whisper to the cone, I believe the person which is at any other station can hear what you had to say.

The kids are having a great time spinning around. I wonder if they spin fast enough, they can be centrifugally ejected from the inverted mushroom.

Best of all, the playground is build around a very old old tree. It felt very homey. The playground is modern yet with a touch of nature feel, ornamented with some red grey mushroom alike structures where the children can play around with.

Of course, a playground would not be complete with a swing. This swing can hold a few kids at the same time. I guess the sister would have to use more energy to push them up.

While the playground is so happening, you can still find 3 Donald Duck's friend chilling in the crystal clear water.

This passage is blended in with some crawling flowery plants around the horizontal bars. I like how the shadows decorated the walkway.

Just when I think the kids only have the play ground, I found another water park for the kids. They are so lucky to have such public facilities in their country.

This two cute kids are scaling through some blue hunchback turtles making their way to the spouting water platform.

I guess the whole design of the park is based on coniferous plant idea. This one can give you a good splash of water to cool you down in a hot sunny day.

The children are really having a great time around. They also have a life guard on duty to watch over them just in case anything happen.

There is also a beach. This little girl is taking her baby steps into the waters to get over to the beach.

I found 3 teenager trying to choke each other with sand by digging. Or maybe they are just trying to make a sand castle and they are laying out the foundation.

Despite the big crowd around the beach front. The whole surrounding feels very peaceful and calming. You have the clear blue sky, clear blue water and the bright sun to spend your weekend by the beach, in a metropolis, what more could you ask for?

The locals were really enjoying themselves. Some just laid down bareback or with their bikinis and tanned themselves.

Just parallel to the park you can find yourself to Stanley Street. You have a lot of restaurants, a lifestyle market on Sundays, an auditorium for concerts and many more.

I came across this boy who is a big crowd attention when he pumped up the music and made some solo dance performance. I must say he got potential for the entertainment industry. Check out his moves.

There was another little boy which he drew out from the crowd. He wanted to teach the junior how to dance. Unfortunately, apparently that junior can actually do some break dancing. He ended up paying the boy so he does not steal away his limelight.

Out of nowhere, you will find a Tibetan temple in a park over here. What a fusion of west meets east.

The structure is delicately crafted. there is also a thousand hand Buddha statue where you can seat at the bench inside the temple and gaze upon. You don't get to see any monks or praying session, just visitors taking photos and examining the structure.

The cultural and performing art center is also just around the corner. A young Aussie was making her performance in an open stage beside a coffee shop with a lot of crowd enjoying the music while sipping their coffee.

Well, that was my experience over the South Bank. I will end the post with the soothing voice of the young artist.