Apr 11, 2007

Down by the River

Story Bridge OK, a bit of catching up, as I've been a bit busy... and tired.

Um... well after the Wetlands experience I regretted not having worn long trousers as my poor little legs have been itching like crazy with sandfly bites. Ouch.

Yesterday was brook-tastic as Nicole had the day off. We walked the dogs down the brook in the morning then decided to bike a little further up (I say a little, actually it was about another 2km) to Kalinga Park about which I had heard good things... ahem from "my hairdresser."

And when we got there there was a kiddie's playgound of the "kick-ass" variety (that being a term which can loosely be translated into Middle-English as "jolly good"). Nicole guided Eloise around the edges of this wooden edifice with climbing frames, slides of the straight and curly variety, walkways, battlements, a little rock-climbing wall, and Eloise turned her nose up at it all and wanted to play on the swing.

Later we managed to engage Squeaky's interest and some chasing around, climbing and sliding was undertaken.

Then we rode further up the bikeway to check out the potential route to Nudgee Beach by bike should hte amazing day come when we are sufficiently confident in the dogs' ability and stamina to actually attempt it.

After riding back at breakneck speed (though we only averaged a measly 20km/h) we went shopping as we got paid today. Then Nicole went to Pilates, and as part of a cunning tea-time plan, we dropped her off then went up to the water-lookout and played around up there exploring paths down the side of the hill and looking at the sunset. Then we picked up a pizza, picked up Nicole and drove into the city munching on garlic bread.

We pitched up at Kangaroo Point at a little park, and wolfed the rest of the pizza across the river from the central metropolitan area with it's imposing high-rises which shone down on us in the night, and beneath the Story Bridge which is Brisbane's signature bridge, as it were, and decked out like a sodium christmas tree.

I took some photos. None of them came out, apart from one of the bridge. I suppose, as before, that I will just have to try again.

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