May 11, 2008

Fireworks on Brisbane River

Fireworks on Brisbane River The fireworks started at seven o'clock so I grabbed myself a spot on the riverfront and snapped away.

They started out very disappointingly but in the end were actually very good and quite spectacular. There was a barge in the middle of the river from which they were launched so they all went off in quite a localised area, but with great frequency and intensity, while cheesy 80's music and voiceovers boomed out of loudspeakers positioned every 50m or so along the river.

After the fireworks were done we walked back across the Victoria Bridge and up Queen St to grab a bus home. We tried to get in a taxi but he wouldn't take four adults and a child if the child wasn't restrained properly so we waited for a while for a bus and got home about nine o'clock.

And this morning they have all legged it to Noosa for their little break leaving me all alone on my lonely little lonesome in an environment of slowly decreasing cleanliness....

1 comment:

  1. WHAT A GREAT PHOTO!!
    Do you have any more to post??

    The fireworks were sychronised to the music - and at the start there were slow bits in the music. This DID NOT detract at all from the overall awesome-ness of the display!

    The "Cheesy 80s music" were picked specifically to invoke memories of expo.

    I thought that it was a great show! It literally took my breath away in most parts - which hasn't happened at a show at Southbank for awhile!

    If you listened to the voice overs and the music selection, it really brought back memories of expo.

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