A Saturday in Brisbane...Riverfire!

A slow start to a beautiful day....my first sleep in for a while because life has been busy and lots of overtime before work for the last couple of weeks. The sleep in  was only till 8am but seemed later lol. After the obligatory housework etc etc I caught the midday train into the city....no good driving as there is too much on there today and there is no way I'd get a park.

I had lunch at the Pig and Whistle....a yummy steak sandwich with chips and a lemon lime & soda....... I watched the world go by for a while...so amazing that we come in so many different shapes and sizes and colours....I do think I was the only female not wearing a tiara...what is that about?

Pig and Whistle British Pub

Yummy streak sandwich

During the course of the afternoon there were several fly overs by a couple of  F/18 Hornet Fighters. Absolutely amazing machines and scared the hell out of me....by the time you hear them they have already whizzed by. AND....they fly so low and are soooo loud. Made the hairs on my arm stand up.......just cannot imagine a war situation if they were dropping bombs or missiles as well.

F/18 Hornets

I walked and walked....and window shopped and finally found myself a good vantage spot to watch the parade of 100 horses from the Australian Light Horse Association. This is the centenary of World War 1 and the ride is part of the Commemorations. Can't help comparing the jets above and the horsemen below - two extremes of warfare a century apart

Australian Light Horsemen 1918

Beautiful

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After the ride Brisbane had its annual Riverfire celebrations where huge amounts of pyrotechnics are set off in many different sites around the CBD

Story Bridge

Along the River

Spectacular

This made me giggle - if you cant speak English how would you know what it said.

I had  great day but was totally exhausted by the time I caught the train home