Brisbane’s City Hall

This building once towered over every other Brisbane building. Today it’s dwarfed by every new building in the vicinity.

Brisbane’s street market and beyond

Close by the Brisbane River, crowds lingered amongst the city stalls sprawling the pavement. Macadamia nuts and Kingaroy peanuts were displayed, fresh strawberries and avocados, small cakes and jewellery.

A footstep into New Guinea

When I returned to Brisbane’s GOMA modern art gallery a year later, every display was different. Most impressive to me were the New Guinea Asmat weavers. The weavers secretly created masks using ornaments to link their sculptures to a deceased person.

A hike beyond the park

I left Fellmonger Park and followed Hilliards Creek under a bridge and reached a modified weir. Steps had been installed to allow fish to come up the stream and pass between the rocks.

Fellmonger Park

Once this was the location of wool washers who used Hilliards Creek to scour wool after it was shorn from sheep. Fenced in were the remains of the buildings where scouring took place, but I wasn’t here for a history lesson, but a hike.

A nest on high

Only after I finished the Wellington Point trail, did I notice a tower on the opposite side of the road. It stretched up for about one hundred metres, and bent over a jumble of twigs perched an osprey.

A hidden beach

During Queensland’s summer months, Wellington Point’s gritty beach was a popular local spot for families with small children. I remember it was busy and often difficult to find parking.