[S] It’s taken us all week but we finally made it to Southbank on the other side of the river. Shame they were predicting a month’s worth of rain to drop today! It did rain fairly persistently but it wasn’t unpleasant.
They have done an amazing job creating tropical gardens full of colour and greenery that winds for some distance along the riverside.
[A] Sue was delighted (not!) to see all the birds. And the warnings that the "birds in this area may swoop passers-by".
[S] One part I loved was called Epicurious which was designed to introduce people to growing herbs. They had dozens of different herbs growing (as well as fruits) and everyone was welcome to pick and taste what they wanted. Brilliant idea.
All up we walked about 7 kms so I was ready for a rest by the time we got back.
At the start of our journey this morning, we visited the Queensland Museum and the Gallery of Modern Art. Both were spectacular buildings but the volume of displays was undersized for the size and grandeur of the buildings in my opinion.
There was one piece of art (which Allan will probably tell you about) which had a grand piano balanced on the nose of seal – it had a NZ connection and was quite stunning.
[A] "The piano [of course!] could be seen as the culturally and politically top-heavy North Island, whilst the South Island is playfully represented by a seal, evoking a wild and uninhabited place". And of course (!) "addresses the precariousness of nationhood... and toys with shifting ideas of State and culture". It was also pretty cool!
[S] We finally managed to have a lighter lunch so we would have room for a nice dinner to celebrate our last night in Brisbane. We went back to Eagle St Pier and chose a lovely restaurant whose specialty was steak – once we had read the menu they brought over a selection of all the steaks they had and explained their flavour, where they were from and how marbled they were. They also recommended the degree of cooking that was best for that meat – surpisingly, a lot of them were recommended to be cooked to medium. Top of the range was a 150 gm striploin which cost $110 – ouch! I wasn’t tempted to that but I did eat one of the best steaks I have ever had. The service was brilliant and I am now officially fit to bust!
Will have to walk that off because we have booked a chocolate high tea for tomorrow afternoon before we head to the airport.
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