I decided to walk in the opposite direction I had been already. Instead of turning left out of the hotel, I turned right. I ended up following the road over the Story Bridge, a giant steel span bridge. There are signs all across it with a number for a suicide hotline and three phones to call said hotline.
This bridge is long. It continues as an overpass once it spans the river on the south side. I think the overpass portion is longer than the bridge itself.
Once over the bridge, I was in Kangaroo Point. Disappointingly named as there were no kangaroos in site. I did, however, see a lizard.
Kangaroo Point and South Bank Parklands are highly organized when it comes to the flow of pedestrian and bicycle traffic. There are physical barriers between the two lanes, about the height of a railway tie. One little boy on a bike veered into the pedestrian lane after coming around a corner and had a minor heart attack about it until his dad told him it was okay, he could get back on the cycle path in a second.
I walked along to Streets Beach. Streets Beach is a sandy beach and lagoon right off the Brisbane River. I took my sandals off and walked in the sand and the warm water. It was impossible to take a picture without looking like a creep.
Along the South Bank Parklands is an arbour covered in bougainvilleas. This provides some wonderful shade and an amazing scent.
All around there are lorikeets in the trees, singing and flying. I thought they were parrots until I saw one up close.
Next: Sydney!
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