English-speaking world

16 January 2015

BRISBANE

Brisbane is Australia's third largest city, with 1.2 million residents living beside the Brisbane River as it flows into Moreton Bay. It is a busy and optimistic place. It is hard to believe that it was once regarded as little more than a dull, provincial backwater. The city's quintessential architecture, designed for the heat of the tropics, sees many of the houses elevated on stilts to take advantage of cooling breezes. Brisbane is Queensland's cosmopolitan capital, sparkling in sunshine by day and with myriad lights reflecting on the river by night.

 

Brisbane

Brisbane, capital of Queensland. Left to right: The beach at inner city South Bank Parklands; the city on the Town Reach of the Brisbane River; Brisbane City Hall.

 

Completed in 1930, the Neo-Classical City Hall is home to Brisbane City Council, the largest council in Australia, and the Museum of Brisbane. City Hall’s 92-m Italian Renaissance-style tower gives a panoramic view of the city from a platform at its top.



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5 comments:

  1. Ładna kartka. A najfajniejszy ten pierwszy obrazek. W Australii teraz chyba lato :)

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  2. Śliczny nowy wygląd bloga, lubię takie jasne blogi, jakkolwiek to brzmi ;)

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  3. Ciekawa kartka, szczególnie środkowy widok :) I tutaj widzę zmiany na blogu, też ostatnio kombinuję w tym temacie.

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    1. Ciągle nie mogę zdecydować się na wy6gląd graficzny:)

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