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| View from our Accommodation |
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STAMFORD PLAZA
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I chose to stay here as it is located right on the Brisbane River, close to town, and adjacent to the Botanical Gardens.
As you can see from this cool yellow Ferrari, the Stamford Plaza is upmarket 5 Star accommodation. I couldn't believe that for this calabra of class, the price was so low.
The Stamford Plaza was opened as a high end luxury property offering elite services including dedicated room butlers. We didn't have that, but this Hotel still exudes luxury in every nook and cranny as you can see in the photos below. It has a grandious staircase and baby grand piano. Even our room had furniture that looked like it was straight out of a 1930's movie.
Goodness, I see also that Madonna, Michael Jackson and even Queen Elizabeth have stayed here. 😲
If they keep it at this low cost, we would most certainly stay here again next time in Brisbane. And there will be another time, because we only had effectively 2 days to explore which is nowhere near enough time to check everything out.
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NIGHT VIEW FROM OUR ROOM
I We had a great view over the Brisbane River and Kangarooo Point pedestrian bridge from our room.
We were not in Brisbane long enough for me to get out the DSLR camera for some night shots, but I definitely will next time we are in town.
As our eldest son Dylan lives just past Kangaroo Point in Cooparoo, that gives us an excuse to come back. There is so much more that we want to see and do here.
BOTANICAL GARDENS
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We walked through the Botanical gardens. It is well looked after.
I was able to use my DSLR here with the Lensbaby Soft Focus Art Lens.
I liked how the duck photo turned out in black and white.
We even saw a wedding which was pretty cool.
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SOUTHBANK
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The main attraction at Southbank on the other side of the river from us is the man made beach and pool. Unfortunately, the beach was closed for renovation. 😔
It was still nice to do the walk here in the shade. We love the way Brisbane is a very walkable city. You just have to dodge the e-bikes and scooters. They really think that they have the right of way.
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STAR CASINO & SKY DECK
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The Star Casino is an interesting building.
When we walked past, we saw people walking on the glass floor viewing platform of Skydeck on the 23rd floor. It's 100m above the river, so I had to zoom in to get the photo.
Hubby wasn't excited at all as he doesn't like heights. I had a little adrenalin rush and thought, yeh, I'd do it..... next time.
I have learn't since that it's free to go up and do it. And, there are nice restaurants as well. It opens at 6.30am so that would be a good time to catch a sunrise maybe. Yep, next time. 😁
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BRISBANE RIVER
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The Cat Ferry is a great way to go up and down the river, and the best part is that it is only $0.50c a trip. You can pay with your debit card too, just make sure you tag on and off with the same card.
We took the Cat across the river to Southbank and also down to Howard Smith Wharf to the restaurants. It was drizzling when we did this and we were hungry, so we just parked ourselves at a restaurant and shared some salt and pepper calamari and a drink. It was Friday and very busy. Wasn't really much fun.
Actually the restaurants near Riverside Ferry Wharf looked way better. Oh well, next time.
Walking back from the Riverside Ferry Wharf, I took a nice photo below. Looks good in black and white.
In fact all of these photos were taken on our walk back to the Stamford hotel along the Riverside Walk.
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REFLECTIONS
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I was fascinated by the crazy looking reflections on the surrounding buildings as we walked along the riverside walk. Sorry for so many, but there seemed to be better ones every time I put my camera down.
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A CRANE
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