There is an arts and music festival in Brisbane at the beginning of September, "The Brisbane Festival". The first night there is a MASSIVE fireworks show called "River Fire". We have seen plenty of fireworks shows at the Stampede and around the world, but this one, maybe because it was completely new, was incredibly impressive.
The fireworks initiate from different points all along the Brisbane river. People start getting seats, or standing spots, starting around 3 in the afternoon. The fireworks start around 7pm. First there is a flyover by an Australian F111, which does a "dump and burn", or an ignition of it's fuel/vapour cloud, which is wickedly impressive and you can almost feel the heat. The fireworks are not fom one central point, but from the tops of buildings along the river, from the bridges and from special temporary pontoons that are anchored on the river.
The show took almost 30 minutes and we were both so impressed...absolutely stunning, we have never seen anything like it! Over the last couple of days, when ever a local heard our Canadian (foreign) accents, he/she would tell us to make sure that we saw River Fire. Now we know why! As much as we don't like our temporary accomodation, we will miss this view next year.
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