Bridge Walk

The Story Bridge runs north-south across the Brisbane River, connecting Kangaroo Point to New Farm.  It was built in the 1930s and is just under a kilometre in length.  It is a wonderful symbol of Brisbane and is lovely to see in the day time or lit up at night, and it is the focus of the Riverfire festival.  Since 2005 people have been able to experience unique views of Brisbane via the Story Bridge climb and last week JT's group at work climbed the bridge as a team building experience.

Story Bridge, Kangaroo Point on the RHS of the photo

Story Bridge, Riverfire 2011



As with any bridge climb the participants are not allowed to carry anything, including cameras.  Although it seems a shame to not let people take photos of the amazing views at the top of the bridge, it is understandable that anything dropped from that kind of height would do a massive amount of damage to anything that it hit on the bridge (pedestrians, cars, cyclists...not to mention the passengers on the City Cats that pass under the bridge).  JB was under no such restrictions and walked down to the river to get a couple of shots of the bridge climb.

Story Bridge on the day of the climb

Climbing the bridge, JT is second from the front

There are great views from the bridge...you can see the coastline, the inland mountains, and the river course as it winds its way through the city.  Although you are not nearly as high up as some of the surrounding skyscrapers, your views are better because you have a 360º vantage which gives the full spectrum.  It was a very enjoyable experience.