Adelaide Street - Brisbane

Walking from Post Office Square to Central Railway Station the other day, we crossed over Adelaide Street on the footbridge

Looking W/SW

Looking E/NE

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Biggest solar-powered boat sails into Brisbane

The MS TURANDOR PlanetSolar sailed into Brisbane last Sunday.  It is a multihull vessel topped by a large array of solar panels and is the biggest ever solar boat is both silent and clean. My friend Gabriel went to witness the arrival and sent me these pictures:

On its round-the-globe expedition, the TURANOR* PlanetSolar will pioneer the use of sustainable energy technology on water. It is different from anything that has happened in the field of mobility to date. This solar catamaran uses the very latest cutting-edge technology available on the market. Our intention is to demonstrate that high-performance solar mobility can be realised today by making innovative use of existing materials and technology.

The first round-the-world trip powered by solar energy will be realised, with stopovers along the Equator, where the maximum amount of sunlight is available. PlanetSolar’s four-man crew will cross the Atlantic Ocean, the Panama Canal, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and finally the Suez Canal, before returning to the Mediterranean.

The stopovers will be organised in large port cities (Miami, Cancun, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapour, Abu Dhabi etc.); they will give the project a high profile and will be used as a promotional platform for renewable energies, especially solar.

Crossing all seven oceans, the crew will disembark on different continents. The boat will be received as an important ambassador of the solar mobility idea.

Therefore the stopover cities visited by the MS TURANOR PlanetSolar are very important platforms to spread our various messages. We want to show that we should not squander the natural resources we have at our disposal, demonstrate the potential of renewable energies and photovoltaics, and show that we already have the technology required for sustainability.


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Jessica Watson's "Ella's Pink Lady"

On Easter Day, we walked over the Goodwill Bridge and spotted Jessica Watson's yacht, Ella's Pink Lady, in which the 16 year old Brisbane girl sailed non-stop all around the world. A fabulous achievement for this young lady. The yacht is in the Maritime Museum where a lot of people celebrated some sort of reunion.

Jessica Watson's "Ella's Pink Lady 

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Clem 7 Tunnel Ventilation Stack

This is one of the two ventilation stacks of the Clem 7 Cross City Tunnel. This is the northern one, There is another one neat the south portal. A lot of people think they look ugly.

Award winning Nursery

We went to lunch the other day at one of Brisbane's icons, Nielsen's Native Nursery at Loganholme. They have a fantastic restaurant/coffe shop and we often go there for lunch, so this time I took my camera with me.

Waterfall display - Can you spot the lizard?

It's a beautiful water dragon

An honour for Nielsen's



Library mural

A few days ago I showed you the John Oxley Library. This is the annex with it's famous mural by Victorian artist Linsay Edwards. There are plans afoot to re-develop the entire area to be known as North Bank which will most likely see both these buildings disapear.