Brisbane

From Sydney our ship sailed North along the East coast of Australia. Next stop after two days was the city of Brisbane (pronounced "Brizbun").  Brisbane is a large city of 2.2 million with a very modern looking city center.  I have stated before in my earlier posts that I love modern , contemporary architecture, and Brisbane was not going let me down. I love it when contemporary architecture is taken to an extreme!

Sydney is about 33 degrees South of Equator just about the same as San Diego is North of Equator about 33 degrees.  Brisbane on the other hand is 27 degrees South of Equator, which makes it similar to Tampa, Florida in Northern hemisphere.  In Southern hemisphere Spring begins in October.  So it was already quite hot in Brisbane during late November.

In Brisbane we had the pleasure watching a traditional dance ceremony of the aborigine people.  In the picture notice what our modern diet has done to these once slim and hardy people.

  

The best part of the visit to Brisbane was seeing the rivalry between the Aussies and the English.  You see, at that time a cricket test match was going on between the two countries.  A test match lasts for five days.  After showing a stellar performance on the first day the match the captain of England's team had bragged a lot.  However, on the second day the Australian team excelled to new heights.  It was fun to see planes flying over the stadium with banners taunting the captain of the English team.