Greetings to all back home from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia! We arrived here yesterday and have already learned a lot about this fabulous city. Brisbane is the third largest city in Australia and gets its name from the Brisbane River which runs through the center of the city. The river was named after the Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. Brisbane has a unique history which is tied, in part, to the USA as Brisbane served as South West Pacific headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur during WWII. Today, Brisbane is a beautiful, multicultural city of 3 million people. It is the capital of Queensland and is the closest city to St. Ursula's College, the Ursuline school which we will be visiting this week.
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| The Brisbane River |
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| The Story Bridge, built in 1940 |
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| So many beautiful flowers are everywhere! |
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| There is a lot of public art around Brisbane - these athletes are from the 1988 World Expo |
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| A new public walkway along the river, the former one was destroyed in huge floods in 2011 |
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| The Brisbane Wheel |
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| A Mississippi inspired river boat |
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| More public art - this exhibit tells the stories of refugees who have settled in Brisbane |
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| Nature is all around! |
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| Brisbane has several sister cities in Asia |
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| This pagoda was built for the '88 World Expo |
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| Brisbanites enjoy walking along the river |
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