EASTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Today it has been so quiet on our street.
Easter Sunday and there's no-one around.
I guess it's because the school holidays have fallen on both sides of Easter this year.
Everyone has gone off to the beach to take advantage of the lovely weather after a wet Summer
and left us alone-ish in our little suburban patch.

A little outing was what we needed this afternoon so we set out for the city for a walk  around Southbank Parklands hoping for some good photos tonight of one of the city bridges lit up especially for Autism Awareness Week.

This is what we found.....



This is where all the people were !

All sunning themselves and swimming at the beautiful artificial beach in Southbank Parklands.

By the time we arrived many were packing up their picnics, towels and eskys as the afternoon began to cool down but there were still a few hardy characters swimming.

It is a little more than a year since floods devestated large portions of the parkland and the beach area was severely hit.

The bouganvillea walk beckoned in the distance.

This specially constructed pathway winds through the Parklands.
Each of the supporting pylons is a different shape. Cables are strung between them and bouganvillea is trained along the cables.

As you can see it is only just beginning to flower in some places

but when in full flower the effect is stunning.

A yellow  roof  provides shelter from sun and rain in some of the more open sections.

 

 

Some sections have better coverage than others.

 

 

 

This section is relatively new and the plants are just beginning to run along the cables.

But lovely bouganvillea is not the only plant to grab our eyes today.

Dramatic heleconias peeped from behind the lush green foliage

and flowering gingers were at their showy best.

Lovely umbrella- shaped Poinciana Trees provide welcome shade

Bottle Trees that store water in their trunks

and delightful gum trees too.

I'm not really fond of the modern use of grasses as landscaping plants

Just looks like the garden is over run with weeds to me !!

This new section was constructed for viewing live performances.

We walked over the Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge taking in the view of the city.

Not a bad for a city that was only settled by Europeans less than 200 years ago !

We waited for night to fall - about 6:00pm these days - and as we travelled home the bridge came into sight.

Decorated in lights to a design painted by an autistic teenage boy.

Sorry about the blurred photo.

 The CityCat was travelling quite fast as we sped under the bridge.

Home for bacon and egg toasted sandwiches for tea.

Cheers.