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Wednesday, 18 July 2012
South Bank Parklands in Queensland, Australia !!
South Bank Parklands in Queensland, Australia !!
South Bank is a cultural, educational and recreational precinct in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The precinct is located in the suburb of South Brisbane, on the southern bank of the Brisbane River.
Landmarks
South Bank Parklands
The South Bank Parklands, which were established on the former site of World Expo 88, are one of Brisbane's most popular tourist attractions. The parklands are home to many restaurants and cafés as well as landmarks such as the Queensland Conservatorium, the Wheel of Brisbane, the Nepal Peace Pagoda, Streets Beach (a free man-made swimming area), and the Grand Arbour. Approximately 11,000,000 people visit the South Bank Parklands each year.
Grey Street & Little Stanley Street
A number of Brisbane's most popular restaurants and fashion boutiques are located on Grey Street, and Little Stanley Street which it runs parallel to. The South Bank Cinemas are also located on Grey Street, along with two five star hotels.
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre contains 44 meeting and event spaces, including four exhibition halls with a combined area of 20,000 m² and three stand alone tiered auditora. The venue has received 119 major industry awards, making it the most awarded convention centre in Australia. The centre has also been ranked among the top three convention centres world-wide by the Association Internationale des Palais de Congres (AIPC) on three separate occasions.
Queensland Maritime Museum
The Queensland Maritime Museum is located next to the Goodwill Bridge at the southern end of the South Bank Parklands. It houses a two level exhibition building, a library, a dry dock, a lighthouse and several retired vessels.
Outside the Queensland Art Gallery
South Bank and the South Brisbane Cenotaph
The Entrance to South Bank Parklands
Streets Beach in the South Bank Parklands
Queensland Museum
"Dinosaur Garden" at Queensland Museum
South Bank Cinemas on Grey Street
Entrance to Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre
Cultural Centre Busway Station, the local busway station for South Bank
Amazingly Beautiful Capture of Rainier National Park, Washington !!
Amazingly Beautiful Capture of Rainier National Park, Washington !!
The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya
The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya (Tokaleya Tonga: the Smoke that Thunders) is a waterfall located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest. This claim is based on a width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108 metres (354 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world.
How amazing are these butterflies!!!! Just beautiful..!!! Blue Morpho Butterfly (Morpho peleides)
How amazing are these butterflies!!!! Just beautiful..!!! Blue Morpho Butterfly (Morpho peleides)
Alex Honnold.
For us mere mortals this appears as absolute insanity. How can someone climb such incredibly difficult faces without a rope? If you’re still intrigued, I highly recommend the 15-minute special 60 minutes did with Alex
An Excellent Innovation
A BUILDING THAT PLAYS MUSIC WHEN IT RAINS !!!! This building is located in Dresden, Germany. It's called Neustadt Kunsth of passage. And when it rains it starts to play music.
The Inverted Tower - Sintra, Portugal
The Inverted Tower - Sintra, Portugal
An underground tunnel with a spiral staircase, supported by carved columns, down to the bottom of the well through nine landings. The nine hole round landings, separated by fifteen steps, evoke references to Dante's Divine Comedy, and may represent the nine circles of hell, paradise, or purgatory.
The well is connected to laberíticas caves that lead to a spooky garden surrounded by a lake.
The land that is now Quinta da Regaleira had many owners through time. But in 1892 it belonged to the Barons of Regaleira, a family of rich merchants from Porto, when it was purchased that year by Carvalho Monteiro for 25,000 réis. Monteiro wished to build a bewildering place where he could gather symbols that would reflect his interests and ideologies. With the assistance of the Italian architect Luigi Manini, he designed the 4-hectare estate with its enigmatic buildings, believed to hide symbols related to alchemy, Masonry, the Knights Templar, and the Rosicrucians. The architecture of the estate evokes Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Manueline architectural styles. The construction of the current estate commenced in 1904 and most of it was concluded by 1910.
Have you ever seen the Venice-Italy as panoramic view?
Have you ever seen the Venice-Italy as panoramic view?
Ineresting!! China Drive-In Car Museum
3GATTI Architecture Studio of Rome and Shanghai have won a competition to design a drive-in automobile museum in Nanjing, China. An external concentric ramp allows visitors to drive around the exterior of the museum in their own car, past the exhibits, to a roof-top car park. Chief architect Francesco Gatti compares the experience to a “safari” because the visitor, as a motorist, is an exhibit himself. As visitors reach the summit, they can leave their car, walk down the inner spiral ramp, and check out all the exhibits. Once they reach the ground floor, they can take an elevator and return to their car on the roof, or a chauffeur will bring it down for them.
Bamboo Lined Path, Adashino Nembutsu-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan !!
Bamboo Lined Path, Adashino Nembutsu-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan !!
An ice bridge, kayakers in a Kenai Fjords National Park glacial lake
An ice bridge towers over kayakers in a Kenai Fjords National Park glacial lake. Water is everywhere in the smallest of Alaska's national parks—the land challenges the sea with talon-like peninsulas and rocky headlands, while the ocean itself reaches inland with long fjords and hundreds of quiet coves and bays.
Veteran guide John Roben
Veteran guide John Robens (at far left) leads a soggy team through a moss-covered passage in Claustral Canyon, a few hours' hike from their exit point. Canyoneering is all about the serendipity of discovery, he says. "You walk for miles and suddenly you find yourself in this magical spot."
Icebreaker, Antarctic !! U.S.S. Atka stands off Crater Hill on McMurdo Sound in mid
Icebreaker, Antarctic !!
U.S.S. Atka stands off Crater Hill on McMurdo Sound in mid
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