A final day this week in Brisbane and a river trip to the Power House, a renovated power station dating from 1928 when it powered the trams. It was decommissioned in 1971 and reopened as an arts and cultural centre in 2000.
It has a funky vibe, selling local students' art (I don't think the graffiti was for sale)
and we walked back through the park where the jacaranda was in full bloom
and moved on to the Old Government House, which dates from the birth of the new state of Queensland in 1859 when it was separated out of New South Wales; Queensland’s first Governor, Sir George Bowen, took up residence in May 1862 and apparently called it “handsome” and “beautifully situated”. He was the first of eleven governors to live here over its 48 years of service as a vice-regal residence.
It's very fine inside, although most rooms are empty.
After lunch, we took a further ferry past the Brisbane wheel
to the Science museum where live some very fine green pythons
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