Did you miss me? I hope you had a good week and a bit. I had a wonderful week in Brisbane visiting friends and family.
I called in to Black and Spiro in New Farm when we visited Chouquette for morning tea on Bastille Day. Very appropriate to munch on French pastries on 14 July.
I also managed to visit the Woollongabba Antiques Centre and check out Sandy’s little shop there. The items she has on display are just beautiful.
One of the buildings I noticed in Woollongabba was this colourful monster. Not sure I’m lovin’ it though.
There was a sister building at Herston/Bowen Hills near the Royal Brisbane Hospital and it was red. I was driving in traffic and couldn’t stop to take a photo without causing a major traffic hazzard. Anyone know what they are?
I’ve cleared the mail – both snail and email and ready to get back to some sort of routine. Enjoy your Wednesday.
Those buildings are actually ventilation stacks for the Clem 7 tunnel. They are meant to represent the Jacaranda tree and the Poinciana tree. It interesting because it polarises people.
Hope you had a terrific time in Brisbane. The WAC is a great place to browse, isn’t it? xx
You know, I wondered if they had something to do with the tunnel, as I could see on Google Satellite view that they were both over the ends of the tunnel. Jacaranda and Poinciana, eh? I like that idea. I think the thing that makes them most abhorrent is that there are no other tall buildings close to them so they stick out like a sore thumb. Thanks for enlightening me though, Anita.