I left early to avoid the humidity and heat that
always peak around lunchtime. The first thing I had planned for the day were
the Roma Street Parklands. On the way there I snapped a quick photo of
China-Town because I kept forgetting to do it. The Parklands are on the
opposite side of the city and the entry is hard to find if you don’t know where
to look, so I took a longer route than necessary. But eventually, I got there.
The area where I entered wasn’t much different from all the other parks, except
that this one has an amphitheater. I was tempted to just go back, but thank God
I didn’t because once you move deeper into the park, it’s astonishingly
beautiful. They have all sorts of tropical flowers and trees, beautifully
arranged little creeks and a lake. In the so-called “Spectacle Garden”, you
find an ocean of flowers, and bushes trimmed into the shape of kangaroos. It
was here that I encountered even more of those skinks/dragons. They were
everywhere. You have to be extra careful where you put your feet because every
couple of meters, there’s one on the path sunbathing. I have never seen them
that big outside of a terrarium. The way they move still creeps me out a bit,
but they seem to be very peaceful. I even saw one chilling on top of a trimmed
bush. After the adventure in dragonland, I went back to the city; this time
using the direct route.
I wanted to take a ferry from Victoria Bridge to the
other end of the city, but it was kind of boring, so I got off early and walked
along the river instead. It was a very long walk and I got a new blister on my
foot, but I think I got more out of it walking than if I had stayed on the
ferry. The riverfront is a bit smelly at times, but on the upside you can go on
a boardwalk through some mangroves and the walk is just really nice because you
technically move between the river on the right, and the Botanic Gardens on the
left. Very scenic. By the time I made it to the other end of the city (where
the hostel is located), I was sweating like a pig [do they say that in English?
If not, they can start now] because it was another one of those tropical days
in Brisbane. I was a little exhausted, so I napped for a bit before I went back
to the State Library for free wifi. The heat is always more bearable in the
afternoon; there is usually a fresh breeze blowing all the stuffiness away. I
wish the wind was there in the mornings as well. In this climate, I’m not even
hungry. You drink so much because of all the sweating, but this weather really
kills your appetite. Which isn’t a bad thing in my opinion and I’m definitely
not complaining about that. I’ll take tropical-sweaty over wet-cold anytime. At
least for now.
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