Tonight, Brisbane celebrated River Fire. It turned out to be an amazing event, punctuated by some awesome effects. This is a yearly festival on the first Saturday night of September. Tomorrow happens to be Father's Day here in Australia, so it's quite festive in town.
Just at sunset, four vintage fighter planes flew in formation over downtown Brisbane. This one passed not more than 300 meters from my balcony in the Aurora, which is just a block from the river. Startling. Nice.
At 7PM local time, the real festivities began with this unbelievable flaming jet that passed over the river and heading West, not more than 300 meters from my building. Truly astonishing to hear and see this bright trail of flame in the night sky seemingly just outside my window! What followed was nearly 30 minutes of fireworks up and down the river, from Story Bridge all the way down to Victoria Bridge. Those beidges mark the beginning and ending of the Central Business District, or CBD. The amount of smoke from all the fireworks was amazing...it blanketed my entire neighborhood. And the end of the fireworks were marked by a tail of fire coming from a jet. The other great effect of the night was a seeming waterfall of sparks rolling off the center of the Story Bridge. Beautiful.
What a spectacle! This is an event not to be missed if you are ever in Brisbane in late August/early September.
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