Showing posts with label Fireworks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fireworks. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 September 2014

Riverfire 2014!!

Once again we were treated to a sensational event, as fireworks and military jets took over our beautiful city!  In September each year Brisbane hosts a Festival, a mostly cultural event spread over 2-3 weeks, with attractions around the city, in theatres, at Southbank and across the city, which closes with Riverfire.

Riverfire kicks off at around 3:30pm, with an RAAF fly past. In recent years we have welcomed Super Hornet's and this year they excelled themselves!  Our best show ever and we were treated to three separate fly pasts in all!  

WOW! Thank you!

My friend took some of the best shots, I especially like how she captured the view of the team in the cockpit! Love it!

Between flypasts Black Hawk helicopters and surf life savers keep us entertained as we await the main event ...

At 7:04pm we were rewarded for our patience with a final flypast by the Super Hornet's, breathtaking and followed by a 30 minute firework spectacular. 

We are very fortunate, for the last 5 years we have viewed Riverfire without leaving our apartment. We live in an apartment at Kangaroo Point and we are just so lucky to have ring side seats for a spectacular pyrotechnics display and big thanks to the RAAF, military jets and helicopters!

While I am not an expert photographer, I am happy to share a couple of my amateur snaps:






This year was one of the best fly pasts, but some of us still have a touch of nostalgia when we think of our old favourite - F111's who flew in low over the city for a unique dump and burn!!  Here is a good video from Riverfire past ...



... and this is a personal favourite pic from Riverfire 2014!




Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Brisbane Fireworks - New Year 2014 or should that be 2013?

Brisbane New Year's Eve Fireworks overlooking Eagle Street Pier

 

Happy New Year Everybody!  May you have a fabulous, healthy, wealthy and, above all, interesting 2014!

EEEK Hurry ... only 358 shopping days to Xmas!




Firework display over Brisbane, viewed from Kangaroo Point on 31st December 2013

Sunday, 29 September 2013

Riverfire ...

Words can't describe the fun of the fireworks... a 30 minute spectacular as bridge and city light up...

If you would like to see some additional pics, they can be viewed on my Flickr account, here 
















Brisbane RiverFire - Precursor

So, if you plan to come to Brisbane, try and visit in September and be sure to catch our river festival.  The festival always culminates in the biggest and best firework display ever ... here are a few shots to keep us entertained as we wait for the main event... we are lucky, this is the view from our balcony!



As many as 500,000 people descend on Brisbane to watch and our military (RAAF) put on a spectacular show throughout the afternoon to keep the crowds entertained and far from bored...




Super Hornets do a flypast .... weaving their way through city buildings ... the power and the noise defy description ...






Helicopters thrill the crowds as they sweep and turn around the river ... hovering ... the wind from their blades sweeping across the crowds ...






a final flypast from the Hornets before the main event ... when the city lights up and the crowds stand agog awaiting the wondrous performance of fireworks and lights ....