So, its finally time to catch up on the A-Z run of Brisbane. I have been running, just having been posting. So here's a summary of the B,C,D and E runs B = Bribie Island - 22/1/17 As a child we lived near Bribie Island and my first trip to the beach was to Bribie's calm side with my kindy class. I was petrified. First bus trip. First beach trip. Spent the entire day clinging to the teacher. As an adult I haven't spent a lot of time on Bribie, and as I'm discovering during this sightseeing run of Brisbane, there's one common theme - Why don't I ever come here normally? Made a promise to myself as I stood on the beach, soaking up the atmosphere - I'm definitely coming back. C = Cleveland 5/2/17 So carrying on with the beach theme, my C run was at Cleveland. I parked at the point then explored the foreshore for the next hour and a bit. It was a glorious day, a bit hot, but everywhere I turned, it was beautiful. This is 20 mins from my house. Again, why do I never come here normally? While pondering this very thought, I ran past the terminal that runs the water taxi to Stradbroke Island. Hmmmmh... Do I really have to wait to get to S? Turns out, no. D = Dunwich, Stradbroke Island 12/3/17 Stradbroke Island is a 25 minute water taxi ride from Cleveland, and a million miles away. I had the best time. It was hot and humid and a bit later than I like to run (because of the ferry times) but I had a ball. Met a fabulously leathery skinned gent wearing very tiny shorts who lives on his boat off Straddie, who told me I was "very white" and asked if I was English. Nope, live over there, I tell him. Just not much into getting sunburnt. Biggest regrets of this run: 1. I couldn't stay all day, even though I wanted to 2. I didn't have time to get a pie from the pie shop before I got back on the water taxi. Clearly the pies are good, judging by the aroma coming from the pie shop, and the queues. I guess I'm going to have to go back... E = Eagle Junction 26/3/17
So I was spoilt for choice by the letter E - Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, Eagleby. Turns out early Brisbane had a lot of Eagles. I was conflicted - I wanted to run Eagle Farm but its industrial and not somewhere I was sure I would be safe. So instead I chose the old stomping grounds of my sister - Eagle Junction. I was too young to drive when she lived there, so I tried to find the flat by starting at the train station, and I found it. Still can't believe it. This was an architecture run - spent a lot of time gazing at old houses made new again, old houses waiting for love, and discovering that streets I had driven down many times as an adult were so close to this area and I never realised before. Finished up with a loop into Clayfield to discover the old shops I remember are mostly gone, the hall our school used for its speech night is now a real estate office and potentially it isn't the area for me if the coffee shops were closed but the organic wheat grass smoothie shop was the only thing open. Comments are closed.
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