A good one and a half hour walk

21 August 2008

It's Thursday, my school day as usual. After sending me, nini laki and mummy together with Safiya went for a walk around mummy's university surroundings for a mild exercise. Actually, I am quite familiar with the route that mummy and nini laki took today, thanks to nini laki who never grow tired of taking us for strolls in the mornings.

Nevertheless, it's a new experience for mummy, and as such mummy took a lot of pictures. More pictures of the university will be posted in the future. For today, we would like to show you the Eleanor Schonell Bridge and the university lake. You'll sure enjoy the pictures!

The Eleanor Schonell Bridge, also known as the Green Bridge, is a 390 metre (1,280 ft) long cable-stayed bridge which crosses the Brisbane River between Dutton Park and the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. Its deck is 185 metres long, 20 metres wide and around 18 metres above the river's surface. The bridge was opened on December 17 2006, and is the first bridge in Australia exclusively designed for buses, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the first public transport bridge built in Australia since the early 1900s. - Information obtained from Wikipedia

Nini laki and Safiya walking on the bridge

Only buses, cyclists and pedestrians on the bridge... isn't that amazing?

Mummy and nini laki did walk the whole way across the river!

Breath-taking views from the bridge


Afterwards, mummy and nini laki walked back to the university and went to the university lake. With the mildly cold weather and beautiful surroundings, mummy said that it reminds her of Hyde Park in London during autumn. It's also amazing that there are varieties of birds species at the vicinity of the lake... even Safiya decided to get off the stroller and enjoyed a brief walk, at least until she got scared of the tame birds... hehehe...

What a beautiful picture, with all the yellow trees in the background

Good pose, Safiya!

Uh-ohh! The bird is getting closer... Time to get on the stroller again!

Some ducks relaxing and enjoying a swim

Really interesting, these birds... they tend to approach us.. I think they were expecting treats, but we didn't bring any food to feed them.

A nice picture with nini laki

There was also a pelican

A blue-coloured bird... that's new!

Some more birds with long and sharp beaks

This lake is man-made, and it's amazing to see an island in the middle. Nini says it's like looking at the 'Lumut Lunting' island on the Brunei river

At last ... after one and a half hour, finally approaching home