Tonight marks the start of Brisbane's Annual River Festival with "RiverFire". It's a monster fireworks display all the way up and down the reaches of the Brisbane River from the western end of the city to the mouth of the river. It has always been highlighted by and "Dump & Burn" display of 2 F111's as they fly at low level down the river. This was all simulcast on one of our local FM radio stations too.
The planes are based here in Brisbane at the Amberly AirForce Base. Unfortunately, because of the age of these planes, this is marked the final Dump & Burn by these planes, so it was a very special night here.
Because of this, we decided to take the kids half way into town to see it IRL instead of just on TV, like we've done every other year. Being nearly 10, DS was very keen to see the planes perform IRL anyway.
We didn't go all the way into the city or river bank because all roads leading into the city were blocked off anyway, and all the public parks close to the city and river were packed with 1000's of people. Best to stay away from those numbers of people, with young kids, after dark anyway, we thought.
The city also put on a FREE Chris Isaak Concert in the Botanical Gardens in town tonight as well. It is right in the centre of where all the entertainment etc was. Would've been a great gig, if you could get there early enough this afternoon. Great music, great light show, great overhead entertainment - and all at an even greater price : FREE.
Oh well, tomorrow it's back to normal again - washing, cleaning and relaxing a bit. Talk to you again soon.
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