This week Brisbane held its Riverfestival. It’s an annual event where the River City celebrates its river. There are always a host of events, some of them obviously more entertaining than others.
The highlight for most is Riverfire, which is the city’s largest fireworks display and double F1-11 dump ‘n burn.
This year my son and I set off to view it from around Wilson’s Outlook at New Farm. I think we’ve found our vantage point for all future Riverfires. While there was a large crowd, it wasn’t overflowing, and you could easily see the whole thing without people in front obscuring your view.
- Riverfire 2008 picture by Kane
Any large bridge adds a lot of dazzle and opportunities for a fireworks display. While predictable, the sequential shooting of fireworks from one side to the other looks extremely impressive. And we picked up that the rainfall from the bridge looked amazing too when the crowd in front of us let out some “ooohs” and “aaaaaghs” while there was a bright aura beaming up to us yet no fireworks above.
It was a great night, and always worth the effort of going in.