Brisbane City Sketchers in Bardon!

The Barden Water Tower was built in 1927 to supply Paddington with water. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board on Archibald's Hill, some 100 metres above sea level. The tower itself is over 21 metres high, holding 100,000 gallons of water. The water came in from Enoggera Dam and was pumped into the tower by an electric pump driven by the power grid that supplied electricity to Brisbane's trams. This was one of several water towers constructed around this time in such suburbs as Albion, Enoggera and Tarragindi. The Paddington tower is somewhat different in that it has been built on concrete columns, and it may be the only one of its type in Queensland.
The Bardon Water Tower was placed on Listed on the Heritage Register in 2000

Art Spectrum 6" x 9" sketch pad and pen

Sketching South Bank with the Brisbane City Sketchers

The Nepal Peace Pagoda in Brisbane, is located at the transformed Brisbane World Expo '88 site, South Bank Parklands. It is one of the most significant heritage items in Brisbane from the hosting of the Expo. It is the only international exhibit remaining on the site. In 1991 it was moved to its current location, amongst the rainforest near the northern riverbank entrance to the Southbank Parklands

The Peace Pagoda was built by German architect Jochen Reier (APAC) on behalf of the Kingdom of Nepal. Immediately, 80 tonnes of indigenous Nepalese timber were sourced from the Terai jungle forest of Nepal, carted across to the capital Kathmandu where 160 Nepalese families worked for two years at crafting its diverse elements. These were then shipped to Australia in two 40-foot containers and one 20-foot container, where they were assembled at the Expo site by a handful of Australian workers under Nepalese supervision. The final assembly for World Expo '88 only took a few days.

Holcroft A4 Sketchbook Unipin pens .03 and .05
(A4 Holcroft Sketchbook - 125 gsm perfect for pen and watercolour too)

The Grand Arbour at South Bank is 1 km long and it is fully covered with gorgeous purple bougainvillea.  The is fully decorated with pretty red Chinese lanterns right now in readiness for Buddha Birth Day Festival.
6" x 8" pen and watercolour (Art Spectrum Wash Pad)

Broadway Hotel

Fun Morning with the Brisbane City Sketchers sketching the historic Broadway Hotel. 

It was designed by John Hill and son and built 1889-1890 by Whooley and Whyte.  In 2010 a fire torn through the hotel destroying most of the interior, and because it was under insured the owner at the time, a Doctor, walked away.

The building has been sold now, 7 years later and plans are in the making to redevelop it.   Lets hope they retain the original building.

Polo Club Eagle Street Brisbane

This beautiful building was built in 1888 it is the oldest Polo Club in Australia.  The building was built initially in 1864, extended in the late 1870s, but substantially rebuilt in 1889 for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company. It served for almost a century as a shipping office.  In 1988 major external and internal alternations were carried out in converting the building into premises for a club.   In 1914, MacDonald Hamilton & Co became agents for AUSN and instigated internal renovations (c. 1915-20), including silky oak panelling on the first floor. They were also responsible for the change of the name to Naldham House which was the firm's telex address, derived from a subset of their name MacDonald Hamilton.  The building is on the Heritage Register.

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Woolloongabba Fiveways

Great day sketching at the fiveways today, also known as Woolloongabba Village.  The buildings are heritage listed and it is a nice place to be.  Antique shop, coffee shops, even a violin maker.

This wonderful heritage 1928  listed building has been restored and is a Multi-use Space for music performances.  music rehearsal space,  and performance venue. It is wonderful to see these lovely old buildings re-purposed.   The Substation was originally built as a Tram Substation.

Way down that road is the Broadway Hotel.  It was not so hard to see from where I was standing, but what I drew was all I saw of it.