Checking out Kangaroo Point - 11 March 2012

riding over the highway just before South Bank

In the past I have ridden over the Storey bridge.  I wondered what was under it.

It was a nice warm day - not humid like last week.  This time, I didn't set up a route on my Etrek, just had it on Map to see where I was.  I rode down to Woolloongabba along Logan Road, cutting past all the antique shops and up onto bike way to get to South Bank.

Under Cptn Cook Bridge, the Brisbane River tamed

Turned left and rode under Captain Cook bridge. I paused to remember where the water levels were during the flood last year.  Looking a bit different now!

Kangaroo Pt cliffs bikeway

Its a nice short ride to get under the Storey bridge, along a comfortable bike path, mostly separated from those dreaded pedestrians!

Under Storey Bridge

The path continued on, the river on one side and little boxes of apartments or should I say big boxes.  All pretty boring and predictable.  I passed a couple of ferry terminals before the path petered out and I was faced with riding through suburbs again.

At the mouth of Norman Creek

I found the mouth of Norman Creek.  This is the little drain out the back of my place, it grows as it runs down to the Brisbane River.

I decided to try and get back near the river and as I did, there was a cat ferry pulling into a terminal, so I hopped aboard and crossed over back to New Farm.  This was old territory for me, so I thought I would ride out to Newstead House to check out the new river side bike way past the Powerhouse.  Very pleasant, tho the nouveau riche seem to be a bit uppity when boring bike riders use their promenade!!

I found a nice comfortable old garden bench to sit and drink my coffee and scoff my cake, before riding around the grounds of Newstead House, then turning back on my

Newstead House

tracks.

Storey bridge from the north side

The ride back to the Storey Bridge was uneventful, tho without the floating bike-way, a bit boring riding along more streets.  I crossed over the Bridge and instead of going back to the SE Bike-way, I rode along Shafton to Latrobe road and back to Logan Road.

Did a detour into the Langlands Park swimming pool and got into the pool - first time for 18 months and managed to swim 10 laps - tho those first 2 were a tad scary!  didn't know if I would actually make first lap, but eventually got my breathing working and cruised along.  Very nice!

so an easy ride, a nice swim and home again by lunch time, not a bad way to spend a Sunday morning.