Just some stuff I want to share with you
Archive for March 13, 2009
Website updates
Mar 13th
As you can see, I have been posting some messages over the last days. During the creation of the posts I have added an image gallery and today I added a guestbook to the site.
The image gallery still needs a lot of work, but for now it allows me to upload my pictures and add them to the posts. Looks like I have broken the gallery – blog integration. When you click on a picture in the log, it should show a bigger/high res version… So far, I am not a big fan of this particular piece of software… But then, I have not put a lot of time in it either.
The gallery has some form of Google Maps integration, but I have had no time to work on that.
I will work on the Google Maps integration (not only for the pictures but also to show GPS tracks) over the next days.
Keep coming back and hope to hear from you.
A walk in the park
Mar 13th
It’s been a great day today. Although we had some light rain in the morning, the afternoon weather was fantastic. I walked along the river towards the Botanic Gardens. In this area you will find the Queensland University of Technology and therefore when walking through the park you will find a lot of students relaxing or studying here. The birds in the pictures are all over town. I have no idea what their name is, so if you do: leave a comment….
Close to the Botanic Gardens there’s a footbridge (the Goodwill Bridge) to cross the Brisbane River. This brings you to the South Bank Parklands. The first 2 pictures show the Parklands, the next 2 are the City side (where my hotel and the shopping area is).
The Parklands has it’s own “beach“. Now the sun is shinning, students from the universities located in the Parklands (University of Queensland and the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University) hang out here or come for a swim. And then there’s of course the great view on the City side again. If you zoom in on the last picture, you can see the 2 towers (the big ones on the left) they are building “in front of my hotel room”…
On the South Bank you will also find the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, the Queensland Art Gallery and the Queensland Museum. I haven’t visited them. The weather is to nice to go inside; perhaps later. Crossing the river via Victoria Bridge brings you back to the shopping area on the City side of the river. The first picture shows my hotel and the construction sites. The others give an overview of the South Bank.
It’s been a nice day out here. I must get some sun block tomorrow, since my head is turning red…
Thursday 12 March 2009