With just one week until Queen’s Wharf starts to open, it’s the free public spaces and walking trails that have me most excited.
Standing beneath artist Lindy Lee’s enormous bronze sculpture at the George Street entrance to Queen’s WharfSomewhere between being chided by a security guard for wandering too far into the foyer and chatting to the woman responsible for assembling Lee’s work, I caught a glimpse of the Wheel of Brisbane across the river.Neville Bonner BridgeI don’t care how lame it is to be excited by a new pedestrian bridge – get me strolling across that thing.
Star Brisbane chief executive Daniel Finch said the group had prioritised public spaces in the first phase of openings.Comprising 7.5 hectares of the precinct, places for free public enjoyment include the Neville Bonner Bridge, the upgraded Bicentennial Bikeway, the viewing platform on Sky Deck, Miller Park, and the Leisure Deck on Level Seven.
“Sheila” by Justene Williams is another enormous art installation for Brisbane, courtesy of Queen’s Wharf.The “giant monument to the female form” was perplexing at first, though I must admit she has grown on me, and I think she suits the riverfront ecology and heritage buildings. The riverfront stretch under Queen’s Wharf extending to QUT’s Gardens Point campus promises a similar legacy, and as an outdoor, subtropical city, it’s worth celebrating purposeful design that encourages people to explore more of it.Which raises another point of excitement – the connection between South Bank and the Queen’s Wharf precinct is part of a bigger pedestrian vision for Brisbane.
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