Park run at South Bank of Brisbane, Australia.

The narrow jogging track at kangaroo point

After spending almost one week in Sydney and achieving our goal of running in Sydney park, We boarded a train to Brisbane. The journey was almost 14 hours but the nice scenery we saw outside the train was enough to compensate the slight discomfort on the train. My main aim of coming to Brisbane was to attend Kai Yang's graduation ceremony and also visit interesting places including a run along South Bank of Brisbane river. We stayed on the 67th floor of Meriton Service Apartment which allowed us to have a panoramic view of Brisbane city. What attracted me the most was the long jogging bridge along the South Bank of Brisbane river. South bank was very near to our apartment and we decided that we should at least run once along the river bank. On our second day in Brisbane, we walked from our service apartment at Roma Street to South Bank via  Kurilpa Bridge which only allows pedestrian and cyclists to pass. 

We can never keep up with pace of the Aussies

The bridge is just a few hundred metres long and within minutes we were already at the other side of the river or South Bank. We started our run at the entrance of Kurilpa Bridge to Kangaroo points  roughly 4 km away. The jogging track or jogging bridge along the river bank is really fantastic, the tarmac is even and there is absolutely no pothole. There were many joggers and cyclists but their tracks are separated. It is very safe and fresh air all the way running at South Bank. We ran at our leisure pace and we were really no match to those seasoned runners sharing the same jogging track as us. In fact their fast pace really inspired me to run faster. Besides having a breathtaking view of the meandering river and the skyscrapers on the north shore we also passed through the Arbour or Bougainvillea canopy, Griffith University, the street beach , The Cliff Boardwalk where cliff climbers were seen doing abseiling before we reached kangaroo point via steep stairs from the track. 

The Arbour, Bougainvillea flowers on artistic arches

The staircases to Kangaroo point above

City Botanical Garden and Eagle Pier viewed from Kangaroo point

We stopped at Kangaroo Point to enjoy the the city view before turning back and ran across goodwill bridge to City Botanical Garden next to Queensland University of Technology. We ran through the Botanical Garden along its beautifully patched jogging track roughly 2 km. We stopped our run after coming out from the Botanical Garden. From there we walked another two km back to our Service Apartment along the busy city streets of Brisbane. We did not time our run but the run was easily more than 8 km. We had slight sunburn due to the scorching summer sunlight of Brisbane. We don't have to bring along drinking water as there are water sprinklers along the South Bank Park and City Botanical Garden to serve as our water stations. We really enjoyed our run as we were running on our own and there is no urgency to complete the run within certain specified time. My thumb up to the Brisbane Municipal council for building such a beautiful jogging tracks and bridge at South Bank for the well being of the residents. I like Brisbane city especially South Bank and it is a pity for those who stay near South Bank but do not make use of the facilities so meticulously created for them.

Beautiful Brisbane city with its bridges and jogging bridge along the river.