riverfire 2008

Quick recap of the last two weeks!

Lyn, Munks and Zel = busy busy BUSY with uni workload.

August 19th - returned goods to kuching =(

August 21st - Harold and Kumar moved into new home in Annerley

August 30th - took the boys out for Brissie's big annual event, Riverfire

One monkey hadta go solo on this outing as the other two had assignments due the next few days... quick info - Riverfire is the big opening to Brissie's annual Riverfestival, to celebrate their environmental heritage.

Best bit of it all?
Riverfire - the City's biggest fireworks display from one end of the river to the other, fully synchronized to music on live radio.

The show started off with the popular Roulette's aerobatic airplane formations at 5pmAlthough the fireworks won't come out till 7pm, Southbank is already packed with human beings of all shapes and sizes by 4pm.
It's only worth the wait if you're looking for the best vantage point to catch all action.

And we did =D

This video may not be from this year's Riverfire, but it'll definitely give you an idea of what it's all about...

If you're wondering about the two moving bright lights at the end of the vid, they're the F1-11 jetfighter planes that swoops in at the start and end of the fireworks display.

Big opening, bigger bang ending!

What's the bad thing about going to a big event like this, is the crowd. Yep, the CROWD - half a million Brisbanians crammed along Southbank. That's NOT exaggeration btw. Getting outta Southbank took us 2 hours last year, so instead of trailing the rest of the herd, we headed over to IMAX to catch a movie. Quick movie review!

Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller + Rob Downey Jr. + Jack Black = one funny movie!

Didn't expect the surprise cameos tho! Lookout for Tom Cruise. REALLY didn't notice him til we were halfway thru the movie!