Sketching at the University of Qld St Lucia.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is in the top 100 universities worldwide, measured through a number of major independent university rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings and, Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. UQ is also the largest university in Queensland. 

 The first building to be built was the Forgan Smith Building after the Premier of the day, and was completed in 1939. During World War II, it became the advanced headquarters for the Allied Land Forces in the South West Pacific.

The cloister and buildings around the Great Court feature distinctive sandstone, carved with historical scenes, figures, the names of great thinkers and teachers, coats of arms, grotesques and carvings of Australian flora and fauna.  The Great Court is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register as well on the Register of the National Trust of Queensland.

Sketching at Streets Beach and Stanley Street Southbank - Brisbane with the Brisbane USK 03.06.14

Pandanas and Palm trees at Streets Beach

The Plough Inn Tavern was built in 1885  It is one of Brisbanes' oldest Pubs, and even has it's own ghost.   Legend has it, that a publican murdered his wife and she haunts room 7

Hanging above Stanley Street is a Human Factor Sculpture by John Underwood 1998

Sunday Sketchout Brisbane City

Urban Sketcher Brisbane, have a regular Sunday Sketchout, in and around the city.  This day we sketched at Queens Park, which is a small park between the Conrad Treasury hotel and Casino.
The Conrad Treasury Hotel was The Lands Administration Building.  Both the Treasury Hotel and Casino are heritage listed buildings and two of Brisbanes grandest.  The Lands Administration building  was designed under the supervision of chief government architect Thomas Pye, with plans prepared between 1898 and 1899
 Queens Gardens is a heritage-listed park.  was established in its present form in 1963, after the buildings which had occupied the area had been demolished. Queens Gardens was named in honour of Queen Victoria. A statue of Queen Victoria, based on an original in Portsmouth and created by English sculptor Thomas Brock, was unveiled in 1906 in the gardens in front of the Lands Administration Building.
At the other end of the gardens, with his back to the Queen,  is a statue of T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland (1915–1919)

Sutton House on George Street can be seen nestling between two modern buildings from the Park

Thomas. Joseph. Ryan, Premier of Queensland (1915–1919)