Riverfire

Riverfire, which is held at the beginning of Riverfestival, includes a choreographed display of fireworks. Using some of the most advanced pyrotechnic technology, Riverfire is one of Brisbane'smost popular annual celebrations. It includes 30 minutes of non-stop pyrotechnics and fireworks from Brisbane's three major bridges (the Victoria Bridge, the Story Bridge, and the Goodwill Bridge), as well as from boats and buildings, and often includes a flyover and "Dump and-burn" from one or more of the F-111 Strike aircraft based at RAAF Amberley. Dump-and-burn of Riverfire 2010 was able to be seen as far as the Gold Coast and Toowoomba as the F-111 climbed from 300 ft to a higher altitude of about 10,000 ft. (Wikipedia).

We were invited to hang out with our Exxon friends for Riverfire and headed over to one of the guy’s apartments. We brought out our own artillery and took queso over. Again watching Aussies clean out the dip bowl. There were several Americans also impressed of our importing tactics. We actually did the math and are perhaps starting a side business soon.

We had a perfect front row balcony seat viewing the Storey Bridge. The fireworks began and they synchronize them to the radio. This was a pretty spectacular fireworks show but the dump and burn was icing on the cake. The planes light up the night sky with the huge fireballs. It was so fun to be a part of the so called last year for the F-111s to do the dump and burn.