I love South Bank. It is the jewel in Brisbane's crown. I bet every tourist who visits Brisbane ends up there. Who wouldn't love a free inner city beach, the markets, restaurants and parklands? Of course, you do have to take the good with the bad and by bad I mean the birds. The birds are part of the South Bank experience but they also make enjoying the outdoor eateries rather difficult. Today I watched a family of tourists from Europe trying to enjoy fish and chips. I also watched a flock of seagulls (not the 80s English new wave synthpop band but actual gulls) competing to get their share. They were crazy determined. The tourists appeared somewhere between amused and annoyed. A group of Asian tourists filming it all on their phones were definitely amused. There are probably scores of Chinese language YouTube videos titled birds attack tourists tagged Brisbane right now. Seriously, if tourists love watching crocodiles or dolphins being fed, these guys were every bit as much of an attraction (provided you don't mind donating fish and chips).
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