The re-dedication of the Brisbane's City Hall building after 3 years of restoration was held on Saturday 6th April 2013 at 10 am.

The original city hall took 10 years to build and opened on the 8th of April 1930. The clock tower was the tallest structure in Brisbane until the 1960's.

During the reconstruction approximately 2 million man hours were spent restoring the building and more than 5 olympic swimming pools of waste were removed.

The lighting conditions inside the building were quite challenging requiring highish iso and very low shutter speeds to get the images I wanted. The image stabilising system of my E-5 got a huge work out with my hand held shutter speeds dropping down as low as 1/3rd of a second. Pretty much all the images inside the building were taken with my 9-18mm lens.

The interior of City Hall has been restored beautifully and you could spend days taking photos of the architectural features of this impressive building. I'd love to get in there when there wasn't hundreds of people walking around.

If you want view images from the new Brisbane City Hall please visit my Stock Photo Gallery