Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Would you rather build a wall or a bridge?

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

Isaac Newton

Bridge– for this week’s photo challenge, Cheri asks for our take on the things, places, or people that connect us. 

There’s scary bridges:

A bridge crossing on Kokoda Track
A scary bridge crossing
Swinging bridge in Nepal
There were many very scary bridges to cross
Sydney Harbour bridge climb
Sydney Harbour bridge climb

There’s interesting bridges:

Bridge on Otago Rail Trail New Zealand
Bridge
Long bridge on rail trail in New Zeaaland
Otago Rail Trail New Zealand
Sandy Creek Bridge on the Rail Trail
Sandy Creek Bridge
Busy road over Tower Bridge in London
Tower Bridge London
Lucile’s Bridge In Amsterdam
Lucile’s Bridge
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Clifton Suspension Bridge

There’s beautiful old railway trestle bridges:

Trestle bridge from old railway days
Trestle bridge
Sawpit Creek bridge on the rail trail
Sawpit Creek bridge on the rail trail

There’s the water under the bridge:

Bridge, flooding, Cyclone debbie
Under the bridge
Under the bridge in Port Phillip Bay Melbourne
Under the bridge in Melbourne
Flood waters under the bridge in Tumbarumba
Flood waters under the bridge in Tumbarumba

And then there’s my favourite bridge:

Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Australian icons, a gum tree, Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge
Australian icons
Sydney Harbour Bridge from the air
Sydney Harbour Bridge from the air

Bridges connect things – people, structures, places and even bloggers.

I like to think that blogging is a bridge too – it connects us while spanning many countries, cultures and people of all backgrounds.  Carry on blogging and maybe we can make the world a better place.  

I’d much rather build a bridge than a wall!

These are just a few of my favourite bridge shots. I’d love to know what you think, leave me a comment below.

Deb xx

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102 Replies to “Would you rather build a wall or a bridge?”

  1. I like to think of bloggers as bridges as most certainly my followers scan the world twice over….All of the bloggers I know are wonderful people and I am sure if we all united we could make such a difference the world over so come on lets all unite and knock down a few walls and build some bridges I know we could 🙂 Love this post 🙂

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  6. You are so right, we need more bridges and fewer walls! Beautiful shots of all the bridges. I agree (and love the fact) that blogging builds bridges. I’m connected with people all around the world. Not bad for a shy girl!

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    1. I’m finding many readers are feeling the same way, just by the comments! I love being connected to people around the world through blogging, it’s so interesting Not bad for a shy girl at all!

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  14. Hi Deb,
    How fascinating. I loved seeing all the photos of different bridges. I love the Sydney Harbour Bridge too, along with the old sandstone bridge at Northbridge, which was built by a relative of mine.
    I really liked what you said about building bridges instead of walls and how we build connections through blogging. I have built so many strong connections all around the world through blogging.
    Actually, a few weeks ago I heard about the Great Get Together in the UK to honour the first anniversary of the death of MP Jo Cox and I held a get together on my blog. I had people join in from South Africa, UK, USA< Canada etc. It was a great illustration of how blogging is uniting the world.Here's the link: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2017/06/18/great-get-together-goes-global-moreincommon/
    xx Rowena

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  17. I love this for so many reasons.Your beautiful photography, of course, made me happy. I agree that we need more bridges and less talk of walls. And It never occurred to me that we bloggers are bridgers. I so agree!

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