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?”

  4. Love this post! It reminds me that we’re all connected whether it’s by a bridge or via the internet. I’ve never thought of blogging as a bridge, but now that you say it. I believe you’re right. 🙂

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  5. Love the opening quote and the following line about bridges building connections and uniting things. Agreed re blogging as a reference to that too. I have made so many good friends from all over the world; So Politicos…stick that in your negativity and go be the first people to live on Mars out of the way. At least then we can just turn the communication satellites off so we don’t have to listen to the gibberish 🙂

    Great post and wonderful photos too!

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      1. See, smiles are another “bridge” essential to positive well being and often comments on blogs do that, whereas how often can you turn the news on and find similar? I may, of course, just be dead cynical 😁

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  7. I much prefer bridges to walls. Bridges are always so photogenic for how they stretch and arch, even the starkest industrial ones. But a wall is really only notable (in my opinion) if it is old and crumbling or defaced in some way.

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  8. I have only recently discovered the truth in this! Blogging is an incredibly rich and welcoming world, and the connections are fascinating x

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  9. Beautiful photos! I like how you see blogging as a bridge, too. I feel the same way. The more we know about each, different cultures, different takes on life, the more we want to include everyone at the table rather than shut them out.

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  10. Beautiful shots, I love the geometrical shot in “water under the bridge” and I’m still figuring out the photo with the quote, is that a fountain in the foreground? ☺ as I said in the comment on the prompt post, love that you compared blogging to a bridge, spot on!

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  16. #SocialSaturday hello *waves* I like to build bridges but am afraid of heights, I’m Four foot eleven so used to being more grounded or closer to it. We went to Vancouver Island October 2015 where we saw the first tresstle, an amazing construction of wood for moving all the wood on trains ironic I thought. .i didn’t get more than fifty yards on top but the husband went till he looked like a speck in my camera. It is a chore mending bridges that I seem to do well third child keeps the peace, lifes too short to allow them (relationships) to crumble we must at least try to fill the cracks, build those metaphoric bridges… even if your scared of heights.

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    1. Hello to you too Ellen 👋 I get what you’re saying and agree wholeheartedly. I’m also scared of heights so some of these bridges were quite hard for me to cross. I made myself do it and am glad I did. I’m a bit short too. Great to have you along.

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  18. I love all these photos!
    It’s brilliant that you have photos of bridges from all over the world! It must have taken a while to dig out so many bridge-y piccies 😀

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    1. Thanks for the comment on my photos and post. I just did a search for bridge in my media section on WordPress and they all appeared. I’ve obviously taken a few shots of bridges over the years!!

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  21. Your bridges are beautiful.
    I’ve built many a bridge. I am now working on walls. I am working on boundaries and they require steel walls. I hope to one day build bridges again when I feel safe again.

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  25. You’re right about blogging being a bridge Deb – I am grateful every day for the people it has connected me with both in Australia and much further afield – such a blessing and a really big encouragement for me at this stage of life.

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    1. It was the wettest day possible and I really thought they cancel our walk but it went ahead and was amazing. I’m scared of heights and was worried but I’d do it again in a flash, preferably on a nicer day though. Glad you plan to go again.

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  27. Very profound on a Friday. Okay, I too prefer to build bridges. 🙂 Walls aren’t usually as attractive, or an engineering feat as bridges can be!

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      1. You do it so well, so all good 🙂 I was being a bit cheeky, blardy hot here today and no wind. Was wonderful yesterday as we had a breeze all day. Bye from the grumpy overheated kiwi 🙂 Who needs to go for another swim!!

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    1. Thanks Sue! I didn’t mean to start out with the whole bridge versus wall thing but it came to me as I was writing my post. I’m happy with the whole analogy. and can imagine it impacts on you much more than it does on me, being on different sides of the world as we are. Lovely to have you visit and we can always build bridges together!

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  30. “I like to think that blogging is a bridge too – it connects us while spanning many countries, cultures and people of all backgrounds” – yes – indeed – I like that bridge!

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