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Visitors will find an excellent selection of
Brisbane hotels and apartments and other lodgings such as motels and
motor-inns.
The Gold Coast, Queensland's famous
holiday destination, is an easy 75 - 90 minute drive
south on the Pacific Motorway from central Brisbane. The
Gold Coast theme parks are serviced by
transfer buses to and from Brisbane. The
Sunshine coast
is Brisbane's northern holiday playground which is a 60-70 minute trip
from the city. The city layout and surrounding areas can be seen in this
Brisbane highlights locality map.
 Brisbane
Holidays - Things To Do
Take a river
cruise on a
CityCat ferry and meet the locals. If wildlife is on your agenda,
then Alma Park and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary are within easy reach of the
city. Tour the city by tram,
local tour bus or city council sight-seeing buses.
Abseil the river side rock
faces, climb the
Storey Bridge or take a paddlewheel cruise on the Brisbane
River.
Catch the ferry to
Moreton Island and feed wild
dolphins at Tangalooma Island. Try another ferry
trip North
Stradbroke Island for day trips and bush-walking. Drive north to Bribie Island for a
spot of surfing or fishing in the Pumicestone Passage. Stop off for a visit
to Australia Zoo.
For hikers and
bushwalkers, head inland for the trails, bushwalks, picnic areas and
lookouts at Camp Mountain, Mt. Nebo, Manorina National Park, Mt. Glorious and
Lomandra.
Brisbane
Holidays - Places of
Interest
Take a
walking tour of the city following the "Heritage Trail".
St. John's
Cathedral, started in 1901 and still not completed. The corinthian
columns and copper dome of Customs House. St. Stephen's Church, the
city's oldest church with its adjoining, modern cathedral. The Old Windmill
(Observatory) dating from the original convict settlement and
The Old
Commissariat Store of the same era.
Appreciate the Victorian elegance of
The
Mansions in William Street. Their distinctive Victorian
sandstone of Parliament House and
Old
Government House.
The Queensland Cultural Centre flanks the south bank of
the Brisbane and combines a world
class performing arts complex, quality museum and art gallery. The adjoining
Southbank
Parklands offers open air entertainment and eateries. Chance your luck at the nearby
Treasure Casino on the opposite bank of the river.
Mt. Cootha is a
must on any Brisbane holiday, boasting a
magnificent botanic gardens of 57 hectares containing subtropical and
Australian flora in a setting of lakes, ponds and streams. Mt. Coota has a
planetarium and an impressive lookout across the entire city, especially
at dusk and early evening as the city lights up.
The
beautifully preserved
Newstead House is a historic homestead open for inspection to the public. Set beside the river,
this property reflects the lifestyle of the Brisbane well-to-do in the
mid 1800's.
History buffs should take in a visit to
St. Helena Island
to see the ruins of
one of Queensland's major penal colony prisons. Originally built as a quarantine station in 1866,
it was
almost immediately converted to a prison, became a prison farm in 1921 and was abandoned
in 1933.
Aviation buffs will appreciate the Kingsford Smith Memorial
which is located
adjacent the Brisbane airport and has on display the "Southern Cross", the Fokker
aircraft in which Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flew the first crossing of the Pacific
Ocean.
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biggest in the southern hemisphere. If you plan on seeing the
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