Editor's picks
A local's shortlist — the places worth your time first, each with a tip.
South Bank Parklands
Nature · South Brisbane
A former World Expo site turned riverside park, with a free lagoon beach, a rainforest walk and the state's cultural institutions along one edge.
Local tip: Streets Beach is free, chlorinated, patrolled and open year-round. Go before 9am on a weekend — by 11 in summer it is a wall of people and there is no shade left.
Kangaroo Point Cliffs & the Story Bridge
Landmark · Kangaroo Point
Volcanic cliffs above the river with abseiling, climbing routes and the best skyline view in the city, now linked by a green bridge to the CBD.
Local tip: Walk up at dusk on a weeknight rather than sunset on a Saturday. The cliffs face the CBD, so the light hits the buildings, not you, and the riverside path back is lit the whole way.
West End
Neighborhood · Inner south
Boundary Street's Greek, Vietnamese and Middle Eastern strip, a Saturday farmers' market, and Brisbane's most stubbornly independent shopping.
Local tip: The Davies Park market on Saturday morning under the fig trees is the real one — cheaper and better than anything in the CBD. Come by CityCat to West End terminal and walk up.
Mount Coot-tha & the Botanic Gardens
Nature · Toowong
The forested ridge west of the city with the lookout everyone photographs, plus a large subtropical botanic garden and planetarium at its base.
Local tip: Skip the lookout car park and walk the Simpson Falls or Kokoda track from the gardens instead. Same ridge, no tour buses, and you finish at a café rather than a souvenir shop.
Fortitude Valley & Bowen Hills
Nightlife · Inner north
Brisbane's designated entertainment precinct — live music rooms, Chinatown, and the small-bar laneways around Winn Lane and Bakery Lane.
Local tip: The Brunswick Street mall end is the tourist strip. The good live venues sit along Ann Street and in the laneways off Wickham — The Zoo, The Triffid and the Fortitude Music Hall are the rooms locals actually book.
Rocklea & Salisbury
Hidden gemFood · Southern suburbs
Where Brisbane's produce actually arrives — the Brisbane Markets, the Sunday farmers' market, and a strip of unglamorous but excellent South Asian and Pacific grocers.
Local tip: The Sunday Brisbane Markets farmers' market is the cheapest fresh produce in the city by a wide margin, and almost no visitor ever goes. Bring cash and a cooler bag, and get there before 8am.
Explore 81 places across Brisbane
Museums, landmarks, monuments, heritage sites and parks — mapped, with photos. The most notable spots first.
Museums & galleries
(13)
MuseumGallery of Modern Art
Art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MuseumQueensland Museum
State museum of Queensland, Australia
MuseumQueensland Art Gallery
Art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MuseumMuseum of Brisbane
History museum in Brisbane City Hall, King George Square
MuseumMuseum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying
Museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MuseumUniversity of Queensland Art Museum
Art museum in St Lucia Campus, James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre
MuseumUniversity of Queensland Anthropology Museum
Anthropology museum in Brisbane, Australia
MuseumQAGOMA
Art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
MuseumCommissariat Store, Brisbane
Historical building in Queensland
MuseumSir Harry Gibbs Legal Heritage Centre
Legal heritage museum in Brisbane, Australia
Richard Randall Art Studio
Art gallery.
Hologram Zoo
Museum.
Woolloongabba Art Gallery
Art gallery.
Landmarks & architecture
(10)
LandmarkKing George Square
Square in Brisbane, Australia
LandmarkANZAC Square
Public square in Brisbane, Australia
LandmarkVictoria Bridge, Brisbane
Bridge in Australia
LandmarkThe Skyneedle
Landmark tower in Brisbane, Australia
LandmarkPost Office Square, Brisbane
Post Office Square in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Landmark
LandmarkDe Paris Eiffel Tower
Landmark in Brisbane.
Hughesville House
Historic manor.
Fort Lytton
Fort.
385 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Station
Fort.
Monuments & memorials
(7)
MonumentShrine of Remembrance, Brisbane
Memorial in Australia
MonumentTemple of Peace
Heritage listed memorial in Queensland, Australia
MonumentSir William Glasgow Memorial
Heritage listed memorial in Queensland, Australia
Anzac Memorial
Memorial.
Walter Hill Fountain
Memorial.
Bulimba Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park
Memorial.
John French Estate and Memorial Park
Memorial.
Places of worship
(27)
ReligiousCathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane
Cathedral
ReligiousHoly Name Cathedral, Brisbane
Roman Catholic church in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt. Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousMowbraytown Presbyterian Church
Church in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ReligiousAlbert Street Uniting Church
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousAnn Street Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousHoly Trinity Anglican Church
Church in Woolloongabba, Queensland
ReligiousAlbert Hall, Brisbane
Demolished church hall in Brisbane, Australia
ReligiousAshgrove Methodist Church
Place of worship in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ReligiousWavell Heights Presbyterian Church
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Brigid's Church, Red Hill
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Luke's Church of England, Brisbane
Heritage-listed building in Brisbane, Queensland
ReligiousHoly Trinity Parish Hall, Fortitude Valley
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousChrist Church, Milton
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Andrews Anglican Church, South Brisbane
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Matthews Anglican Church
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousCorpus Christi Church
Heritage listed church in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ReligiousSt Lucia Presbyterian Church
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousFirst Church of Christ, Scientist, Brisbane
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousAll Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane
Church in Australia
ReligiousAnn Street Church of Christ
Church in Brisbane, Australia
ReligiousIthaca Presbyterian Church
Church building in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousWharf Street Congregational Church, Brisbane
Church in Queensland, Australia
ReligiousCity Congregational Church, Brisbane
Church building in Queensland, Australia
Tufnell Home Orphanage Chapel
Nundah
Place of worship in Nundah.
Tingalpa Pioneers' Chapel
Historic church.
Heritage & archaeology
(3)Alison Engine Testing Beds Heritage Site
Historic ruins.
Samford Railway Station
Historic ruins.
Camp Mountain Railway Station
Historic ruins.
Parks & nature
(18)
ParkCity Botanic Gardens
Botanical gardens in Brisbane, Australia
ParkBrisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha
Botanical garden in Mount Coot-tha, Queensland
Park
ParkVictoria Park, Brisbane
Heritage listed park in Queensland, Australia
ParkNew Farm Park
Park in Queensland, Australia
ParkRoma Street Parkland
Australian park
ParkKalinga Park
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
Park
ParkQueens Gardens, Brisbane
Heritage listed park in Brisbane, Australia
Park
ParkWickham Park
Park in Brisbane, Australia
ParkYeronga Park
Heritage listed park in Queensland, Australia
Park
ParkWindsor War Memorial Park
Heritage listed War Memorial in Queensland, Australia
ParkRaymond Park, Brisbane
Park in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ParkBowen Park
Park in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ParkMoora Park
Parks in Shorncliffe
ParkHeinrich Gerns Park
Park in Wavell Heights, Queensland, Australia
More to explore
(3)Bartleys Hill Lookout
Viewpoint.
Downfall Creek Bushland Centre
Visitor attraction.
Scout Place
Viewpoint.
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