Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland and the third largest city in Australia. During the past Brisbane's larger town cousins felt the city could not struggle with them for culture, dining and nightlife but all that's changed.
Brisbane is now growing quicker than any other leading city and with the town is constantly adding more for entertainment, wonderful dining and a great live music scene in the inner city area of Fortitude Valley. It's also got one of the best climate of any capital city in Australia.
The sub-tropical climate means it is warm across the year with mild, dry winters. The city enjoys over three hundred days of sunshine a year and as a result the town makes excellent use of the outside and the river that wraps around the town.
Getting Around: Once you're in Brisbane it's best if you hire a campervan to visit everything. Otherwise another choice is that it's easy to get around the central areas by foot or public transport. The general public transport is operated under the name of TransLink and permits the use of a single ticket for bus, rail and ferry. Make sure you explore the river using the fast and smooth Town Cat catamaran ferries.
If you're staying in the CBD itself or close to the river precinct of Southbank then you will be able to explore a lot of the centre simply by foot. The CBD area of the town is fairly compact. Nevertheless if you want to get farther away from the centre then Brisbane stretchs out a good way and you might find vehicle rental a nice option.
There are many Brisbane car rental companies to make a choice from including all of the massive names and a bunch of local low cost operators. A note of warning. If you choose a low cost car rental firm then read the details in fine detail. Two the firms charge admin and other costs in the event you cause damages to the vehicle and hide this in reams of small print on the contract.
What to do: Brisbane has plenty to do but here are one or two suggestions to get you going.
- Explore the stream via the Citycat ferries. Stand on the front or rear outside sections to get the very best perspectives of the multi-million dollar riverfront homes and flats along the brook.
- Visit Southbank on the opposite side of the river to the city.
- Visit the eat street areas of the inner town suburbs of West End, Paddington and Oxford Street in Bulimba.
- Shop on the Queen Street Mall which features a big selection of stores including malls Myer and David Jones.
- Play a game of bare-foot bowls at Merthyr Bowls Club on Oxlade Drive in New Farm. Access is straightforward thru the Citycat ferry using the New Farm Parklands stop.
- Head to Moreton Bay and take a ferry over to North Stradbroke Island, one of the largest sand islands in the world and home to some great beaches.
Use Brisbane as a base for close by destinations such as the Gold Coast, the Sunlight Coast and Australia Zoo which is sixty minutes north of Brisbane by road.
Brisbane is an increasingly popular destination for Australian and world travellers so be sure you make it part of your trip.
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