AustraliaBrisbane combines a broad winding river, timber-house districts, major cultural institutions, parks, mangroves and urban life shaped by a subtropical climate. Between South Bank, ferries, Kangaroo Point, Mount Coot-tha and Turrbal and Jagera memory, families encounter an open, diverse city defined by water.
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Brisbane grew around a broad, brown and changeable river that never follows a straight line. Its bends separate districts that appear close on a map and force the city to think continually about bridges, ferries and riverbanks. From the water, the skyline alternates with timber houses, mangroves, parks and former industrial areas.
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Howard Smith Wharves occupies a narrow strip between the New Farm cliffs and the Brisbane River beneath the steel span of the Story Bridge.
Fort Lytton preserves a nineteenth century coastal fortification at the mouth of the Brisbane River. Gun positions, tunnels, ditches and military buildings show how the colony defended its port before the city expanded towards Moreton Bay.
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary began in 1927 and became one of Brisbane’s best known centres for Australian wildlife. Koalas, kangaroos, wombats, birds and reptiles present the continent’s diversity in a wooded riverside setting.