Brisbane is the capital city of Queensland and the third biggest town in Australia. During the past Brisbane's bigger city cousins felt the city couldn't struggle with them for culture, dining and nightlife but all that has changed.
Brisbane is now growing faster than any other leading city and with that the town is continually adding more for entertainment, fantastic dining and a great live music scene in the inner city area of Fortitude Valley. It also has one of the finest climate of any leading city in Australia.
The sub-tropical climate means it is warm throughout the year with mild, dry winters. The town enjoys over 300 days of sunshine a year and as a result the city makes good use of the outdoors and the river that wraps around the town.
Getting Around: Once you are in Brisbane it's best if you hire a campervan to visit everything. Otherwise another option is that it's easy to get round the central areas by foot or public transport. The public transport is operated under the name of TransLink and allows the use of a single ticket for bus, rail and ferry. Make sure you explore the brook using the fast and smooth Town Pussy catamaran ferries.
If you are staying in the CBD itself or near the river precinct of Southbank then you'll be able to explore a lot of the centre easily by foot. The CBD area of the city is fairly compact. Nevertheless if you want to get further away from the centre then Brisbane stretchs out a good way and you might find auto rental a good choice.
There are many Brisbane car rental corporations to select from including all of the massive names and a number of local minimal cost operators. A word of caution. If you choose a low cost auto rental firm then read the details in detail. 2 the firms charge admin and other charges in the event you cause damages to the vehicle and hide this in reams of details on the contract.
What to do: Brisbane has lots to do but here are 1 or 2 proposals to get you started.
- Explore the brook through the Citycat ferries. Stand on the front or rear outside sections to get the finest perspectives of the multimillion dollar riverfront homes and residences along the stream.
- Visit Southbank on the opposite side of the stream to the city.
- Visit the eat street areas of the inner city suburbs of West End, Paddington and Oxford Street in Bulimba.
- Shop on the Queen Street Mall which features a great range of stores including department stores Myer and David Jones.
- Play a game of bare-foot bowls at Merthyr Bowls Club on Oxlade Drive in New Farm. Access is easy through 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 biggest sand islands in the world and home to some great beaches.
Use Brisbane as a base for nearby destinations such as the Gold Coast, the Sun Coast and Australia Zoo which is 1 hour north of Brisbane by road.
Brisbane is an increasingly popular destination for Australian and world travellers so take care you make it part of your trip.
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