visitor info guide to brisbane

On the outer edges of parklands and koala colonies is this peaceful Buddhist retreat with buildings in the Chinese palace architectural style of red and gold

Tucked away from the city’s thoroughfares, the convict-built Commissariat Stores are one of only two buildings that survived from the penal settlement.

The imposing neo-classical towers of the government offices came to life as part of the government job scheme during the Depression.

The heritage-listed iconic house with its composer sculpture garden is now for rent on Air BnB

This thoroughfare between Spring Hill and the Brisbane CBD was indeed little more than a ladder in its early days

A near to perfectly preserved half acre of house (circa 1886) and land as it was in the last part of Queen Victoria’s reign

The historic German cemetery started as a small burial ground in 1846 before being opening as a cemetery in 1862

The only surviving intact 19th century theatre in Brisbane and the oldest in Australia, since its construction in 1888

This landmark brick residence, remembered largely as the Queen Alexandra Home was initially called Hatherton, built as a private home in 1886 for businessman Reuben Nicklin.

From 1925 to 1955 trams ran along Cavendish Rd and this red post signifying Stop 26.

There has been a brewery on this site since 1878 when the first Castlemaine Brewery was established alongside the Milton Distillery

This house c 1878 is unusual for both its two storey brick terrace style with only two rooms downstairs and one and a half bedrooms upstairs.

The Kingston Butter Factory began life in 1907, at the height of Kingston's dairy farming days and as a timber structure

Leave the 21st century behind and time travel back to another century at Beenleigh Historical Village, a well-kept secret that which would have to rate as

Authentic heritage charm and old-fashioned hospitality sum up Mary's Place, a peaceful B&B in central Ipswich

Hardings Paddock is an exclusive scenic campground that is surrounded by bushland, just 20 minutes from Ipswich