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The Old Commissariat Store of the same era. The Victorian elegance of The Mansions in William Street. Parliament House and Old Government House with their distinctive sandstone construction. Queensland Cultural Centre combines a world class performing arts complex, quality museum and art gallery. Adjoining Southbank Parklands offers entertainment and eateries. Chance your luck at the nearby casino on the opposite bank of the river. A visit to Mt. Cootha is a must on any Brisbane holiday. A magnificent botanic gardens and reserve of 57 hectares containing subtropical and Australian flora in a setting of lakes, ponds and streams. Mt. Coota also hosts a planetarium and an impressive lookout across the entire city. Newstead House is a beautifully preserved historic homestead set beside the river and reflecting the lifestyle of the well-to-do in the mid 1800's. Open for inspection to the public. St. Helena Island contains the ruins of one of Queensland's major prisons. Originally a quarantine station when built in 1866, almost immediately converted to a prison, became a prison farm in 1921 and was abandoned in 1933.
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See the city by tram or hotair balloon. Abseil the rock faces along the river. Visit the several open-air weekend markets. If wildlife is a must, then Alma Park and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary are within easy reach.
Travel inland for the trails, bushwalks, picnic areas and lookouts at Camp Mountain, Mt. Nebo, Manorina National Park, Mt. Glorius and Lomandra. [See Brisbane area map]
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Brisbane
Holidays 
Places of
Interest In Brisbane
Tour the "Heritage Trail".
St. John's
Cathedral, still unfinished since its start in 1901. Customs House
with its corinthian columns and copper dome. St. Stephen's Church, the
city's oldest with the adjoining and more recent cathedral. The Old Windmill
(Observatory) constructed during the original convict settlement.
Kingsford Smith Memorial is located
adjacent the Brisbane airport and is home to the "Southern Cross", the Fokker
aircraft in which Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flew the first crossing of the Pacific
Ocean.
Visit
the Australian Woolshed for a sheep shearing show, a dinkum meal and country knees-up
(dance). Paddlewheel cruise the Brisbane River. Ferry to Moreton Island and feed wild
dolphins at Tangalooma Island. Also by ferry, try North
Stradbroke Island for day trips and bush-walking. Drive to Bribie Island for a
spot of surfing or fishing in the Pumicestone Passage.
