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DIRECTORY
Shopping
Brisbane Arcade
160 Queen St Mall.
∑ brisbanearcade.com.au
The Collective Markets at
South Bank
Stanley St, South Bank.
∑ collectivemarkets.com.au
CityCat ferry service on the Brisbane River Fireworks Gallery
52a Doggett St, Newstead.
Getting Around ∑ fireworksgallery.com.au
Go card or pre-purchased single
Brisbane is a compact city which ticket before boarding. Another James Street Precinct
can be explored on foot. Maps flexible way to see the city is on a James Street, Fortitude Valley.
are available from most hotels Big Bus Brisbane Explorer Bus Tel (07) 3850 0111.
and information centres. There Tour. Buy a one- or two-day ∑ jamesst.com.au
are excellent self-guided heritage ticket and you can get on and off Queen Street Mall
trails and riverside pathways on at any of the Explorer bus stops Queen Street.
both sides of the river. along two routes, which take in Tel (07) 3006 6290.
Public transport in Brisbane is major sights and landmarks.
operated by TransLink and TransLink and TransLink Brisbane’s Free Loop bus QueensPlaza
includes buses, commuter trains service travels around the city Queen Street.
Tel (07) 3234 3900.
and ferries. The river has become centre, with a bus every ten
one of the main ways of moving minutes. A second Free Loop bus Riverside at the Gardens
about the city. CityCat ferries services Spring Hill. The Cityxpress Markets
service popular locations buses service the suburbs with City Botanic Gdns, 157 Alice St.
including South Bank, Eagle limited stops. All buses stop at the Tel (07) 3870 2807.
Street, Riverside, Dockside, New Queen Street Bus Station. Blue Entertainment
Farm and Kangaroo Point. Free and Maroon CityGlider buses
CityHopper ferry services (routes 60 and 61) are frequent, Treasury Casino & Hotel
operate in inner-city precincts. prepaid services that take in the 159 William St. Tel (07) 3306 8888.
The most economical way to main city and tourist areas. ∑ treasurybrisbane.com.au
travel is with a prepaid electronic Commercially operated bus
Go card, which provides companies also offer tours of the La Boite Theatre
6–8 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove.
unlimited travel on TransLink city’s highlights, as well as to the ∑ laboite.com.au
public buses, trains and ferries. It city and surrounding areas, inclu-
can be used in Brisbane, the Gold ding Stradbroke Island, Moreton Queensland Performing
Coast, Ipswich and Sunshine Bay and Surfers Paradise (see Arts Centre
Coast. Three- and five-day SEEQ pp242–3) and the mountainous Cnr Grey & Melbourne sts,
cards are useful if travelling hinterland (see pp244–5). South Bank. ∑ qpac.com.au
extensively between Brisbane All types of public transport Ticketek
and the Gold Coast and their run until midnight, some later, Tel 13 28 49. ∑ ticketek.com.au
airports. Single-journey paper and taxis are plentiful in the city
tickets are also available. Buses centre at night. Driving is increas- Public Transport
with routes beginning with a P ingly difficult but there are many Administration Centre
are prepaid services and require a well-maintained bike tracks. George Street. Tel phone
TransLink (see below).
Big Bus Brisbane Explorer
Bus Tour
∑ theaustralianexplorer.
com.au
TransLink
(for public transport information)
Tel 13 12 30 or (07) 3851 8700.
∑ translink.com.au
Tourist Information
Centres
Brisbane Visitor Information
∑ visitbrisbane.com.au
A Translink public bus – a popular form of transport in Brisbane