Which places you mostly frequent in and around Brisbane?

[B1K3R]

Hi :smile:

 

Being new to Brisbane (soon to be there!) I don't know much about where to go in Brisbane on weekends. But I am sure that there are many things to do! :biggrin:

 

Mostly, I am interested in child friendly (our little princess is 4 1/2) places, like parks, playing fields, markets, beaches, plazas, events, restaurants, complexes....anything really where a family can enjoy a nice and safe day :yes:

 

Tell us which are your favorite places, the ones that you hang out most with your family! :laugh:

 

Thanks!

 

Cheers

B!K3R

[dufont]

We like visiting South Bank. There is the swimming lagoon there which kids always love and some lovely little cafes...........also if you go on the weekend there is the market.

[Guest guest30038]

Too numerous to list and many forgotten once you've been there a few times and are looking for places new.

 

Think of Brizzy as the hub of a wheel with spokes pointing in all directions.............Gold Coast with it's theme parks an hr away............Sunshine coast the same. Australia zoo 30mins. Both the Gold Coast and Sunny coast have a beautiful rainforest hinterland, as does Brizzy itself. Pacific Fair (Gold Coast) is an amazing shopping mal where you can even pull up in your boat and do your shopping.

 

Within Brizzy is Mt Cootha and it's lookout over the city and botanical gardens at base...........Sutton beach at redcliffe and it's saltwater lagoon similar to South Bank's or it's calm waters of the beach itself. Too many parks to mention............take a day ticket and cruise the river on the city cat.

 

Inland, and less than 30mins Mt Nebo and MT Mee with rainforest walks. To the North, again less than 30 mins, is the glasshouse mountains, another 30 mins and Montville a mountain top craft village with a "tyrolean feel" to it........apart for the heat:biglaugh: Close by Baroon Pocket Dam with it's ancient Aboriginal meeting place below the falls.

 

Back to the West of Brizzy you have the lakes samsonvale and wivenhoe which are awesome at the moment, being full and spilling over.

 

Out through Petrie, within Brizzy suburbs you have North Pine Country park with lakes kurwongbah and samsonvale.

 

That'll do for now. No doubt others will add theirs.

 

kev

[Daffod1lly]

We love the Wynnum/Manly waterfronts ..... fantastic play areas for the children, wading pool and splash area - plus the outdoor pool in Manly. There's also regular craft and farmers market in manly too. We also like Raby Bay with safe bays where little ones can paddle happily - there's very little in the way of 'real' sand but the children never care about that. Then, our favourite beachy areas to explore on weekend are Mooloolaba and Coolum. I really liked Bribie island too - safe still waters at one end of the island and a surf beach at the other - there generally seemed to be a slower pace and felt a little 'old-fashioned' but I just loved it ..... guess I'm just an old-fashioned gal at heart :cute:. There's so much to do here for children and it's easy to get to from the Cleveland area - so you'll have a great time exploring! :yes:

[calNgary]

The Ian dipple Lagoon at Labrabdor on the GC is brilliant for a day out with the kids. The beach is lovely the sea/lagoon pretty shallow for quite a way out and a fab purpose built kids fenced playing area. To top off the day there are picnic benches and the world famous Charis fish and chip shop to save you cooking when you get home,lol

 

For a rainy day there is the Glow Worm caves at Tamborine, your not in the caves much more than 35mins but its a great experience for the kids.

 

 

Cal x

[B1K3R]

Thank you guys for all the places you have mentioned!!!! I guess that already fills one whole year of weekends :biglaugh:

 

Comon Brisbaneites!!! Keep them comin! :laugh:

 

Cheers

B!K3R

[fish.01]

Hi B1k3r,

 

I've cheated and taken this from an old post of mine :biggrin:

 

Brisbane is surrounded by nice green countryside, mountains, islands and beach resorts so always plenty of day trip options.

 

We have have a 5yo and if staying in Brisbane we might:

 

- go for a bike ride along the river (he gets towed behind me)

floating bikeway

 

- go to southbank for a swim

southbank

 

- have breakfast at one of our favourite cafe's or try out a new one - most of them are pretty child friendly.

cafe

 

- go to the park - there are lots of great parks

New Farm Park playground in the trees

Kids Water park

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Rocks Riverside Park

 

- visit GOMA, qld museum, southbank etc (they have child activities)

goma and kids activities

 

qld museum

 

southbank

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- grab an icecream - we do lots of that

cold rock

 

- Grab breakfast and people watch or shop at the markets

west end markets

northey street markets

 

ride the citycats - he likes that

citycat

 

visit mt cootha 8 km west of the city

mt cootha lookout

mt cootha lookout

mt cootha botanical gardens and planetarium

 

oreillys

 

As locals we get cheap entry into theme parks (at the moment it is $99 for entry to 3 theme parks for a whole year)

seaworld

wiggles at dreamworld

kids stuff at movie world

wet and wild

 

Brisbane's large islands:

 

Moreton Island

North Stradbroke Island (Straddie)

South Stradbroke Island

Bribie Island

 

With the daytime weather average 20c+ all year round you can use all these outdoor things right through winter as well.

 

Living out at the bayside would put you a bit away from some of the major brisbane attractions so you might consider moving closer after you are settled.

[B1K3R]

Excellent post mate! :biggrin: Now I have weekends for the next 10 years :laugh:

 

Yes, most probably I will move closer to the city ,Cleveland is a bit far out, I agree :yes:

 

Cheers

B!K3R

[whopperdaisy]

Close to Cleveland.... Coochiemudlo Island is lovely, quiet and a safe beach, nice walk/bike ride around the island. The park at Wellington Point is excellent for small children. The park in Capalaba (by Bunnings) has just reopened after major renovations... it was raining when I went this week but from the looks of it the playground is very good, nice barbecue area and the big drawcard for my little one is that you can feed the ducks - with enormous eels and turtles, occasionally some big fish stealing the bread before the ducks can get it. You are just about guaranteed to see cockatoos there and we also watched the baby lorikeets this time.

 

For a bit of indoor fun there are a few indoor playgrounds, filled with bouncy castles, climbing apparatus, slides, etc, try Lollipops at Cannon Hill (not bad value if you get a multi visit pass). I look out for local school fetes as they usually have things like petting zoos, fairground rides and all sorts of entertainment.

[fish.01]

Found this photo in my googling.

 

Gives a great perspective of part of Brisbane.

 

Note the suburb directly above the city near the top left of the photo totally surrounded by mountains - that is the suburb named "The Gap" - it is mentioned often on here as a potential place to live so some might be interested.

 

You can clearly see "the gap" in the mountains that lets people into the suburb named "The Gap" (that gap in the mountains is only 8km from the city centre btw so it is a very beautiful green place to be so close to a major city).

 

You can see two creeks running from the gap area (Enoggerra and Ithaca Creeks) that meet in the inner city at Red Hill before draining into the Brisbane River (at centre of image). Due to flooding a lot of the land along these two creeks has been left as parkland and is a great resource for the local communities in inner west/north brisbane.

 

http://www.photoeverywhere.co.uk/east/australia/brisbane121517.jpg

[B1K3R]

Thanks mate for sharing! Yes, in fact I have heard a few people talking about The Gap as a potentially nice place.

 

Cheers

B!K3R

[Guest guest30038]

Thanks mate for sharing! Yes, in fact I have heard a few people talking about The Gap as a potentially nice place.

 

Cheers

B!K3R

 

The Gap is indeed a fantastic suburb. Unfortunately, it's name sums it up.........it's a "gap" between higher land either side that funnels the wind in times of storms. If I had the money and insurance, I wouldn't hesitate to live there........not much more to be said really. Sorry if this is a dampener as I would love to live there, but I'm not a risk taker.

 

kev

[fish.01]

The Gap is indeed a fantastic suburb. Unfortunately, it's name sums it up.........it's a "gap" between higher land either side that funnels the wind in times of storms. If I had the money and insurance, I wouldn't hesitate to live there........not much more to be said really. Sorry if this is a dampener as I would love to live there, but I'm not a risk taker.

 

kev

 

I always assumed that as well but read recently somewhere that this wasn't true...now I'm confused about it :huh: