Make the most of your Brisbane times with our list of 50 essential River City experiences.
I’m standing in the open air 80 metres above the roaring traffic of the Bradfield Highway, dressed in a blue-and-grey jumpsuit,I can see the Gateway Bridge to the west and the tips of the Glass House Mountains to the north. The skyscrapers of the city loom next to us and the river curls below, the afternoon sun bouncing off the roofs of Howard Smith Wharves.
“The bridge is held together by 1.25 million rivets,” says Story Bridge Adventure Climb guide Jessikah Nisbet. “It’s 12,000 tonnes of steel, and 6000 tonnes of reinforced steel, made in Rocklea. It’s a pretty sturdy bridge, and probably why we’ve had it for over 80 years without any issues.” Story Bridge Adventure Climb offers up to 15 climbs a day to the top of the historic bridge, which opened in 1940.Visitors aged six to 96 have done the climb, and there’s perhaps no better way to appreciate how far Brisbane has come as a city than to admire it from up here.are not blind to our city’s problems, but that doesn’t stop us being superfans. So we’ve pooled our knowledge to bring you this list of 50 essential experiences in the River City.
Some of the best croissants in Brisbane, they’re fermented for two days using French butter as learned by Jacques during his childhood in Nimes.is a place to experience wild-catch seafood in its freshest form. You can also order oysters, salmon, lobsters, bugs, and booze.is the place for you. More than 40 fashion retailers including Sass & Bide, Dion Lee, Venroy and Assembly Label, plus a wealth of good eats, design and health and beauty, make this Valley high street a hip hotspot.
is Food and Culture Editor at Brisbane Times. He is a former editor and editor-at-large at Broadsheet Brisbane, and has written for Escape, Qantas Magazine, the Guardian, Jetstar Magazine and SilverKris, among many others.
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