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Diverse pages, a little cafe in the corner and frequent readings and bookish events: a real West End cultural hub.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Brisbane attractions

1. Milani

0.37 MILES

A well-regarded commercial gallery with rotating exhibitions of cutting-edge, sometimes confronting, contemporary Australian artwork. Numerous artists…

2. Fintan Magee Fox Mural

0.42 MILES

Brisbane-raised Fintan Magee (dubbed the 'Australian Banksy') is known across the globe for his whimsical street art, his murals adorning walls from…

3. Pillars Project

0.63 MILES

Beneath the South Brisbane rail overpass, a row of concrete pillars has been transformed into 11 giant street-art murals by some of the hottest names on…

4. Queensland Museum & Sciencentre

0.63 MILES

Dig deeper into Queensland history at the state's main historical repository, where intriguing exhibits include a skeleton of the state’s own dinosaur…

5. Wheel of Brisbane

0.64 MILES

Steps from the Queensland Performing Arts Centre is Brisbane's slightly more modest version of the giant observation wheels now common in cities from…

6. South Bank Parklands

0.66 MILES

Should you sunbake on a sandy beach, saunter through a rainforest, or eye-up a Nepalese peace pagoda? You can do all three in this 17.5-hectare park…

7. Queensland Cultural Centre

0.67 MILES

On South Bank, just over Victoria Bridge from the CBD, the Queensland Cultural Centre is the epicentre of Brisbane’s cultural confluence. Surrounded by…

8. Queensland Art Gallery

0.68 MILES

While Brisbane's main art museum includes numerous international works, its forte is its Australia collection. This includes works by heavyweights like…