Brisbane Accommodation
Sub Regions
Brisbane CBD
Brisbane city is electric with energy with an extensive music and culture event calendar. Visitors can choose to relax in South Bank, home of the 1988 World Expo or enjoy the temperate year round climate and take to the streets in many of Brisbane’s street shopping precincts.
Fortitude Valley
Named after the 19th century ship SS Fortitude, there was a time in the not too distant past when Fortitude Valley was synonymous with brothels, gambling dens and unsavoury characters. How times have changed! Gentrification has had its way with this shady suburb and it's now one of Brisbane's most popular destinations. This is a place for those who want to stay in groovy accommodation close to nightlife and funky restaurants.
Kangaroo Point
When Kangaroo Point is mentioned we immediately think of rhyolite cliffs. These cliff formations were not formed by nature but by early mining and are now the major rock climbing attraction for Brisbane's abseilers. Kangaroo Point is also a popular spot for picnics, walking and cycling. Particularly popular is the walk under the Story Bridge to Dockside. Kangaroo Point is roughly 1km from Brisbane’s CBD.
Redcliffe
The City of Redcliffe has a population of approximately 50,000 people and is located 35 minutes north of Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane. Whether it be wining and dining, galleries, live theatre, picnics, boating, swimming, cycling, skydiving, fishing, scuba diving, windsurfing and other aquatic activities - Redcliffe's got it covered!
Spring Hill
A blend of old and new, Spring Hill is only a hop, skip and jump from the CBD and Fortitude Valley. Spring Hill's most famous landmark is the convict-built Old Windmill and among all the modern buildings are old workers' cottages and terrace houses which have been renovated. New designer buildings and fancy eateries like E'cco have crept from the CBD to the edges of Spring Hill making it a trendy place to stay.
Brookfield
A quiet, semi-rural suburb in Brisbane's west, Brookfield features mainly large homes on acreage properties as well as farms. Brookfield is roughly 13km from Brisbane’s CBD and has an interesting history including timber, gold mining and dairy farms.
Paddington
Paddington is one of Brisbane's most popular suburbs for eating out, boutique shopping and night clubs and is one of Brisbane's older inner city suburbs. The main street in Paddington has several names. Caxton Street closest to the city is the nightclub and restaurant end, Given Terrace in the middle boasts cafes and small, quirky boutiques and Latrobe Terrace, furthest from the city has antique shops, cafes and flower shops.
Macleay Island
Macleay Island is the second largest of the four Bay Islands, situated 30km from Brisbane in the Moreton Bay Marine Park at the southern end of Moreton Bay. It is 6.5km long and 4km wide at its widest point. Protected by North Stradbroke Island to the east, Macleay is connected to the mainland by ferries and barges, which also connect to inter-island transport for the four Bay Islands.
Kelvin Grove
Kelvin Grove is only 4km from Brisbane’s CBD and is one of Brisbane's most exciting suburbs. A stone's throw from the city, it was once a sleepy suburb is now setting the benchmark for urban development.
Wynnum
'Wynnum-by-the-sea' is how this area is sometimes referred to. The whole Wynnum area, including Manly and Lota is focussed on Moreton Bay, with the more prestigious streets providing unbroken views to the islands. There's always a cooling breeze and the Esplanade caters for morning walkers, joggers and cyclists with long stretches of waterfront parkland and bikeways. No matter how hot it is in the city, the temperature always seems to drop a few degrees along the mangrove boardwalk near Elanora Park, Wynnum North.
