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With its wealth of nature and mild climate, life in Brisbane is best lived outdoors, with hundreds of walks, parks, bike rides, beaches and pools as well as river activities, theme parks and games to choose from below:

Clayfield

Kalinga Park

The showcase family friendly park on the northside, Kalinga’s drawcards are many.

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Kangaroo Point

Kangaroo Point Park

The park with arguably the most stunning views in Brisbane is a legacy of Queensland's 150 year celebrations

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Toowong

Kayes Rocks Park

This quaint little terraced park tucked at the end of a tiny cul-de-sac feels like a million miles from the city for those who need an escape.

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West End

Kurilpa Park

Kurilpa Park is a tiny pocket park where fisherman drop a line and through which the riverside bike and pedestrian track passes

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Tingalpa

Minnippi Parklands

These beautiful lush hectares of meadowland have at their heart one of the rare surviving lagoons from pre-settlement days.

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East Brisbane

Mowbray Park

Mowbray Park is a remnant of the riverine estate established in 1850 by the father of East Brisbane Reverend Thomas Mowbray

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Toowong

Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha

It’s possible to happily pass an hour or a day within the 56-hectare subtropical expanse that is Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

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Mt Gravatt

Mt Gravatt Lookout

Since 1893 Mt Gravatt has attracted climbers, after the colonial government of the time deemed the hill’s 132 acres a recreational reserve.

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Paddington

Neal Macrossan Park

One of the city’s oldest parks was originally built as the playground to for Brisbane's oldest kindergarten, circa 1905

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Ipswich

Nerima Gardens Queens Park

The picture perfect self-contained Japanese garden sits on the eastern hill end of Queens Park behind the historic caretakers cottage.

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New Farm

New Farm Park

The city’s grandest century old park has rose gardens, rotunda, massive fig tree playground and more

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Newstead

Newstead Park

This park is actually the grounds of Brisbane’s oldest home Newstead House (1846)

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Hamilton

Northshore Riverside Park

This park is a wonderfully planned green space with something for every member of the family

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Ascot

Oriel Park

This picturesque long-established park is heavily shaded with figs, jacarandas and poinciettas and features Federation era picnic rotundas and a bamboo grove

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West End

Orleigh Park

A peaceful fringe of Moreton Bay fig shaded parkland on the river at West End

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Toowong

Perrin Park

Tucked away in a low lying hollow beside Gailey Rd is this fantastic grassy common for children, walkers, picnickers and dogs.

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Brisbane Writers Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse

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Oct 11

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