Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0411 111 903;
www.boggoroadgaol.com
; Annerley Rd, Dutton Park; historical tours adult/child/family $25/12.50/
50, ghost tours adult/child over 12 $40/25; historical tours 11am & 1pm Tue-Fri, 11am, 1pm & 3pm Sat, hourly
10am-1pm & 3pm Sun, night tours 7pm Thu, ghost tours 7.30pm Wed & Sun)
Tours of old Victorian prisons
have a grim appeal: it's part morbidly fascinating 'dark tourism'; part architectural herit-
age appreciation; part 'Look how far we've come' social commentary; and part just plain
spooky. This version takes you through the notorious Boggo Road Gaol a couple of kilo-
metres south of the city centre, which was a working prison from 1883 to 2002.
Newstead House
MAP
HISTORIC BUILDING
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.newsteadhouse.com.au
;
cnr Breakfast Creek Rd & Newstead Ave, Newstead; adult/child/family $6/4/15;
10am-4pm Mon-Thu, 2-5pm Sun)
On a breezy hill overlooking the river, Brisbane's oldest house
dates from 1846 and is beautifully fitted out with Victorian furnishings, antiques, clothing
and period displays. It's a modest, peach- coloured L-shaped affair, surrounded by mani-
cured lawns with lovely river views. Wedding photographers do their best to avoid the big
brick electrical substation in the gardens. Free Sunday afternoon concerts.
Alma Park Zoo
( 07-3204 6566;
www.almaparkzoo.com.au
; 18 Alma Rd, Dakabin; adult/child/family $37/27/105; 9am-4pm)
Bond with a multicultural mix of furred and feathered brethren at Queensland's oldest
zoo, 28km north of the city. Inhabiting 16 hectares of subtropical gardens is a large brood
of native birds and mammals, including koalas, kangaroos, emus and dingoes (plus some
international interlopers). You can touch many of the animals; feeding times are all
between 10.30am and 3pm.
To get here via public transport take the Caboolture line from Roma St Station ($7.50,
45 minutes). The zoo is a 1.8km walk from the station.
ZOO
Daisy Hill Koala Centre
(
WILDLIFE RESERVE
07-3299 1032;
www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/daisyhill-centre
;
Daisy Hill Rd, Daisy Hill Conservation Park, Daisy
Hill; 10am-4pm)
About 25km southeast of the city, Daisy Hill offers informative
displays and a number of fat and happy-looking koalas - but it's no zoo. The surrounding
area is an important koala habitat and part of a 435-hectare conservation park. The centre
is designed to acquaint visitors with koalas on a much more comprehensive level than just
a cuddle and photo encounter (no koala touching involved). There are also some beaut
