Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Brisbane Lights Tours
( 07-3822 6028;
www.brisbanelightstours.com
; adult/child from $65/30)
Three-hour nocturnal tours de-
parting at 6.30pm nightly (hotel pick-ups included), covering a dozen city landmarks, with
dinner (or a snack) at Mt Coot-tha Lookout and a 20-minute CityCat cruise.
GUIDED TOUR
Araucaria Ecotours
( 07-5544 1283;
www.learnaboutwildlife.com
; tours from $99)
A range of day tours ex-Brisbane
with a very green bent: birdwatching, rainforests, bushwalking and glow-worms all get
some attention. Within the city there's the 'Bushwaking in Brisbane' day tour, traipsing
through the surrounding bushland. Three-day tours also available.
ECOTOUR
River City Cruises
( 0428 278 473;
www.rivercitycruises.com.au
; South Bank Parklands Jetty A; adult/child/family $25/15/60)
River
City runs 1½-hour cruises with commentary from South Bank to New Farm and back.
They depart from South Bank at 10.30am and 12.30pm (plus 2.30pm during summer).
CRUISE
Ghost Tours
( 0401 666 441;
www.ghost-tours.com.au
; walking/coach tours from $30/50)
'Get creeped' on these
90-minute guided walking tours or 2½-hour bus tours of Brisbane's haunted heritage:
murder scenes, cemeteries, eerie arcades and the infamous Boggo Road Gaol (
Click here
)
.
Offers several tours a week; bookings essential.
TOUR
Steam Train Sunday
( 07-3432 5100;
www.theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au
;
adult/child/family $21/12/62)
One Sunday a month,
beautifully restored steam trains chug out of Roma St Station for a one-hour tour around
town. Go online for the latest schedule.
TOUR
Kookaburra River Queens
MAP
CRUISE
GOOGLE MAP
( 07-3221 1300;
www.kookaburrariverqueens.com
; Eagle St Pier; lunch/dinner cruises per person from $42/79)
Chug up and down the river on a wooden paddle steamer. Meals are three-course seafood
and carvery buffet affairs; there's live jazz on the Sunday lunch cruise.
Carlton Brewhouse
TOUR
