Things To Do

It's time for the most festive road trip ever. 

Brisbane might not be known as a beacon of literary culture, but our fair ol’ city has more than a few secondhand and independent bookstore gems if you know where to look for them. 

Discover the top summer festivals in Queensland, from music and food festivals to cultural celebrations. Find out where to go, what to do, and how to experience the best of Queensland’s summer festivals.

Ahh, summer in Brisbane. A period when the only reason you leave the air conditioning is to dip your toes into South East Queensland’s beautiful rivers, creeks, lakes, waterfalls and beaches. 

Sick of spending your weekends on your home turf? Time to schedule in a day trip and explore more of what our incredible part of the world has to offer. Here are the best day trips to take from Brisbane.

We’ve done the hard yards to track down the the best hidden waterfalls Brisbane's nearby regions have to explore, so you don’t have to. 

If you’re trying to find a great way to spend your weekend that doesn’t involve Netflix and ice cream, we’ve unearthed some of the best walks and hiking near Brisbane.

If you really want to win over your love, it’s time to step up your date game with these date ideas in Brisbane.

Bookmark this site and prepare to start ticking things off (or tell all your friends and take credit for the ideas—we won’t tell), because here are 50 of the absolute best things to do in Brisbane, whether you’re a local or not. 

If you’ve got a head swimming with (seemingly) useless facts, trust us—Brisbane's best trivia nights are your time to shine. 

Move aside, rom-coms: we’re upping the standards for date night goals everywhere with the top spots for mini golf Brisbane has to offer.

Amateur sleuths assemble! Here’s your chance to flex your Houdini muscles within a nice, safe environment at one of best escape rooms in Brisbane. 

From the institutions that we know and love to small neighbourhood venues, these are the best live music venues in Brisbane.