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Best Rainy Day Things to Do in Brisbane

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Updated: Mar 31, 2025

Looking for the best rainy day things to do in Brisbane? From indoor golf and go-karting, to axe throwing, escape rooms, art exhibitions and massive indoor adventure parks, here's 15+ great things to do:

The Jungle Adventure Play
The Jungle Adventure Play Tingalpa
Queensland's premier indoor play centre is a massive jungle-themed adventure wonderland for all ages
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X-Golf
X-Golf South Bank
X-Golf is a fully immersive indoor golf experience, where you can enjoy treats and themed tipples while you tee off with friends
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BOUNCE
BOUNCE
Grab your family and friends and unleash your free spirit at BOUNCE, with 3 convenient locations across Brisbane
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Project Immersive Escape Rooms
Project Immersive
A fully-immersive adventure game that starts the moment you arrive in the car park of an old abandoned paint factory
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Urban Xtreme
Urban Xtreme
Urban Xtreme is Brisbane's Number 1 indoor ski and adventure sports park, providing hours of fun for all ages
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Mas & Miek Ceramic House
Mas & Miek Ceramic House Newstead
Mas & Miek is a bespoke open plan ceramic studio, shop and café, hidden within the industrial surrounds of Byres Street, Newstead
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Rack City Pool Hall & Bar
Rack City Pool Hall & Bar
The go-to destination for pool enthusiasts, social butterflies, and anyone seeking a laid-back yet vibrant social scene
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Zero Latency
Zero Latency
Zero Latency is Brisbane’s first free-roam, multi-player virtual reality experience, occupying a 400 square metre Newstead warehouse.
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SparkLab
SparkLab MDB
Be a scientist at SparkLab, only at Queensland Museum!
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Undersea Putt & Play
Undersea putt Play Redcliffe
This epic entertainment precinct features an underwater-themed mini golf course, games arcade, cafe and bar
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Laserzone
Laserzone Lawnton
Laserzone makes a fantastic all ages escape from the every day - a mega indoor fantasy land
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Crank Indoor Climbing
Crank Indoor Climbing
CRANK Indoor Climbing is the ultimate home of rock climbing, bouldering, parkour, ninja warrior and fitness
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MANIAX Axe Throwing
MANIAX, Newstead
MANIAX Axe Throwing combines the urban sport of axe throwing with craft beer, cocktails and food creating an epic experience
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Slideways Go Karting
Slideways Hamilton
Slideways Go Karting is an epic European style multi-level indoor kart track that features 425m of adrenalin pumping action
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Game Over Brisbane
kids in go-karts at Game Over
Game Over is a massive multi-level indoor games, go-kart track and entertainment playground, located in Oxley
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11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Artworks APT 11 QAGOMA
Immerse yourself in the most compelling new artwork across Asia, the Pacific and Australia this summer with the return of the APT
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Area 51 Mt Gravatt
Area 51 Mt Gravatt is a futuristic, space-themed play centre with a range of interactive and exciting activities for kids up to 12 years old
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Brisbane’s Best Boutique Cinemas
13 of Brisbane's best boutique and art house cinemas dating from the 1920's to 2023
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A Guide to Brisbane's Museums
Twenty+ fascinating must-visit museums in and around Brisbane, from medieval and antiquities to trams, boats, trains & more
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