brisbane parks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ipswich's family friendly grand historical park, established in 1864 and named after Queen Victoria is today the green recreational heart of the city.

The popular southside park has been upgraded to include a fantastic, dinosaur-themed playground

Putting new meaning to the word green space, master-planned Robelle Domain is a sprawling 24ha expanse that is the jewel in the crown of Springfield Central Parklands.

The cement works adjacent to the entrance at first seem incongruous to this superb green expanse bordered by a hill of towering gums

This subtropical wonderland, the largest of its kind in the world, sprang to life in 2001 on the site of the former Roma St railway goods yards

These beautiful gardens sprawl along the river and were established in the early 1920s. They are unique in that they contain 1,000+ species of almost entirely native flora

A rolling expanse of hills form the setting for this scenic park which is large enough to have a circuit road loop through it.

This Federation-style park, once part of the grounds of famed Irish retailer TC Beirne’s Victorian villa, has to be Brisbane’s prettiest green public space.