outdoors

The showcase family friendly park on the northside, Kalinga’s drawcards are many.

This quaint little terraced park tucked at the end of a tiny cul-de-sac feels like a million miles from the city for those who need an escape.

Sandwiched between the evergreen Paul’s milk factory, William Jolly Bridge and GOMA is a tiny pocket park where fisherman drop a line and through which the riverside bike and pedestrian track passes on its way to Kurilpa Bridge.

These beautiful lush hectares of meadowland have at their heart one of the rare surviving lagoons from pre-settlement days.

Mowbray Park is a remnant of the riverine estate established in 1850 by the father of East Brisbane Reverend Thomas Mowbray

It’s possible to happily pass an hour or a day within the 56-hectare subtropical expanse that is Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

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