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Things to do TODAY in Brisbane
Thursday 31st July 2025
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Amaze World - Open Times & Tickets
Opening Hours: 7 DAYS
9.30am - 4.30pm (QLD school holiday hours)
10.00am - 4.00pm during QLD school term
ANZAC Day 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Christmas Day Closed
Huge 80x80m living hed..
Step into a world of optical illusions @ ArtVo Illusions Immersive Gallery Experience
ArtVo is an immersive art or 'trick art' gallery, the first of its kind in Australia, where you ar..
iFLY Gold Coast is open 7 days a week until late, including school holidays and public holidays.
All packages include a minimum of 2 flights per person.
A standard flight is 50 sec..
Enter a futuristic maze filled with spectacular special effects, tripy music and awesome illusions that appear to go into infinity.
Walk at your own pace through maze-like worlds and t..
Get ready for the ultimate adrenaline rush at Mission Beach!
Prepare to be blown away as you leap from a jaw-dropping height of 15000ft hurtling through the air at an unimaginable spee..
For sweeping views of the greater Surfers Paradise region, climb atop Australia's highest external building and one of Queensland's most recognised land marks; the Q1 Tower with SkyPoint C..
The Story Bridge Climb gives you an incredible bird's eye view over Brisbane City, Kangaroo Point and far beyond to the distant mountain ranges and up the Brisbane River.
Story Bridge: ..
Session Times - Weekends & QLD holiday periods
Our adventure Park opens at 9am and closes at 5:00pm. Our courses close 20 minutes to 45 minutes before the close of day to ensure guests ..
No one asks for cancer so we're asking you to help.
Go Dry this July and raise funds for people affected by cancer.
Dry July is a fundraiser that challenges you to go booze-free for ..
Mater Lotteries: WIN $450K Adventure Prize Package
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Imagine yourself behind the wheel of the ..
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Open daily
Bluey's World is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience at the Northshore Pavilion in Brisbane, Queensland, where you can play the Bluey way - for real life!
This For Real..
WE ALL NEED A LITTLE LAUGHTER IN OUR LIFE
WE'VE GOT THE COMEDIANS AND THEY'VE GOT THE LOLS.
GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND BOOK SOME TICKETS FOR GIGS IN YOUR FAVOURITE VENUES AROUND THE CO..
The Retro Bar is proud to be supporting local musicians and singers with an opportunity to present their creative talent every Thursday night at our weekly open-mic and jam night.
Kick ..
Venue: Vanilla Zulu
Duration: 3 hours
Midweek classes operate from 6pm
Weekend classes operate from 10am and 3pm
Learn to cook Asian street food like a local! This hands-on cooking c..
Vanilla Zulu, 92 Commercial Rd, Teneriffe
Say goodbye to uninspired cooking in the kitchen as you create authentic Italian dishes rich in flavour!
Learn how to make fresh arancini ..
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Dazzling Light Show - Brisbane
Get ready for We call it Ballet in Brisbane! Experience 'Sleeping Beauty' like never before, as dancers in glow-in-the-dark costumes bring this classic tale to life on stage.
The timel..
Five course degustation lunch for 2 at hatted restaurant Deer Duck Bistro
Enjoy chef-hatted dining at its finest at Deer Duck Bistro. Experience an innovative and elegant five course d..
Enter the coolest bar you've ever seen and sip a cocktail in a year-round winter wonderland while rugged up in snow gear.
The bar is full of amazing ice sculptures and furniture, so be..
Italian 3 Course Menu With Wine - West End - For 2
Venue: Italian Street Kitchen - West End
Immerse yourself in an authentic Italian cuisine like no other at Italian Street Kitchen We..
Italian 3 Course Menu With Wine - Newstead - For 2
Italian Street Kitchen | Newstead
Immerse yourself in an authentic Italian cuisine like no other at Italian Street Kitchen Newstead and indulge in a mouth-watering three-course sharin..
Middle Eastern 3 Course Dinner - For 2
Venue: Mecca Bah Brisbane - Fortitude Valley
Take your tastebuds on an exotic tour of flavours and sensations as you experience Middle Eastern M..
Date: Daily ( Not available on Public Holidays or special event days )
Shingle Inn - City Hall
Duration: 1.5 hours
High tea is an unforgettable experience enjoyed in Brisbane's oldes..
Ultimate Chocolate Fondue High Tea with Sparkling - For 2
Date: Available Monday to Saturday
Venue: Room With Roses
Duration: 1.75 hours
Have a crazy sweet tooth? Make your way to..
Vertigo Restaurant @ Brisbane Powerhouse | Dine on the edge
Vertigo Restaurant is open from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Vertigo is Australia's first vertical restaurant, perched 17 metres above the ground and on ..
The zoo's opening hours are 9.00am to 5.00pm daily and closed on Christmas Day.
Enjoy roundtrip transport to Australia Zoo, run by Steve Irwin's family, in a comfy, air-conditioned veh..
The Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum is home to the largest collection of Australian dinosaur fossils in the world.
The Museum is split between three facilities, the Fossil Preparati..
Open 7 days
Visit Australia's true "home of the birds" at **Birdworld Kuranda** in QLD's tropical north just 30 minutes' drive from Cairns and 1 hour from Port Douglas for a look at on..
BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness arrives in Brisbane for the first time, revealing how joy lives and breathes within the human body.
With real specimens and interactive displays, ..
Discover the rich history of opal mining, the geology behind the opal formation, the opal mining techniques, and of course marvel at the many hundreds of incredible opal specimens from all..
Follow the journey of a drop of rain as it travels from creeks and streams, into the rivers and down the tropical mountain range, through ancient rainforest to coastal mangroves before fin..
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is OPEN 7 days a week.
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast has long been one of the most popular attractions in south-east Queensland, and it isn..
Open 7 days a week
The King's Castle is Australia's only chain of permanent exhibition of artefacts that were owned by Elvis Presley.
Featuring authentic items from Elvis Presley's..
Enlightenment: An Immersive Light Show at the historic St Stephen's Cathedral.
With over 1.5 million visitors worldwide, Eonarium presents Enlightenment! Watch the iconic St Stephen's C..
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures Day Trip from Cairns
Enjoy an unforgettable animal encounter with a visit to Hartley's Crocodile Adventures from Cairns.
Brave a face-to-face meeting with menacing crocodiles or hand-feed kangaroos and wal..
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary: Entry Ticket + River Cruise from Brisbane
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Fig Tree Pocket is open 7 days a week
Monday - Sunday : 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Everyone needs to meet a koala once in their life - here's your chance!
At ..
Discover the people places and stories of Brisbane at the Museum of Brisbane, open 7 days a week from 10am to 5pm.
Open every day between 10am and 5pm.
Open from 1pm on ANZAC Day.
Clo..
The Museum of Tropical Queensland is the only branch of the Queensland Museum north of Brisbane on Flinders Street in Townsville.
Open Hours
Daily: 9:30am to 5pm
Anzac Day (25 April):..
Paradise Country is open every day of the year except Anzac Day and Christmas Day.
Paradise Country is an Australian homestead and visitor attraction in Oxenford on the Gold Coast, Quee..
Paradise Country | Authentic Aussie Farm Experience
Open 9am - 10pm 7 days a week
Experience the Extraordinary!
Marvel at hundreds of rare and unusual artifacts and get hands-on with unbelievable interactives at Ripley's Believe It..
SEA LIFE Aquarium Sunshine Coast | Open Hours & Tickets
SEA LIFE Mooloolaba, located in central Mooloolaba in the heart of Queenslands famous Sunshine Coast region, is the areas top attraction for the family.
SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast is an a..
SkyPoint Observation Deck on level 77 of Surfers Paradise's Q1
SkyPoint at the Q1 takes you to the highest point above the Gold Coast and offers spectacular 360 degree views from the s..
Free entry
Open 9am to 3pm every day (except for some public holidays)
Australia's Largest Commercial Camel Dairy.
Sustainable and Ethical Camel Milk health and wellness product..
Warner Bros. Movie World is open every day of the year except Anzac Day and Christmas Day.
Our show times are at the right times to give you maximum opportunity to see as many shows an..
Experience for yourself what life was like for 3500 United States Army Air Force personnel stationed in Charleville.
Enlist in our brand new interactive and self guided display.
Th..
A Bigger View is a free art exhibition in Gallery 3 at HOTA: Gallery.
Embark on a journey of epic proportions as you immerse yourself in monumental works of art from the National Galle..
Gold Coast artist Anna Carey creates miniature models of houses and the rooms inside them.
Her work has been spectacularly brought to life in an oversized model created for play and da..
Creative Generation 2025 - Excellence Awards in Visual Art
Each year, the 'Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art' recognises and celebrates the artistic achievements and creative talents of senior high school students from across Que..
Danie Mellor's multidisciplinary art practice explores Australia's shared history through the lens of his Ngadjon-jii, Mamu and Anglo-Celtic ancestry and ongoing connection to Country in t..
Danie Mellor's multidisciplinary art practice explores Australia's shared history through the lens of his Ngadjon-jii, Mamu and Anglo-Celtic ancestry and ongoing connection to Country in t..
Great and Small - Kindred creatures in the Indigenous Australian Art Collection
Animals have played a central part in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and spiritual beliefs for over 60,000 years.
Native fauna form an integral part of relationships wit..
We're bursting with great art in the outdoors - where discovering art in nature can remind wanderers of our place in the world.
Alongside HOTA, Evandale Parklands is home to a sculptur..
Ian Fairweather and Paul Jacoulet: Birds of Passage
24th February 2024 - 26th January 2026 @ Queensland Art Gallery & Galleries 7 & 9
Admission: Free
Migratory birds travel long distances, from one end of the earth to another.
They..
ingkwia tjaiya, lyaartinya tjaiya | 30 years of Hermannsburg Pottery in the Collection
ingkwia tjaiya, lyaartinya tjaiya (old way, new way)
In the sweeping plains and red-hued rolling ranges of the Central Desert, 130km west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), is Ntaria (Herman..
Artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele's tremendously lavish space welcomes ladies to become part of a living installation.
This pop up version of the Ladies Lounge will feature a jam pack..
This exciting 'Art Box for Kids' project invites children to discover the work of Trawlwoolway/Pairabeenee and Laremairremenner (Tasmanian Aboriginal) artist Mandy Quadrio.
Mandy's peo..
Drowned Mercedes 2023 is a 1996 convertible Mercedes Benz SL filled with water
Created in 2023, based on an existing 1996 Mercedes Benz SL, the open top car was customised to hold water..
National Gallery of Australia: Enjoy this Trip - The Art of Music Posters
Drawn from the National Gallery's expansive collection of Australian and international music posters spanning the 1960s to 1980s, Enjoy this trip: The art of music posters captures the spi..
Permanent Exhibitions @ Queensland Art Gallery + Gallery of Modern Art
The Queensland Art Gallery + Gallery of Modern Art is open 7 days.
Free exhibitions at Gallery of Modern Art are permanent must see exhibitions.
EXHIBITIONS | PERMANENT
Australian ..
Open daily
Level 3 Brisbane City Hall -
Discover the evolving life of Brisbane.
Perspectives of Brisbane offers a captivating insight into the people events and changing landscape..
2nd April 2025 - 1st November 2025
Level 3 City Hall - Museum of Brisbane
What makes a collection?
This summer Museum of Brisbane is giving you the keys to some of the most awe-in..
Raja Ravi Varma: The God of Small Things - Faith and Popular Culture
'The God of Small Things: Faith and Popular Culture' draws its title from Arundhati Roy's evocative novel to explore the omnipresence of faith in the mundane and extraordinary alike.
C..
20th September 2023 - Sunday 3rd August 2025 @ Queensland Art Gallery & Pelican Lounge
Admission: Free
The Collection Online team have been busy photographing thousands of artworks a..
Suburban Sublime explores how artists have used photography to interpret the Australian suburbs.
10th August 2024 - 17th August 2025 @ Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery 6
Admission: ..
The Complaints Department is a companion piece to The Ladies Lounge.
Think Severance meets a customer service centre - slightly surreal performance art that requires your participation..
'Wonderstruck' explores the wonder that can be found in the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Presented throughout the ground floor of the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), the exhibition inv..
Writers Revealed: Treasures from the British Library and the National Portrait Gallery, London
Explore six centuries of world-famous portraits and rare manuscripts from literary legends in this unprecedented exhibition.
Offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to come face-to-f..
For an unrivalled view of Brisbane city from the heart of its cultural centre, jump aboard Wheel of Brisbane as it circles its way around providing spectacular views of the surrounding reg..
We are located at The Pacific Fair Shopping Centre
You can find us outside, in the Purple Car Park near 7-Eleven.
Open Wed-Sun: 10am to 6pm
Regular Hours (outside of Holidays)
Mo..
Spy School Experience @ Nerang
What do James Bond, Jason Bourne and Austin Powers have in common?
They are all bad ass spies with killer skills and stunt ability. Enter the shady ..
Check out latest films, Hollywood blockbusters and independent films
There is nothing quite like watching a good movie on a big screen with big sound.
Film reviews from Switch, imdb..
Date: Available Monday to Saturday
Duration: 1.75 hours
Venue: Room with roses
Shake up your typical high tea date with this decadent chocolate high tea in a beautiful heritage loc..
High Tea With Sparkling In A Heritage Location - For 2
Date: Available Monday to Saturday
Venue: Room with Roses - Gallery Level, 117 Adelaide St Brisbane City
Enjoy a spot of high tea in the elegant heritage-listed Brisbane Arcade. Delig..
Traditional High Tea with Sparkling For 1 person
Date: Available Daily ( Except Public Holidays or special event days )
Shingle Inn - City Hall
Duration: 1.5 hours
High tea is an u..
Brisbane Flower Market is open Monday-Saturday on the Brisbane Markets site at Rocklea, just 11 kilometres south-west from the Brisbane CBD.
Brisbane Market Flowers is widely recognised..
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7am-3.30pm
Brisbane Produce Market is the wholesale fruit market that is NOT open to the general public.
The market is located on the Brisbane Markets site at..
Grab your mates, loosen up the vocal chords and get yourselves down to We Love Karaoke at The Victory Hotel!
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night from 10pm, you can take step into ..
Could you be the reason someone else gets a second chance at life?
This DonateLife Week we want all Australians to register as organ and tissue donors and talk to their family about don..
31 days 31 kind acts
One act of kindness pledge by every Australian would be 25 million acts of kindness in Australia
Kind July is an annual event where you do a simple act of kindn..
Join millions of people reducing their plastic waste.
Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution - so we can have..
Billy Guyatts: Westinghouse Exclusive Winter Cashback Sale
Westinghouse Exclusive Winter Cashback Sale starts from 1st - 31st July 2025.
Offer: Bonus up to $300 Cashback with any eligible Westinghouse Reverse Cycle Split System Air Con.
D..
Check out Fantastic Furniture's Spend & Save sale!
Spend & Save BIG
Spend $500 Save $60
Spend $1000 Save $150
Spend $2000 Save $400
Dates: 15/07/2025 - 18/08/2025
Browse Now..
Qantas Flight Sale: Flights from $505 Return - Mix & Match AU
Explore Top Cities Worldwide.
Return Flights from $505*
The Qantas Global Flight Sale is here - and it's your chance to explore somewhere new or reconnect with friends and family fo..
Australian Football League (AFL) Round 21 of the 2025 AFL Toyota Premiership season.
It kicks off on Thursday night with the Western Bulldogs taking on GWS Giants at Marvel Stadium
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National Rugby League (NRL) Round #22 - Fixure This week
Round 22 kicks off on Thursday night with the Eels taking on the Storm at CommBank Stadium.
Thursday 31st July 2025 - Sunday 3rd August 2025
National Rugby League - Round #22
T..
Age of Dinosaurs Museum Half Day Tour with Red Dirt Tours.
Enjoy the Australian Age of Dinosaurs outdoor museum in style when you join this convenient tour, with pickup and drop-off di..
Discover Brisbane's rich art deco history with automobiles straight from the heart of the art deco movement - Clyde a 1937 Dodge convertible sedan or Capone a 1936 Chrysler AirStream sedan..
Brisbane Buccaneer: 90-minute Jetski Trip - Sandstone Point
This 90-minute jetski trip has everything! Feel the thrill of riding the waves in the open ocean the exhilaration of weaving ..
Museum of Underwater Art
Yongala Dive
One of North Queensland's only approved operators for the newly launched - Museum of Underwater Art located in the pristine waters of John Brew..
Funky Bunch Entertainment provide weekly pub trivia shows as well as corporate, social, fundraising and sporting group private functions.
Funky Bunch Trivia is a well-known, well-establ..
Grab a team of your friends and come along to the Full Moon Hotels Trivia by Moonlight.
Every Thursday night from 7pm to 10pm, test your knowledge of all things non-vital to survival ye..
We just love the footy. And it's all LIVE and FREE on Seven.
Seven has announced its AFL commentary team and football shows for 2025.
Programs include Agenda Setters, Unfiltered, The..
From the control tower to the tarmac see what it takes to run one of Australia's busiest travel hubs.
Fasten your seatbelts: Airport 24/7 is cleared for takeoff
This is your boardi..
Fox Footy is Australia's only dedicated 24/7 AFL channel on 504 and KAYO.
FOX FOOTY is the ultimate place to experience all the action of every round of the Toyota AFL Premiership Seaso..
