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Things to do TODAY in Brisbane
Saturday 1st August 2026
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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..
Immerse yourself in a parallel universe offering 20 highly interactive environments jam-packed with out-of-this-world illusions and special effects.
Be completely mesmerised by the mag..
Prison Island: The Ultimate Action Game Arrives in Brisbane!
Step into Prison Island, an interactive adventure where you and your team take on 35 thrilling challenge cells.
Perfect..
Enter the world of Saboteurs in Brisbane, a live AmongUs-style game where Crew members complete tasks while Impostors secretly eliminate them.
Work together, form alliances, and use de..
Get ready to have your mind blown with the most exhilarating adventure in Cairns!
Brace yourself as you leap into the sky feeling the rush of adrenaline like never before!
Prepare ..
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 ..
Virtual Room Brisbane: An Immersive 3D Team Experience
Step beyond reality and into another dimension with the award-winning Immersive 3D collaborative experience-a mind-blowing adventure that fuses teamwork, technology, and total immersion.
..
Walk Sail And Snorkel: Great Barrier Reef & Green Island Tour
Unleash your inner adventurer and dive into pure paradise!
Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing beauty of the Great Barrier Reef and experience a tropical island like no other.
Disc..
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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 Life interacti..
Dreamworld is open every day of the year, except Christmas Day and Anzac Day.
Peak periods include weekends and Queensland School Holidays while Off-Peak operation takes place on weekd..
Join us for a week of family-friendly, in-person, AI filmmaking workshops with the MAKE AI MOVIES school holiday program.
The Make AI Movies School Holiday AI Filmmaking Program is desi..
Ashton's Great Australian Circus coming to Browns Plains
Queensland's no.1 circus experience is coming to Browns Plains, Waller Park, from Friday July 31 to August 9 with a brand new, ..
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..
Let's get quizzical.. Welcome to Quiz Room Brisbane!
Experience the thrill of a live TV quiz with spotlights, buzzers, and tons of action!
Perfect for families, friends, and collea..
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/dinner 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 c..
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..
Enjoy a morning with one of Australia's most loveable animals with a Koala Breakfast at Paradise Country, Gold Coast!
Available on Saturday and Sunday mornings only, enjoy a breakfast ..
Paradise Country | Authentic Aussie Farm Experience
High tea is an unforgettable experience enjoyed in Brisbane's oldest and most-loved cafe.
With a long history as the backdrop for memorable family occasions children and adults are bot..
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 ..
Australia's premier whisky tasting experience discover exceptional whiskies masterclasses and our Rare&Old Bar.
Join us across Australia for unforgettable tastings from the world's fin..
Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology | Open Hours & Entry
The Abbey Museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm.
The Abbey Cafe is open from Monday to Friday, 10am till 2pm. The Cafe will also be open Saturdays, 10am till 2pm durin..
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..
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..
Cairns Aquarium by Twilight offers exclusive after-hours entry to Cairns Aquarium allowing you to enjoy a guided tour through ten tropical ecosystems by a wildlife educator.
Wow what an..
Queensland Museum Kurilpa: Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends Exhibition
See life-sized prehistoric giants and engage in interactive exhibits
Walk alongside one of the planet's mos..
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..
The Darling Downs Zoo is Queensland's newest zoo and is situated in a tranquil rural setting on Queensland's beautiful eastern Darling Downs ... about midway between Toowoomba and Warwick...
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..
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..
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures: Open Hours & Tickets
Open Daily 8.30am to 5.00pm
Hartley's Crocodile Adventures offers the opportunity to see Australia's most dangerous predator in action at the Crocodile Attack Show.
Get ready to unl..
Kuranda Koala Gardens offers the opportunity to see a wide array of animals and reptiles unique to Australia.
Get ready to embark on an absolutely thrilling wildlife escapade at Kuranda..
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..
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..
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
Tickets: Free
Level 3 Brisbane City Hall
Discover the evolving life of Brisbane.
Perspectives of Brisbane offers a captivating insight into the people events and chan..
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-inspiring collections across our amazin..
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..
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..
Dinos Alive is a dinosaur exhibition featuring life-size animated replicas in an immersive Jurassic venue.
Walk alongside the massive creatures that roamed our world millions of years ..
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..
Overnight City Escape With Breakfast And Wine - For 2
Date: Available Friday to Sunday nights
Venue: The Point Brisbane
Duration: 1 Night
Escape the daily grind and unwind with a city break at The Point Brisbane Hotel. Feel your stres..
Virtual Room Brisbane: An Immersive 3D Team Experience
Step beyond reality and into another dimension with Brisbane's award-winning VR escape room-a mind-blowing adventure that fuses teamwork, technology, and total immersion.
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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..
Walk, jog, run, dance, volunteer or spectate
Following a route around the HOTA Lake, the Surfers Paradise parkrun is a free, fun and friendly weekly 5km community event.
Walk, jog,..
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The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever 2026 - Australia
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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..
Join us EVERY Saturday from 7am - Midday to shop for the freshest produce, gourmet treats and eats.
With an abundance of fresh produce and delicious eats, this will be the place to visi..
Open every Saturday 7am - 12 noon - rain, hail or shine.
Farmers/produce market, Global Food, Gourmet/Fine Foods, Arts & Crafts, Antiques & Collectibles
Your local community market ..
Shingle Inn - City Hall
Burleigh Heads,
Burleigh Heads State School, Lower Gold Coast Highway 4220
Join us at The Wasteworks Compost Market, held on the first Saturday of every month, to stock up on sustainable gardening essentials.
Whether you're looking to improve your soil, nouri..
Alloneword Saturdays - a night for cocktails, funk, soul, hip hop and good old fashioned classic party tunes.
With support from the Dirty Diggers this should be your one any only stop f..
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 ..
In Australia, every horse has its birthday on the first day of August each year..
Saturday 1st August 2026
All thoroughbreds have the same birthday so that their ages can be stand..
Check out the new BagSmart BLAST series of Backpacks.
The Blast Roller Backpack takes travel in stride-on wheels on foot or on your terms.
Designed for carry-on compliance with maxi..
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A Cirque du Soleil production featuring Acrobatics, and the Art of clowning that has audiences on the edge of their seats. KOOZA explores themes of fear, identity, recognition and power.
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Witness The All New Arena Sensation
Australia's Outback Spectacular presents their new show 'Heartland'.
Come along and witness a heart warming and immersive arena show with a thre..
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..
Australian Age of Dinosaurs | From Longreach: Outback Winton Full Day Tour
Discover outback Winton with a full-day tour from Longreach featuring all the highlights including the award-winning Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum.
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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
MOUA - GREAT BARRIER REEF DAY TRIP - CERTIFIED DIVER
Discover a world below the surface and hear the reef's greatest stories.
Be inspired by the wonder..
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..
The Eumundi Market is the biggest on the Sunshine Coast and one of the biggest in Queensland.
With over 600 stalls transforming into a vibrant mecca for shoppers looking for something ..
Get ready for the most incredible adventure ever!
Jump aboard an eco-friendly electric bus in Cairns and get whisked away to the unbeatable Rainforestation Nature Park.
Brace yours..
Discover the epicentre of excess and indulgence on a ghost tour of old Surfers Paradise.
Peel away the glitz, glamour and showgirls of the past to reveal a dark, seedy undercurrent of g..
Museum of Underwater Art
Surfers Paradise,
Qld
Gold Coast Information Centre, 2 Cavill Avenue 4217
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