Brisbane Attractions

What happens to an old Expo site?

Advantages: Lovely park beside the river with something for everyone
Disadvantages: Sadly flooded in January 2011 and needs a lot of repair work

Brisbane South Bank Park I left Brisbane which had been my home for thirteen years and brought my two young children back home to England to start a new life by ourselves in April 1989. We had spent the previous year enjoying the wonderful Expo ‘88 whic ...

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The earth is not only for humans

Advantages: Cuddle a koala, hold other animals, hand-feed kangaroos, brilliant Aussie experience
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is an animal park set in the natural wildlife of Brisbane, Australia. This was one of the main reasons that we stopped off in Brisbane as it is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, and home to over 130 of the cute littl ...

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Review of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane

Best place to see Koalas in Australia

Advantages: full of koalas!
Disadvantages: difficult location

...months of travel in Australia, I went to lots of zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, and one of my 'things to do' on my checklist was to hold a koala. I decided to go to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary as it focused pretty much solely on koalas and the ...

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Review of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane

Lone Pine Koala Sancutary

Advantages: Hands on experience with the animals
Disadvantages: None

I went to Lone Pine Koala Sancutary March this year and volunteered there for a month with the animals and LOVED it, it was a great experience!!!!!!! I LOVED working with the koalas it was a dream come true!!!!!!!!! One of my highlights was holding a koal ...

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Review of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Advantages: Koala Bears!
Disadvantages: Difficult to get to.

If you want to cuddle a koala and support their conservation this is the place to go. High up in the hills above Brisbane it is difficult to get to unless you drive as buses are involved but well worth it. It is one of the few places you get to hold a koa ...

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Review of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane