Brisbane is a city for the senses; walking under impossibly blue skies around this foot-friendly city opens up a world of experiences. A well planned series of paths and bridges connect the city centre to South Bank, as well as many of our urban villages that tease the river’s edge as it bends the city, its parks and gentle skyscrapers.

The ever-busy barristers fill the air with an irresistible temptation that is hard to escape and the mix of welcome visitors and the business set create a lively thoroughfare through the Queen Street Mall - Queensland’s largest retail precinct with over 700 specialty shops, restaurant, cinemas and live music. There is also the constant spectacle of an array of outdoor festivals, events and attractions created for Brisbane’s famous sub-tropical weather.

Yet, for a real Brisbane experience, you must see what’s on at our buzzing urban villages. From Australia’s premier live music precinct, the 'Valley' to the cool and the left-of-centre community of West End, our urban villages each have their own personality, yet they’re all filled with unique shopping precincts, cafes, restaurants, galleries and smiling locals enjoying the Brisbane sun.

Incredibly, this paradise exists only 25 kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD and stretches from Bribie Island in the north to the Southern Bay Islands.

A place where you can indulge in some of the world’s best diving, get adventurous with some sand tobogganing, surfing or quad biking.

Stroll the water’s edge at one of the quaint coastal villages or live the island life on the second and third largest sand Islands in the world; Moreton and Stradbroke Island, offering crystal clear water and picturesque sandy beaches that stretch as far as the eye can see, as well as fascinating marine life and freshwater lakes.