Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Brisbane City, Australia

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.8 km
Ascend 60 m
Descend 43 m

Explore Brisbane City in Australia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Brisbane CityIndividual Sights in Brisbane City

Sight 1: HMAS Diamantina

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HMAS Diamantina (K377/F377/A266/GOR266), named after the Diamantina River in Queensland, is a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed in the mid-1940s, Diamantina was active from 1945 until 1946, was placed in reserve, then was recommissioned as a survey ship from 1959 until 1980.

Wikipedia: HMAS Diamantina (K377) (EN)

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Queensland Maritime Museum

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50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Forceful

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Forceful was a sea-going tugboat built for the Queensland Tug Company by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd in Govan, Scotland in 1925. She worked at her homeport of Brisbane, Australia between 1926 and 1970 berthing ships and assisting nearby casualties. During World War II she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in early 1942 as HMAS Forceful (W126), based at Fremantle and Darwin, until returning to commercial service in October 1943. She was preserved as a museum ship until 2023 when she was scrapped.

Wikipedia: Forceful (tugboat) (EN)

781 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

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Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Original uploader was Lilywatanabe at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The City Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanic garden on Alice Street, Brisbane City, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was also known as Queen's Park. It is located on Gardens Point in the Brisbane CBD and is bordered by the Brisbane River, Alice Street, George Street, Parliament House and Queensland University of Technology's Gardens Point campus. It was established in 1825 as a farm for the Moreton Bay penal settlement.

Wikipedia: Brisbane City Botanic Gardens (EN), Website

1995 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 5: Holy Trinity Anglican Church

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Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Holy Trinity Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church at 68 Hawthorne Street, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Since 1869, three church buildings have stood on this hill top site. The current church was completed in 1930. It was designed by the architect Eric Ford, featuring Romanesque and Spanish Mission Revival style architecture. Its preserved original architectural features make the church a traditional wedding venue of inner Brisbane. The church was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 9 May 2008.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Woolloongabba (EN), Website

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