FACT SHEET About South Bank

South Bank is ’s premier public space, tourist destination and recreational, entertainment and business precinct. The 42 hectare site encompasses ’s quintessential qualities: climate, landscape, character, diversity and lifestyle, and is continually evolving to create innovative and world class experiences for the 10 million people who visit each year.

The Parklands Little Stanley Grey Street The Parklands span 17 hectares Little Stanley is a bustling retail Grey Street is Brisbane’s cultural and are home to a variety of and dining strip that overlooks boulevard, flanked with a mix family-friendly sights and the picturesque Parklands. With of artistic, cultural, culinary experiences including the Arbour, an energy and vibrancy that is and leisure experiences. In Streets Beach, Aquativity, the unmatched in Brisbane, Little addition to housing a range of Nepalese Pagoda, the Maritime Stanley is increasingly becoming dining and retail outlets, Grey Museum, Rain Bank, the Wheel known as a celebration of Street also features several of of Brisbane, rainforest walks, Queensland’s subtropical street Queensland’s major cultural picnic and barbecue areas, life and one of Brisbane’s must- institutions including the playgrounds and the Clem Jones visit destinations. Little Stanley Queensland Performing Arts Promenade. The Parklands is home to high-end fashion Centre, also has several eating areas boutiques and more than 30 and Gallery of Modern Art, – Stanley Street Plaza and the restaurants, cafes and bars State Library of Queensland Central and Arbour View Cafes offering an array of international and provide casual dining, while River cuisine styles including Turkish, and Sciencentre. It is home to Quay offers a more upmarket Indian, Malaysian, Japanese, the Brisbane Convention and experience with its suite of five- Mediterranean, Modern Exhibition Centre. star waterfront restaurants. Australian and Italian. FACT SHEET

Sustainable South Bank Accessible South Bank South Bank is a national leader in sustainability, South Bank has two train stations and a bus having become the first community in station on Grey Street, two CityCat terminals and and one of only four communities in the world a ferry terminal on the Clem Jones Promenade to achieve Silver Certification Status from and three CityCycle stations – one on Grey Street, EarthCheck, an international sustainability one outside the Maritime Museum and one on the certification program for the travel and tourism Cultural Forecourt. There is also an underground industries. Some of the precinct’s exemplar car park on Little Stanley Street and on-street sustainability projects include Rain Bank, a metered parking on Grey and Little Stanley stormwater harvesting and reuse centre, a Streets. community herb garden and River Quay, a dynamic retail space featuring climate responsive architecture and landscaping.

Key facts

The Arbour is comprised of Streets Beach is The Nepalese Pagoda 406 steel galvanised posts Australia’s only inner-city symbolises world peace and and has won nine awards for man-made beach. took more than 160 families its innovative design. 1 million hours to build.

x 1 MILLION The Parklands are home Rain Bank provides up to 85% South Bank is home to more than to several animal species of the Parklands’ irrigation 150 events each year including including the eastern water and can recycle 77 megalitres Riverfire, Christmas and New dragon and the sacred ibis. of stormwater each year. Year’s Eve celebrations.

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