Things to Do

Axe throwing, karting, escape rooms, climbing, arcades and museums. Session prices, durations and minimum ages where the venue publishes them.

75 places
Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq Bowen HillsBowen Hills$$Big groupWith the kids
A timber-lined sauna cabin lit magenta and violet, its glass door open. Slatted pale wood walls carry glowing red heater panels and two rounded white fixtures, with a bench along the back. Leafy plants stand in the foreground and a candle burns on a small table at the right.
AURA Wellness & RecoveryAlderley$$Table for one
AWAY Spa at W BrisbaneBrisbane City$$$$Special occasionDate night
Ballymore StadiumHerstonBig groupWith the kids
BOUNCE HendraHendra$$With the kidsBig group
BOUNCE MacgregorMacgregor$$With the kidsBig group
BOUNCE TingalpaTingalpa$$With the kidsBig group
Tall fan palms and spiky yuccas growing out of a rocky slope in the gardens' dry-climate section, with the flowering stalk of an agave rising in front of them against a blue sky.
Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-thaMt Coot-thaWith the kidsDate night
Brisbane City Markets – Reddacliff PlaceBrisbane CityQuick biteTable for one
Brisbane CruisesHamiltonBig groupSpecial occasion
The red-brick former power station on the river bank, 'Brisbane City Council Power House' lettered across its upper wall, with glassed-in bars and red umbrellas along the terrace, seen across the water from a floating pontoon.
Brisbane PowerhouseNew Farm$$Date nightBig group
Cineplex BalmoralBulimbaRainy dayCheap eats
Cineplex HawthorneHawthorneRainy dayCheap eats
Cineplex Hawthorne DeluxeHawthorneDate nightRainy day
A brick path curving through the gardens past a lily-covered pond, hemmed in by bamboo clumps and low palms with late-afternoon sun coming through the canopy.
City Botanic GardensBrisbane CityWith the kidsDate night
City Cave NewsteadNewstead$$$Table for oneRainy day
A jewellery stall hung with rows of polished agate and crystal pendants, with beaded necklaces on display boards and a shopper in a grey t-shirt browsing trays of rings.
Collective Markets South BankSouth BankWith the kidsTable for one
Cork & Chroma South BankSouth BrisbaneDate nightBig group
Crystal Journey BrisbaneStafford$$Table for oneRainy day
Nine horses and jockeys in bright silks racing along the turf beside the white running rail, with palm trees and low industrial sheds visible beyond the outside fence.
Doomben RacecourseAscotBig groupSpecial occasion
The empty turf track curving away toward the racecourse's long row of grandstands, with white running rails and the bare inner training track in the foreground under a cloudless sky.
Eagle Farm RacecourseAscotBig groupSpecial occasion
A night market walkway under a pink and white striped canopy strung with fairy lights and a mirror ball, a glowing 'Kombi Alley' sign on the left, a red shipping-container information booth on the right, and crowds around a Kombi van serving chocolate.
Eat Street NorthshoreInternational · HamiltonWith the kidsBig group
Escape Hunt BrisbaneWest End$$Big groupWith the kids
Evergreen Brisbane Bathhouse and MassageWoolloongabba$$Table for oneBig group
Floating Images Hot Air Balloon FlightsIpswich$$$$Special occasionDate night
Inside a prison-cell escape room set: white-painted steel bars run floor to ceiling on both sides of a bare concrete corridor, a battered cross-braced timber door stands ajar spilling light in, and a stripped bunk bed with two thin mattresses sits behind the bars to the right.
Fox in a Box BrisbaneBrisbane City$$Big groupWith the kids
Game Over BrisbaneOxleyWith the kidsRainy day
GoBoat BrisbaneNewstead$$$Big groupDate night
Holey Moley Golf Club Brisbane CityBrisbane City$$Big groupDate night
Holey Moley Golf Club ChermsideChermside$$With the kidsBig group
Holey Moley Golf Club Mount GravattUpper Mount Gravatt$$With the kidsBig group
Crowds walking a line of white marquee stalls and a pink-awninged food van set up across a bitumen car park beside a two-storey brick building and large shade trees; a small poodle on a lead in the foreground.
Jan Powers Farmers Markets Eagle FarmAscotWith the kidsQuick bite
Two women at a flower stall, one smelling a bunch of orange and yellow gerberas while the other reaches into a tray of blooms; a chalkboard reads "$12" and a van is open behind them.
Jan Powers Farmers Markets ManlyManlyWith the kidsQuick bite
Buckets of wrapped flower bunches in the foreground of a market stall under an orange marquee printed "FRESH FARM FLOWERS", with shoppers browsing produce trestles under trees behind.
Jan Powers Farmers Markets PowerhouseNew FarmWith the kidsQuick bite
A lounge set inside a bowling alley: a buttoned pale-blue velvet sofa, armchair and ottoman around a marble coffee table holding a bottle of sparkling wine in a steel ice bucket and two flutes, with polished timber lanes, ball returns and screens on stands just beyond, under hanging signs reading KINGPIN.
Kingpin ChermsideChermside$$Big groupLate night
Kingston Park RacewayKingstonBig groupWith the kids
Laserzone Brisbane (Lawnton)Lawnton$$With the kidsBig group
A koala gripping the fork of a tree with a smaller joey clinging to the trunk just below it, surrounded by cut eucalypt branches inside the sanctuary's enclosure.
Lone Pine Koala SanctuaryFig Tree Pocket$$$With the kidsBig group
MANIAX NewsteadNewstead$$Big groupDate night
Micat – Moreton Island FerryPort of BrisbaneWith the kidsBig group
Milton MarketsMiltonWith the kidsQuick bite
Minnippi Golf & RangeCannon Hill$$Table for oneBig group
Moreton Island Fishing ChartersManly$$$$Big groupTable for one
Four people seen from behind at a black metal railing on a hilltop, looking out across bushland treetops and suburban rooftops to a cluster of city towers on the horizon; one raises a phone to take a photograph, under a blue sky banked with white cloud.
Mt Coot-tha LookoutMt Coot-thaDate nightWith the kids
A man in a red flannel shirt and dark cap plays a yellow-sided arcade cabinet showing a driving game, gripping the controls in profile. Pinball machines and a wall of psychedelic mural art in pinks and greens fill the room behind him.
NetherworldFortitude Valley$Big groupTable for one
New Farm CinemasNew FarmDate nightRainy day
A close-up pile of pale green-yellow bananas still in hands, stacked on a market stall with other fruit and a stallholder blurred behind.
Northey Street Organic Farmers MarketWindsorWith the kidsTable for one
A man holding a takeaway coffee cup and a plate of topped flatbread stands beside a woman in a denim jacket holding a wedge of pastry in a paper sleeve, in front of green market marquees.
Nundah Farmers MarketsNundahWith the kidsQuick bite
Padel Brisbane — The GapThe GapBig groupTable for one
The museum's cream entrance building with large blue MARITIME museum lettering along the top, a white timber lifeboat on a cradle beside the doorway and a sign pointing to the museum and souvenir shop.
Queensland Maritime MuseumSouth Brisbane$With the kidsTable for one
Eight people of mixed ages — teenagers, adults and two young children — walking out through the museum's wide glass sliding doors onto a pale tiled forecourt, with "Welcome to Queensland Museum" showing in reverse on the glass behind them.
Queensland Museum KurilpaSouth BrisbaneWith the kidsRainy day
The arena's long cantilevered white roof carrying blue PAT RAFTER ARENA lettering, with white event marquees and a tall wire sculpture set up on the forecourt in front of it.
Queensland Tennis CentreTennyson$$Table for oneBig group
A small blue-hulled cruise boat with a red canopy motoring up the brown river, 'River City Cruises' lettered along its side and passengers seated on the open upper deck, with a moored yacht and a green wooded bank behind.
River City CruisesSouth Brisbane$$With the kidsDate night
Riverlife Adventure CentreKangaroo Point$$Big groupWith the kids
A market stall counter lined with wooden barrels and wicker baskets of cured sausage — salami, chorizo, prosciutto — each with a black label naming the variety, under the market shed's roof.
Saturday Fresh MarketRockleaWith the kidsCheap eats
A girl with braided hair, in a navy dress with an orange collar, looking up at a large illuminated display of planets ringed by orbital diagrams against a pink starfield; dark exhibition panels behind her carry photographs of astronauts, a rocket launch and the lunar surface.
Sir Thomas Brisbane PlanetariumMt Coot-tha$With the kidsRainy day
Aerial view of a large white domed velodrome ringed by car parks, with green-roofed aquatic and indoor sports buildings, a diving tower and a dirt BMX track alongside, all set in dense bushland; suburban houses, a golf course and the bay stretch to the horizon under scattered cloud.
Sleeman Sports ComplexChandler$With the kidsTable for one
A driver in a red full-face helmet and black t-shirt leans into a corner in an orange and black go kart, the indoor track's green LED strip lighting blurred into streaks behind them.
Slideways Go Karting BrisbaneEagle Farm$$$Big groupWith the kids
Soak Bathhouse West EndWest End$$Date nightTable for one
The Grand Arbour walkway — a long run of curved steel arches covered in flowering magenta bougainvillea — with people strolling the shaded path beneath it.
South Bank ParklandsSouth BrisbaneWith the kidsBig group
The course looking down a fairway from a grassy rise: tall pale-trunked eucalypts on the left throwing long shadows across mown grass, a concrete cart path curving through, a green with a flagstick at lower right, and a wall of bushland trees along the far side under a blue sky with scattered cloud. Two golf carts are parked in the shade at the left.
St Lucia Golf LinksSt Lucia$$With the kidsBig group
The bridge's pedestrian path running between a dark green iron railing and the grey riveted steel of the truss, with tall wire-mesh hoops arching over the walkway and the city visible through them.
Story Bridge Adventure ClimbBrisbane City$$$Special occasionDate night
The man-made swimming lagoon photographed from water level: clear turquoise water over a pale sand shelf, a beach fringed with palms on the far side, a lifeguard in red standing on the sand and apartment towers behind.
Streets BeachSouth BrisbaneWith the kidsTable for one
A night view from high in the stands: spectators in caps in the foreground, one holding up a phone to film, as fireworks trail up through the open gap in the roof above a floodlit green field, packed tiers of seating and lit signage ringing the ground.
Suncorp StadiumMiltonBig groupWith the kids
Aerial night view of a round stadium whose segmented roof canopy is lit in bands of pink, orange, green and blue; the tiers are packed with spectators, smoke and coloured light drift across the floodlit oval below, and fireworks trail overhead against a dark skyline of apartment towers and a construction crane.
The GabbaWoolloongabbaBig groupWith the kids
The Jungle Adventure Play TingalpaTingalpa$$With the kidsBig group
The white observation wheel seen from above, its ring of enclosed dark gondolas turning around a hub marked with a red Channel Seven logo, with the tented white roofs of the convention centre behind and treetops below.
The Wheel of BrisbaneSouth BrisbaneWith the kidsDate night
Two teenagers laughing as they lean over the handlebars of green and orange motorbike racing cabinets in an arcade, one punching the air, surrounded by brightly lit game machines, neon-edged screens and a patterned carpet.
Timezone IndooroopillyIndooroopilly$With the kidsBig group
A busy bouldering hall lit blue-green: tall pale angled walls studded with brightly coloured holds run down both sides under a dark corrugated roof with ceiling fans, and about twenty climbers in shorts and t-shirts stand, sit on benches or crouch to change shoes on the black matted floor while one climber in the centre stretches out mid-conversation.
Urban Climb MiltonMilton$Table for oneWith the kids
A long overhanging bouldering wall inside a warehouse: a smooth cream-painted prow angles out over black matting, its underside covered in green, red, yellow, blue and white holds, with fluorescent strip lights and an exposed steel truss roof above and a small figure standing at the far end of the empty floor.
Urban Climb NewsteadNewstead$Table for oneWith the kids
The climbing hall seen from the floor: tall purple, navy and white angled walls studded with red, green, orange and blue holds rise toward a red steel truss roof. Ropes hang down the taller walls on the right where two climbers are tying in, and a large mural of a child in orange-rimmed sunglasses is painted on the far wall.
Urban Climb West EndWest End$Table for oneWith the kids
Inside the sauna: tiered pale timber benches under a slatted timber ceiling, warm strip lighting running along the wall behind the top bench. A man in board shorts sits on the middle tier with his feet on the bench below; a woman in a grey-blue two-piece reclines beside him on a folded towel. Both are smiling.
Vikasati BathhouseRed Hill$$Table for oneDate night
A row of navy market marquees pitched on grass under big shade trees, with shoppers walking the line of stalls past produce crates and trestle tables.
West End MarketsWest EndWith the kidsQuick bite
Zone Bowling CapalabaCapalabaWith the kidsBig group
Zone Bowling RichlandsRichlandsWith the kidsBig group