Tourist office Brisbane
Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA), the Brisbane City Council company behind the Visit Brisbane brand, runs 1 visitor information centre in the city: the Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre in the foyer of the heritage-listed Regent Theatre in Queen Street Mall. Its local staff offer free booking services and itinerary planning, along with complimentary brochures, maps and guides.
Visit Brisbane also lists 4 other visitor centres in Brisbane, among them the South Bank Visitor Centre, shown below as an alternative, and the desks at both airport terminals, which Brisbane Airport operates.
Find the nearest tourist office
Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre
Location: The Regent, 167 Queen Street Mall, in the foyer of the Regent Theatre
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 16:00; Saturday and Sunday 10:00 to 16:00
The visitor centre managed by BEDA: free booking services and itinerary planning, with complimentary brochures, maps and guides.
South Bank Visitor Centre
Location: Stanley Street Plaza, South Bank Parklands, between Max Brenner and The Plough Inn
Opening hours: Seven days a week, 09:00 to 17:00; from 10:00 on public holidays
Not run by BEDA: listed by South Bank Corporation, a Queensland state body. It offers free maps and brochures and books local tours.
Discover Brisbane in detail
Discover Brisbane in detail
The Brisbane guide on Tourist Office is written for anyone about to visit Brisbane and looking for a plan. It starts with a one-day route from South Bank Parklands and the galleries of the Queensland Cultural Centre to the City Botanic Gardens, City Hall and Queen Street Mall, and ends at the Story Bridge and the Kangaroo Point Cliffs.
It then adds the must-sees beyond the centre, such as Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and the summit lookout on Mount Coot-tha, gathers the attractions that cost nothing and lists the concerts, comedy and sport coming up in the weeks ahead.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
Public holidays can reshape a visit to Brisbane. Shops, museums, offices and attractions may close or switch to shorter hours, and public transport timetables can change, so a day built around a single visit is worth checking in advance. Queensland sets its public holidays under the Holidays Act 1983, and the Queensland Government lists 13 dates for 2026. They include the day after Good Friday and Easter Sunday, a part-day holiday on Christmas Eve from 18:00 to midnight and an extra holiday on Monday 28 December, because Boxing Day falls on a Saturday. Anzac Day also falls on a Saturday in 2026; under the state rules it only moves to the Monday when 25 April is a Sunday.
Public holidays in Queensland 2026
- 1 January New Year's Day
- 26 January Australia Day
- 3 April Good Friday
- 4 April The day after Good Friday
- 5 April Easter Sunday
- 6 April Easter Monday
- 25 April Anzac Day
- 4 May Labour Day
- 5 October King's Birthday
- 24 December Christmas Eve, 18:00 to midnight
- 25 December Christmas Day
- 26 December Boxing Day
- 28 December Boxing Day additional holiday
Local holidays in Brisbane 2026
- 12 August Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) holiday, local
The show holiday applies to the Brisbane area only; other Queensland districts take their own show holidays on dates appointed each year. The Queensland Government also appoints special holidays for events in certain districts, which it describes as bank holidays rather than public holidays, and none of them falls in the City of Brisbane in 2026.
The South Bank Visitor Centre opens at 10:00 on public holidays; no separate public holiday hours are published for the Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre in Queen Street Mall.