A map of the Brisbane central business district located on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Brisbane River.

Brisbane by night from the southern bank of the Brisbane River, looking from east to west.

The Brisbane central business district (CBD), or 'the City' is located on a peninsula on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. The triangular shaped peninsula is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The peninsula slopes upward to the north-west where 'the city' is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of Spring Hill. The City is bounded by the north-east by the suburb of Fortitude Valley. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1116x1246, 139 KB) Summary Conversion of Image:Brisbane map of city cbd. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1116x1246, 139 KB) Summary Conversion of Image:Brisbane map of city cbd. ... Brisbane by Night 2004 Taken specifically for Wikipedia to replace another of my images. ... Brisbane by Night 2004 Taken specifically for Wikipedia to replace another of my images. ... A Central business district (CBD) or downtown is a commercial heart of a city. ... Captain Cook Bridge from Kangaroo Point Lookout The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the state capital Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. ... Spring Hill is an inner city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Emporium in Fortitude Valley. ...

The City is laid out according to a grid pattern surveyed during the city's early colonial days, a feature typical of most Australian street patterns. As a general rule, the streets aligned northwest-south east are named after male members of the House of Hanover, while the northeast-south west aligned streets are named after female members. Queen Street is the central roadway. It forms the pivotal axis for the grid of roads within the district. The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) were a German royal dynasty of Lombard descent which succeeded the House of Stuart as kings of Great Britain in 1714. ... Queen Street (photo taken from Queen Street Mall) Queen Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the citys central road, partly covered by a pedestrian mall called the Queen Street Mall. ...

The City contains many tall office buildings occupied by corporations and government departments. The areas around the Queen Street Mall and Adelaide Street is primarily a retail precinct. A legal precinct exists around the various court buildings located around the intersections of George Street and Adelaide and Ann Streets. Queen Street Mall The Queen Street Mall is a mall in the centre of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... State Parliament House George Street façade George Street City Roos sculptures George Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is the location of the State Parliament House building for the state of Queensland and the Law Courts Complex. ... Adelaide Street, Brisbane — facing towards the Edward Street intersection and the Brisbane City Hall Adelaide Street runs parallel to Queen Street and Ann Street in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...

The Southern end of the Peninsula is the location of Queensland's Parliament House, the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens. Queensland Parliament House Queensland Parliament House and Parliamentary Annex Building Queensland Parliament House is situated at the south-eastern end of George Street, Brisbane, next to the Queensland University of Technology and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens History of Parliament House Queensland separated from New South Wales in 1859 and... QUT Gardens Point Campus Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is located in Brisbane, Queensland, and is one of Australias largest universities. ... A duckpond in the Gardens Gardens Point QUT campus is adjacent to the gardens. ...

Three bridges connect the peninsula with the southern bank of the Brisbane River: the Captain Cook Bridge, the Victoria Bridge, and the Goodwill Bridge. The latter is a pedestrian bridge only. The Story Bridge, which connects Fortitude Valley with Kangaroo Point and provides access to the city from the southern bank. The Captain Cook Bridge connects the Pacific Motorway, south of the river, with the Riverside Expressway which runs along the south western edge of the City. Captain Cook Bridge, Brisbane The Captain Cook Bridge is the third crossing of the Brisbane River. ... Victoria Bridge, Brisbane The Victoria Bridge is the fifth crossing of the Brisbane River. ... Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane The Goodwill Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge connecting the Southbank Parklands with the CBD in Brisbane, Australia. ... Storey Bridge by night The Storey Bridge is the second crossing of the Brisbane River. ... Kangaroo Point is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... The Pacific Motorway (M1/Metroad 3) is a 102 km long motorway in Australia between Brisbane, Queensland, and the New South Wales-Queensland border near Coolangatta. ... The Riverside Expressway runs parallel to the Brisbane River and George Street. ...