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Driving and Parking in Brisbane

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The Roads in the Brisbane region are usually four lanes wide and well maintained with clear signage of routes and attractions. Motorways in South East Queensland provide motorists with quick links, ensuring time saving travel through 100km/hr speed zones and non-stop travel into the Central Business District. Brisbane's high speed alternative to 60km zones, stop-start traffic and traffic lights, means that motorists save with a lower fuel consumption, and a relaxed travel route reducing driver frustration.

The Gateway, Logan and Port of Brisbane Motorways form a convenient road network that offers motorists a premier transport corridor, which bypasses congested metropolitan centres.

Parking in the City and Inner Suburbs

The Brisbane City Council regulates on-street parking in the Central Business District and inner city suburbs. Parking in the city isn’t always easy, but pay attention to the signs because the fines are much more expensive than the cost of the meter.

Parking is available at:
Brisbane City Council Carparks
King George Square Carpark
Wickham Terrace Carpark
Wilson Carparks

Parking Meters:
Many streets in Brisbane have metered parking, and the hours of operation, parking time limit and operating instructions are written on the meter.

Ensure that the park can be used in the time that you require as some can not be used at certain times when the road becomes a clearway or operates as a bus zone. Be sure to check the maximum time you are allowed to park as some areas have shorter limits than others, and overstaying the limit, even if you have paid to do so, may result in a fine.

Motorcycle Parking:
There are generally advantages to parking in the city centre, if you have a motorbike. Motorbike riders generally have the same parking options and regulations as cars, however some car parks offer discount rates for motor bikes, simply because they take up less space.

Street Parking for Motorcycles:
Metered or Pay-and-Display metered parking spots are available at:
Elizabeth St, City between Edward and Creek Sts.
Turbot St, City between Edward and Wharf Sts.
Boundary St, West End near Russell St.

For More Information

For a handy map to parking regulations in the Brisbane Central Traffic Area get the 'Glovebox Guide to Parking in Brisbane' available from the Brisbane City Council at:
Website:	Glovebox Guide to Parking in Brisbane

Travel Distances

Around Brisbane

From the Brisbane CBD to the north:
Albany Creek: 17km
Chermside: 10km
Newmarket: 5km
Nudgee: 17km

From the Brisbane CBD to the south:
Coorparoo: 6km
Oxley: 16km
Mount Gravatt: 10km
Rochedale: 17km

From the Brisbane CBD to the east:
Hawthorne: 7km
Manly: 20km
Tingalpa: 12.5km
Wellington Point: 25km

From the Brisbane CBD to the west:
Enoggera: 9km
Fig Tree Pocket: 12km
Mount Crosby: 30km
St Lucia: 7km

Freeway into City, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland

Wellington Point Lighthouse, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland

Story Bridge, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland

Outside Brisbane

From the Brisbane CBD to the Scenic Rim mountains in the south west:
Boonah: 85km
Beaudesert: 70km
Ipswich: 40km

From the Brisbane CBD to the hinterland and countryside in the west and north-west:
Esk: 97km
Gatton: 91km
Kilcoy: 95km
Laidley: 83km
Pine Rivers: 20km

From the Brisbane CBD to the bayside in the east and north east:
Brisbane’s Bayside: Sandgate, Manly, Wynnum: 20km
Caboolture: 45km
Redcliffe: 35km
Redlands: 25km

From the Brisbane CBD to the Sunshine Coast:
Caloundra: 91km
Mooloolaba: 98km
Noosa: 135km

From the Brisbane CBD to the south:
Logan: 20km

From the Brisbane CBD to the Gold Coast:
Surfers Paradise: 78km
Burleigh Heads: 90km
Coolangatta/Tweed Heads: 103km

Road into Kilcoy, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland

Girls on the Beach at Coolangatta, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland

Head Road, between Boonah and Queen Mary Falls, Courtesy of Tourism Queensland