Story Bridge
A heritage-listed steel cantilever bridge over the Brisbane River, the longest bridge of its kind in Australia. It carries cars, cyclists and walkers between the northern and southern suburbs, and lit up at night it marks the city skyline.
- Where
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -27.4638, 153.0357
Get the Story Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Story Bridge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Queensland volume with your photos and a note.
Near Story Bridge
Queensland Art Gallery 2.0 km
A public art gallery in South Bank, part of QAGOMA with the Gallery of Modern Art just 150 metres away. The building is arranged around a long indoor water mall, with collections of Australian, Indigenous, Asian and European art.
South Bank Parklands 2.1 km
Riverside parkland in South Brisbane, laid out on the site of World Expo 88 and opened in 1992. A man-made swimming lagoon with a sandy beach sits across the river from the city centre, along with gardens and a bougainvillea arbour.
Mount Coot-tha 8.3 km
A forested mountain on Brisbane's western edge, visible from much of the city and crowned by its television towers. The summit lookout looks over the city and river to Moreton Bay, and the Brisbane Botanic Gardens and a planetarium sit on its lower slopes.
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 10 km
An 18 hectare koala sanctuary in the Brisbane suburb of Fig Tree Pocket, beside the Brisbane River. Alongside its many koalas there are kangaroos to feed and other native animals, and it can be reached by boat from the city.
Warner Bros. Movie World 56 km
A film-themed park at Oxenford on the Gold Coast, opened in 1991 and the oldest of the Warner Bros. parks in the world. Its rides and shows are built around Warner films and characters, beside working film studios.
Sea World 67 km
A marine park and theme park on the Spit at Main Beach, combining rides with dolphin, sea lion and shark exhibits. It also rescues and cares for sick and injured wildlife, and is not connected to the American parks of a similar name.
Australia Zoo 70 km
A zoo in Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast, opened in 1970 by Bob and Lyn Irwin as a reptile park and made famous by their son, the crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. It now keeps more than 1,200 animals and stages daily crocodile shows.
Surfers Paradise 70 km
The high-rise heart of the Gold Coast, where a wall of towers stands right behind a long surf beach. It is the place for nightlife and the esplanade, and the observation deck of the Q1 tower looks down the whole coast.
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Questions
Where is Story Bridge?
Story Bridge is in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Queensland Art Gallery (2.0 km), South Bank Parklands (2.1 km), Mount Coot-tha (8.3 km).
How do I get the Story Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Story Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Queensland volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Story Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Queensland volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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