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Parliament House
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Opened in 1868, this splendid, stone-clad, French Renaissance building with a Mount Isa copper roof earned its colonial designer a meager 200-guinea (A$440) fee. A legislative annex was added in the late 1970s. The interior is fitted with polished timber, brass, and frosted and engraved glass. There are free half-hour tours weekdays on demand, when Parliament is not in session (when it is, you're welcome to watch from the public gallery). High Tea is offered in the elegant Strangers' Dining Room from 10:30 am to noon the first Friday of every month (A$39 per person). The adjacent, kid-friendly City Botanic Gardens have native and exotic plants and theme areas, including the Bamboo Grove and Weeping Fig Avenue, along with sculptures and ponds.
- Address: George and Alice Sts., City Center, Brisbane, QLD, 4000 | Map It
- Phone: 07/3406-7562
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Parliament House weekdays 9--5 (last tour 4:15 pm), gardens daily 24 hrs.
- Website: www.parliament.qld.gov.au/home.asp
- Location: Brisbane
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