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All places →Death and TaxesDon't missFood & drinkDown a laneway off the Queen Street end, with a hooded skeleton painted on the wall so you know you have found it. The whole back wall is bottles, floor to ceiling, hundreds of them, and the point is that you tell them roughly what you feel like and let them make it rather than reading a list. Small, dark and busy, so go early or be prepared to stand. Best bar of the trip and the walk in through the lanes is half the fun.The StarDon't missViewpointsGo up for the sunset. The view from the top has the river bending right through the middle of it, South Bank and the bridges below you and the hills going purple behind, and it is the one place in Brisbane that shows you the shape of the city rather than the inside of it. Get there an hour before the sun goes so you see it in daylight and then in colour. The building itself is worth ten minutes on the way in - the atrium with the plants hanging down through it is a proper piece of showing off.New Farm RiverwalkWorth a stopOutdoorsWalk it at night. The Story Bridge is lit up and the whole city is sitting in the water underneath it, and the path takes you right along the edge of the river so you get it from every angle without trying. Twenty minutes, flat, free, and better after dark than before it.