Gardens Point, Brisbane

Gardens Point is the southernmost area of the peninsula that forms the central business district of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located immediately south of Alice Street and is bounded by the Brisbane River on its other three sides. Historically a convict farm that supplied a variety of food crops for the fledgling Moreton Bay penal settlement, Gardens Point would eventually become an experimental botanical reserve, and then gardens and parkland for the citizens of Brisbane. It is also a hub of politics and education, hosting important institutions such as the Parliament of Queensland and the chancellery and inner-city campus of the Queensland University of Technology.

The Brisbane CBD lies immediately to the north of the point. Gardens Point is occupied by:

• the City Botanic Gardens, from which its name is derived
• the Riverstage
• the Queensland Parliamentary Complex
• the Gardens Point campus of the Queensland University of Technology
• Old Government House

Mangroves grow on the southern and western banks of the point. The eastern bank along the Botanical Gardens contains a pedestrian promenade.

Gardens Point is connected to South Bank via the Goodwill Bridge, while the Captain Cook Bridge runs along the western bank of the point connecting the City and Kangaroo Point.