Gardens Point, Brisbane

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Gardens Point is a peninsula in central Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|13437|Gardens Point|accessdate=23 January 2015}} It is located south of Alice Street and bounded by the Brisbane River on its other three sides.{{cite web |last=Bull |first=Catherin |title=Gardens Point Study - Queensland University of Technology |url=http://www.aila.org.au/projects/QLD/Bull-GardensPoint/default.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302164326/http://www.aila.org.au/projects/QLD/Bull-GardensPoint/default.htm |archive-date=2 March 2011 |accessdate=20 June 2013 |publisher=Australian Institute of Landscape Architects}}

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

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.

Gallery

Image:GoodwillBridge.jpg|Goodwill Bridge, Brisbane

Image:City-Gardens-4.jpg|Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

Image:George-Street-entrance-to-the-QUT.jpg|Entrance to QUT Gardens Point campus with Parliament House at right (view from corner of George and Alice Streets)

Image:QUT-CityCat-terminal.jpg|Mangroves at the QUT CityCat terminal

image:QUT Boardwalk through the mangroves IMG 6818 (2056679120).jpg|Gardens Point: Boardwalk through the mangroves

image: QUT Old Government House IMG 8224 (3602286909).jpg|Old Government House, QUT Gardens Point

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