AHRC 2026 Walking Tours
Most tours are capped at a maximum of 15 people and only one per day can be booked via the booking link below.
By participating in this walking tour, I acknowledge that the activity involves inherent risks, including the risk of injury, illness or accident, and that I participate at my own risk. I confirm that I am physically and psychologically fit to take part and agree to follow all reasonable directions of organisers. To the extent permitted by law, I release Queensland University of Technology (QUT) from any liability for loss, injury, damage or death arising from or in connection with my participation.
Date: Tuesday 10th February 2025
Time: 2:30pm - 4.30pm
Walking Tour 1 - QUT Walking on Country Tour
Walking Tour2 - Brisbane Housing Company
Walking Tour 3 -Brisbane Common Ground – Hope Street
Date: Friday 13th February 2025
Time: 2:30pm - 4.30pm
Walking Tour 6 -Mirvac LIV Anura Newstead
The following tours have been cancelled due to wet weather.
Walking Tour 4 - ARIA Walking Tour - Cancelled
Walking Tour 5 -Lendlease – Brisbane Showgrounds Tour - Cancelled
Walking Tour 1 - QUT Walking on Country Tour
Meeting Point: Kidney Lawn
The QUT Walking on Country app is a self-guided walking tour that utilises augmented reality and interactive experiences to immerse users in the history and culture of the Turrbal and Yugara people in Meanjin/Magandjin (Brisbane).
Users will be guided to seven points of interest on QUT Gardens Point campus; each representing a range of themes and messages relating to Aboriginal place, people, culture and Country. The content at each site on the app reflects on both the past and present across social, political, environmental, geographic, and learning themes.
The Walking on Country app is free to download and use, and operates on both Apple and Android devices.
Walking Tour2 - Brisbane Housing Company
Meeting Point: ARQ, 23 Cleveland Street, Stones Corner – meet at the front of the building (2.50 pm)
Completed in mid-2025, the BHC’s Arq development delivers 82 much-needed social and affordable apartments for those in housing need in Brisbane’s inner south.
This project was delivered by the BHC-QIC Consortium with funding support from the Queensland Government, institutional investment from ART and financing from Housing Australia. Sustainability features are at the forefront of the building design, with the property targeting a 7+star NatHERS rating, rainwater collection and storage for landscape irrigation, a solar array to power the communal spaces and lifts, and naturally cross ventilated apartments in lieu of air conditioning.
The development aims to build a community and foster opportunities for social inclusion, offering residents multiple spaces to meet and connect including a separate roof top Community Room and alfresco open-air BBQ area.
The development offers excellent access to public transport, with the Stones Corner Eastern Busway Station and Buranda Train Station in close proximity. The adjacent Logan Road shopping precinct includes a diverse range of shops and services including a supermarket, medical centre, post office, employment centres and a public library. Several education institutions and childcare facilities are also within proximity, including the Buranda State School. The recently refurbished Hanlon Park recreational space is just around the corner, only a short walk away.
https://bhcl.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Cleveland-Street-Fact-Sheet-131023.pdf
Walking Tour 3 - Brisbane Common Ground – Hope Street
Meeting Point: 15 Hope St, South Brisbane (2.50 pm)
Brisbane Common Ground (BCG) provides permanent, supportive housing to people who are chronically homeless, and affordable housing to people on low incomes. BCG provides a 14-storey apartment building situated in the arts precinct of South Brisbane. Join this tenant led tour, 14 Storeys – From the Ground Up to immerse yourself in a mix of stories relating to Common Ground, a mix of personal tales and incidents that represent the diversity of the residents.
Walking Tour 4 - ARIA Walking Tour
Meeting Point: 2.30pm at 'The Standard', 13 Manning St, South Brisbane (Use Bus Stop 4 - Melbourne St at Manning St)
The tour will take in the following:
2.30 pm to 3.30 pm Fish Lane https://explorefishlane.com.au/3.30 to 4.40 pm ARIA's recent development Upper House https://www.upperhousebyaria.com.au/
And end at Fish Lane Town Square for those who wish to partake in a Friday afternoon beverage
Fish Lane, a historically critical artery servicing the working docks of South Brisbane has grown into a key arts and entertainment precinct connecting the Brisbane CBD and Cultural Precinct to South Brisbane and West End. Aria Property Group has been instrumental in facilitating the evolution of this precinct from neglected and forgotten to an exemplar retail, art and entertainment precinct. This tour takes in Fish Lane and Aria’s recent development, Upper House.
Walking Tour 5 -Lendlease – Brisbane Showgrounds Tour
Meeting Point: 25 King Streete lower lobby (next to 7/11) (2.50 pm)
The Brisbane Showgrounds development is a major $2.9 billion urban regeneration project in Bowen Hills, delivered through a long‑term partnership between the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association (RNA) and Lendlease. It is one of Australia’s largest brownfield redevelopments, transforming the historic 22‑hectare showgrounds precinct into a modern mixed‑use destination designed for 15,000+ people to live, work, and visit.
A brief description of the project and a web link for further information - https://www.brisbaneshowgrounds.com.au/
Walking Tour 6 -Mirvac LIV Anura Newstead
Meeting Point: Meet at Tower 1, 60 Skyring Terrace Newstead (2.50 pm)
LIV Anura is Mirvac’s first BTR asset in Queensland and is delivered in partnership with the QLD State government through their BTR Pilot Project process. LIV Anura is located 3 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD in the inner-city suburb of Newstead, within the Mirvac Waterfront Masterplan development. It is well-known as an established residential location in Brisbane’s inner north with pockets of light commercial, retail, and open space providing a mix of amenity for Newstead residents. The Brisbane River borders the suburb directly to the east and the Gasworks Precinct to the west. For more information, visit LIV Anura Brisbane.
https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/93027
https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/mirvac-opens-its-first-brisbane-btr-at-newstead-liv-anura
