| QUT Gardens Point | |||||||||||
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| Address | Gardens Point Road, Brisbane CBD | ||||||||||
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| Closed | January 11, 2011 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | April 18, 2011 | ||||||||||
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| Owned by | Brisbane City Council | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 (TransLink) | ||||||||||
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QUT Gardens Point was a ferry wharf in the Brisbane CBD used by the CityCat on the Brisbane River. It was destroyed during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods when the Brisbane River burst its banks and the terminal buckled under the fast moving torrent.
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It is within walking distance of the QUT Gardens Point campus and the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens. The northern access to the Goodwill Bridge for pedestrians and cyclists lies to the south of this wharf. The Queensland Parliament is a short walk to the east. It connects to Brisbane CBD via William Street to the North-East.
The Wharf comprises a single long jetty and a pontoon with two docking stations. However, there is not enough space for two City cats to dock at the same time and therefore only one of the docking stations is used at a time. A passenger waiting area exists a few meters from the wharf, under the raised portion of Riverside Express Motorway which is just beyond and to the east of the wharf. The wharf is surrounded by mangrove trees which continue downriver to join up with the mangroves that form a part of the mangrove walk in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens.
In January 2011 the wharf was destroyed during the devastating floods and the rebuilding works were expected to take months.[1]
The terminal was re-opened on 18 April after temporary measures were put in place by the Brisbane City Council to restore CityCat operations. [2]
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