Kangaroo Point Cliffs

The Kangaroo Point Cliffs are heritage-listed cliffs located at Kangaroo Point just across the Brisbane River from the CBD.

A popular recreation spot, especially for climbing and running, they are conveniently close to the city and the South Bank Parklands.

They can be reached by the Pacific Motorway, South East Busway, or a ferry to Thornton Street ferry wharf.

The cliffs were formed after stone was quarried from the site and used in the construction of a number of local structures in the Moreton Bay penal settlement.

The cliffs were listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2003.

At the top of the cliffs is Scout Park.

It was opened in 1982 to commemorate 75 years of the scouting movement in Queensland.

A new park was created at the site of the former TAFE college in 2010.

Convicts quarried the cliffs for Brisbane’s iconic pink coloured tuff, school children attended school here from the 1800s and more recently students attended the South Bank Institute of TAFE there.

As well as providing stunning panoramic views of Brisbane, Kangaroo Point Park is home to five examples of innovative public art which promise a unique experience for visitors.

The artworks seamlessly combine the park’s form and function by providing shade, green spaces and recreation areas all year round, while simultaneously engaging with the community on a creative level.

The imposing 23 metre sculpture Venus Rising: Out of the Water and into the Light by British artist Wolfgang Buttress was selected in a public poll in which more than 4500 people voted.

This large scale work fabricated from high grade stainless steel acts as a beacon, clearly visible from many different areas of the city.

A Forest and The Green Room by Queensland artist Nicole Voevodin Cash are organic, or ‘green’ installations which will continue to mature while Untitled – Wormholes.2010 by Victorian artist Alexander Knox is a snaking tubular frame which invites interaction from children and the young at heart.

Seven Versions of the Sun by New South Wales artist Daniel Boyd is a series of viewing platforms perched on the edge of the cliffs, each with special solar effects.

This inner city ‘rooftop’ park with its living artworks, viewing platforms and creative children’s area, represents the most significant public art initiative for a park redevelopment since Roma Street Parkland development in 2001.

This public art project was a proud partnership with art+place Queensland Government Public Art Fund, through Arts Queensland with the Department of Housing and Public Works.

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