The South Bank Grand Arbour is a kilometre long arbour located in the South Bank Parklands.

Once inside, its pleasantly cool even on a hot day.

And along the way there are delightful vistas to pocket parks, an edible garden, the Brisbane River, South Bank Beach, and the CBD.

The structure functions as a pedestrian walkway which connects with the Goodwill Bridge and the Queensland College of Art on the corner of Dock Street and Vulture Street to the Cultural Forecourt adjacent to QPAC, as well as the rest of the South Bank Parklands through which it runs.

The arbour was designed by Melbourne-based architectural firm Denton Corker Marshall, and was officially opened in 2000.

The structure is composed of 443 steel tendrils upon which a bougainvillea canopy is grown.

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