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It’s white and oversized and woven from a heavy cotton.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMum has slowly debased its duties over the years. These days, it gets a run for the housework, or maybe an attack on the garden. But other than a loosening of the ribbing around the neck, it’s as crisp and white as the day she bought it, the eye-popping primary colours of its logo still intact. Clearly, it was built to last.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo 88 didn’t last, of course. Blowing into what was then known as South Brisbane in April of 1988 and blowing out again in October of the same year, it was the ultimate, winter-long party – six months of cross cultural exchange and food and live entertainment.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Expo wrapped, the enormous riverside precinct it left behind sat empty. Just the giant shade sails were a ghostly reminder that anything had been there at all. It almost felt like a hangover.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EGone but not forgotten\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398227\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398227\" class=\"wp-image-398227 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/monorail-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-691x461.png\" alt=\"Expo 88 monorail\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/monorail-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-691x461.png 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/monorail-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-300x201.png 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/monorail-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-335x224.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-398227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EMonorail at Expo 88 |John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo had managed to leave a permanent mark on Brisbane’s collective brain, one that can still be felt across the city 30 years later – particularly in \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/south-bank-parklands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E, the parkland precinct it helped create.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“It was like a kaleidoscope. There were experiences and entertainment and fun, educational opportunities everywhere,” says Jackie Ryan.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERyan is the author of a new book, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.jackieryan.net/?project=its-the-end-of-the-world\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWe’ll Show the World: Expo 88\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, which details the complex story behind World Expo 88’s creation and its long-lasting legacy. A 16-year-old at the time, Ryan remembers how the event fundamentally changed the Queensland capital.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“It was an elite carnival atmosphere,” she says. “It was a cultural experience as well … There wasn’t much for mainstream Brisbane people to do [at the time]. It wasn’t a cultural desert the way it’s often portrayed, but those sort of activities were enjoyed by a narrower band of the population.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo, with its music and international pavilions and theme park and restaurants, democratised \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/brisbane/events\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003Eculture in Brisbane\u003C/a\u003E. After six months of it, day after day, people wanted more.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398251\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398251\" class=\"wp-image-398251 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night-691x461.jpg\" alt=\"Expo 88 at night\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night-691x461.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night-335x223.jpg 335w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/expo-88-at-night.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-398251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EExpo 88 had a carnival atmosphere | Photo © Brisbane Images, Brisbane City Council\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“[Six months] was enough for an expectation of what we should have and this is what we do,” Ryan says. “We go out, we have cultural experiences. We have international quality arts and entertainment. It’s enough to change the psyche.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo much so that when Expo finished and its riverfront real estate was to be put back in private hands, there was an outcry. Then state premier Mike Ahern, under pressure from the Brisbane City Council, eventually established the South Bank Corporation to redevelop the land for public use.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EHello, South Bank\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/south-bank-parklands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E opened in 1992 and immediately became Expo’s legacy writ large – 17 hectares of parkland given over to playgrounds, greenways, restaurants and rainforest.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398226\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398226\" class=\"wp-image-398226 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-691x461.png\" alt=\"Expo 88 beer hall\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-691x461.png 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-300x200.png 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-768x513.png 768w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988-335x224.png 335w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/german-beer-hall-at-expo-88-in-south-bank-queensland-1988.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-398226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EGerman beer hall at Expo 88 | John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can still visit some of the original exposition’s major attractions. For years, locals have been gathering at the Plough Inn for lazy Sunday sessions in the shade of its surrounding figs and poincianas; it’s recently been joined by the heritage-listed Allgas Building, converted into the freewheeling Munich Brauhaus.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWalk east towards Grey Street and you’ll find \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/restaurant/little-big-house\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ELittle Big House\u003C/a\u003E, Expo’s popular Spaghetti House restaurant now a midnight magnet for Brisbane’s bright young things. A couple of blocks over is the iconic Ship Inn, which during Expo was a wee hours destination for a pint and some supper.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter size-standard-landscape wp-image-398252\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/streets-beach-691x461.jpeg\" alt=\"Streets Beach | Expo 88\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/streets-beach-691x461.jpeg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/streets-beach-1048x699.jpeg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo’s South Pacific Lagoon may be long gone but in its place was built the winsome \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/streets-beach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EStreets Beach\u003C/a\u003E. On a spring or summer’s day, with the vertiginous skyscrapers of the CBD in the background, it’s hard to find a spare spot on the sand.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe only remaining international exhibit is the Nepal Peace Pagoda, which was relocated to a prime riverside spot. It remains a popular destination for both tourists and locals.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, the Expo effect runs deeper than the remaining exhibits. It’s in South Bank and South Brisbane’s DNA. The parklands are a gathering place, and a great spot to get a snapshot of Brisbane’s cultural milieu – young couples, first generation families, international students – they come from all corners of the city to populate its lawns and restaurants and barbeque areas. Spend an hour or two there and you can quickly feel like a local.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-398247 size-standard-landscape\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-691x461.jpg\" alt=\"River Quay | Expo 88\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-691x461.jpg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-300x200.jpg 300w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-768x512.jpg 768w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-335x223.jpg 335w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/137570-1048x699.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“The theme of Expo was leisure and of course it was a cultural event and it was a gathering space, so people were encouraged to gather in their tens of thousands,” Ryan says. “More than the population of Australia visited at the time, and now you get about 10 million a year through South Bank. It’s still a gathering space.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EAnd on she grows\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/south-bank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E would help seed other nearby developments: the apartments and lines of restaurants along Little Stanley and Grey streets; the regeneration of the boardwalk area into the winsome River Quay Green; and the arrival of Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium of Music and College of Art in 1996 and 2001, respectively. Tellingly, the ABC also moved its Queensland headquarters to South Bank in 2012.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo the northwest, the adjoining \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blog.queensland.com/2017/03/13/south-bank-guide-everything-you-need-to-know-about-brisbanes-cultural-heart/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003Ecultural centre\u003C/a\u003E has expanded to include a refurbished \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/state-library-of-queensland\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EState Library\u003C/a\u003E and the now world-recognised \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/queensland-art-gallery-and-gallery-of-modern-art-qagoma\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EGallery of Modern Art\u003C/a\u003E (or GOMA, as it’s commonly known).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398253\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E\u003Cimg aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-398253\" class=\"size-standard-landscape wp-image-398253\" src=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/goma-691x461.jpeg\" alt=\"GOMA | Expo 88\" width=\"691\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/goma-691x461.jpeg 691w, https://blog.queensland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/goma-1048x699.jpeg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" /\u003E\u003Cp id=\"caption-attachment-398253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003EInstallation view of ‘Yayoi Kusama: Life is the Heart of a Rainbow’, GOMA 2017\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAcross Grey Street is \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blog.queensland.com/2017/02/28/brisbanes-best-laneways/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EFish Lane\u003C/a\u003E, a quiet South Brisbane byway recently transformed into one of the best food and beverage precincts in town – every night locals pile in for Vietnamese street food at Hello Please, new wave Italian at the rambunctious Julius, and one of the best degustation menus in the country at Gauge.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPerhaps the unsung connection between Expo 88 and South Bank, though, is how both look towards the future. Expo helped redefine for locals what kind of town Brisbane could be. It ramped up an agenda for cultural change that is still rippling through the city 30 years later.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESouth Bank in 2018 is having a similar effect on urban design, illustrating a walkable, pedestrian-friendly future for Brisbane. And it’s constantly evolving and being improved. Every time you visit you find some new performance space or playground to explore.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHuge and colourful and much loved, it’s a Brisbane icon that feels destined to be around for ever – a little bit like mum’s old T-shirt, perhaps.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EWere you at Expo 88? Share your memories with us below.\u003C/h2\u003E\n","title":"Content",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"date":{"dataType":"calendar","value":1538524313000,"title":"Date",":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"date_modified":{"dataType":"calendar","value":1580941500000,"title":"Date Modified",":type":"calendar","multiValue":false},"excerpt":{"dataType":"string","value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat happened to those Flower Pot men, anyway?\u003C/p\u003E\n","title":"Excerpt",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"slug":{"dataType":"string","value":"how-expo-88-created-brisbanes-iconic-south-bank-parklands","title":"Slug",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"featured_image":{"dataType":"string","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/south-bank.jpg","title":"Featured Image",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false},"post_thumbnail":{"dataType":"string","value":"/content/dam/teq/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/south-bank.jpg","title":"Post Thumbnail",":type":"text/plain","multiValue":false}}},"editorial_introducti":{":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-introduction"},"editorial_hero_banne":{"title":"30 Years On: How Expo 88 created Brisbane’s iconic South Bank Parklands","layoutVariation":"standardWidth","tag":{"colour":"#365ABD","text":"Feature"},"breadcrumbItems":[{"active":false,"title":"Home","url":"/content/teq/in/en/home.html"},{"active":false,"title":"Brisbane ","url":"/content/teq/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane.html"},{"active":true,"title":"Expo 1988 South Bank Parklands","url":"/content/teq/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands.html"}],"gallery":{"mediaCollection":[{"mediaType":"image","mediaProps":{"fileFormat":"","sku":"","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/editorial-hero-banner/2020_BNE_Expo88_South-bank.jpg","alt":"South Bank Lagoon","title":null,"link":null,"mobileSrc":"","attribution":null,"quality":60},"mediaPropsSlide":null}]},":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-hero-banner"},"editorialauthor":{"name":"Matt\t Shea","resourcePath":"/content/teq/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/jcr:content/root/responsivegrid/editorialauthor","publishedDateISO":"2021-03-17T04:51:06.805Z",":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorialauthor","image":{"src":"/home/users/0/0a0z31ijpxQSgfxBViyI/profile.profile.image","alt":"Matt\t Shea"}},"editorial_description":{"text":"\u003Cp\u003EMy mother still has her World Expo 88 T-shirt. It’s white and oversized and woven from a heavy cotton.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMum has slowly debased its duties over the years. These days, it gets a run for the housework, or maybe an attack on the garden. But other than a loosening of the ribbing around the neck, it’s as crisp and white as the day she bought it, the eye-popping primary colours of its logo still intact. Clearly, it was built to last.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo 88 didn’t last, of course. Blowing into what was then known as South Brisbane in April of 1988 and blowing out again in October of the same year, it was the ultimate, winter-long party – six months of cross cultural exchange and food and live entertainment.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen Expo wrapped, the enormous riverside precinct it left behind sat empty. Just the giant shade sails were a ghostly reminder that anything had been there at all. It almost felt like a hangover.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EGone but not forgotten\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398227\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E","readMoreHeight":0,"richText":true,":type":"teq/components/editorial/editorial-description"},"image06ac5555-0d91-4ec6-a1de-b2dd22e695e1":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_MonorailSouthbankExpo_Transport.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_MonorailSouthbankExpo_Transport.jpg","alt":"Monorail, South Brisbane ","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image06ac5555-0d91-4ec6-a1de-b2dd22e695e1.coreimg{.width}.png/1615956666521/2020-bne-monorailsouthbankexpo-transport.png","uuid":"12af570c-42d1-44d7-8644-60560923227b","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text6177d829-b915-41b2-979e-b8491b98ec9e":{"text":"\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo had managed to leave a permanent mark on Brisbane’s collective brain, one that can still be felt across the city 30 years later – particularly in \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/south-bank-parklands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E, the parkland precinct it helped create.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“It was like a kaleidoscope. There were experiences and entertainment and fun, educational opportunities everywhere,” says Jackie Ryan.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERyan is the author of a new book, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.jackieryan.net/?project=its-the-end-of-the-world\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWe’ll Show the World: Expo 88\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, which details the complex story behind World Expo 88’s creation and its long-lasting legacy. A 16-year-old at the time, Ryan remembers how the event fundamentally changed the Queensland capital.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“It was an elite carnival atmosphere,” she says. “It was a cultural experience as well … There wasn’t much for mainstream Brisbane people to do [at the time]. It wasn’t a cultural desert the way it’s often portrayed, but those sort of activities were enjoyed by a narrower band of the population.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo, with its music and international pavilions and theme park and restaurants, democratised \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/explore-queensland/brisbane/events\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003Eculture in Brisbane\u003C/a\u003E. After six months of it, day after day, people wanted more.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398251\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"imagefbb6b125-9376-4441-81e7-84ab70925c91":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_Expo88_CityExperiences.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_Expo88_CityExperiences.jpg","alt":"Expo 88","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/imagefbb6b125-9376-4441-81e7-84ab70925c91.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1615956666552/2020-bne-expo88-cityexperiences.jpeg","uuid":"e82d7698-459e-4ed8-a400-50fbdeeda4f7","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"texte07c3083-55e0-4c88-a7d5-52d43bffd78b":{"text":"\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E“[Six months] was enough for an expectation of what we should have and this is what we do,” Ryan says. “We go out, we have cultural experiences. We have international quality arts and entertainment. It’s enough to change the psyche.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo much so that when Expo finished and its riverfront real estate was to be put back in private hands, there was an outcry. Then state premier Mike Ahern, under pressure from the Brisbane City Council, eventually established the South Bank Corporation to redevelop the land for public use.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EHello, South Bank\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/south-bank-parklands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E opened in 1992 and immediately became Expo’s legacy writ large – 17 hectares of parkland given over to playgrounds, greenways, restaurants and rainforest.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv id=\"attachment_398226\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image252840c8-c1da-4830-8810-02b228547b31":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_GermanBeerHaulExpo88_FoodAndBeverage.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_GermanBeerHaulExpo88_FoodAndBeverage.jpg","alt":"German Beer Haul Expo 88","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image252840c8-c1da-4830-8810-02b228547b31.coreimg{.width}.png/1615956666584/2020-bne-germanbeerhaulexpo88-foodandbeverage.png","uuid":"e46e5eec-cf3d-4821-acd7-ed64b8fe210b","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text54231814-d372-402d-b016-6b6f7bc4fa53":{"text":"\u003C/div\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can still visit some of the original exposition’s major attractions. For years, locals have been gathering at the Plough Inn for lazy Sunday sessions in the shade of its surrounding figs and poincianas; it’s recently been joined by the heritage-listed Allgas Building, converted into the freewheeling Munich Brauhaus.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWalk east towards Grey Street and you’ll find \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/restaurant/little-big-house\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ELittle Big House\u003C/a\u003E, Expo’s popular Spaghetti House restaurant now a midnight magnet for Brisbane’s bright young things. A couple of blocks over is the iconic Ship Inn, which during Expo was a wee hours destination for a pint and some supper.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image72591739-f7af-4f3f-b869-7fd177303824":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_SouthBankLagoon_CityExperiences.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_SouthBankLagoon_CityExperiences.jpg","alt":"South Bank Lagoon","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image72591739-f7af-4f3f-b869-7fd177303824.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1615956666615/2020-bne-southbanklagoon-cityexperiences.jpeg","uuid":"4e940d4c-3c42-4bc6-8167-74f1ea11f82d","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text8c04d617-cc56-43bb-8499-fcc096263c7d":{"text":"\n\u003Cp\u003EExpo’s South Pacific Lagoon may be long gone but in its place was built the winsome \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/attraction/streets-beach\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EStreets Beach\u003C/a\u003E. On a spring or summer’s day, with the vertiginous skyscrapers of the CBD in the background, it’s hard to find a spare spot on the sand.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe only remaining international exhibit is the Nepal Peace Pagoda, which was relocated to a prime riverside spot. It remains a popular destination for both tourists and locals.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EStill, the Expo effect runs deeper than the remaining exhibits. It’s in South Bank and South Brisbane’s DNA. The parklands are a gathering place, and a great spot to get a snapshot of Brisbane’s cultural milieu – young couples, first generation families, international students – they come from all corners of the city to populate its lawns and restaurants and barbeque areas. Spend an hour or two there and you can quickly feel like a local.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E","richText":true,":type":"teq/components/text"},"image416ca396-d37a-4173-b741-08951559e759":{"componentName":"teq/components/image","src":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_SouthBankParklands_CityExperience_137570.jpg","fileReference":"/content/dam/teq/consumer/global/images/destinations/brisbane/blog-images/2020_BNE_SouthBankParklands_CityExperience_137570.jpg","alt":"South Bank Brisbane","srcUriTemplate":"https://www.queensland.com/in/en/places-to-see/destinations/brisbane/expo-1988-south-bank-parklands/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image416ca396-d37a-4173-b741-08951559e759.coreimg{.width}.jpeg/1615956666647/2020-bne-southbankparklands-cityexperience-137570.jpeg","uuid":"572546ae-f038-45a0-9ea8-4b2655a9a5dc","lazyEnabled":false,":type":"teq/components/image"},"text8b4101d4-43b8-4908-a455-6daa0184e1d9":{"text":"\n\u003Cp\u003E“The theme of Expo was leisure and of course it was a cultural event and it was a gathering space, so people were encouraged to gather in their tens of thousands,” Ryan says. “More than the population of Australia visited at the time, and now you get about 10 million a year through South Bank. It’s still a gathering space.”\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EAnd on she grows\u003C/h2\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.queensland.com/destination-information/south-bank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ESouth Bank\u003C/a\u003E would help seed other nearby developments: the apartments and lines of restaurants along Little Stanley and Grey streets; the regeneration of the boardwalk area into the winsome River Quay Green; and the arrival of Griffith University’s Queensland Conservatorium of Music and College of Art in 1996 and 2001, respectively. 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