Portside Wharf is the international cruise terminal, residential and retail development at

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. The Wharf is Brisbane's commercial international cruise terminal. It is also an upscale residential and retail precinct including restaurants, shops, a large fish shop/cafe, a supermarket, Dendy cinema complex and a public plaza. The precinct is commonly filled with tourists who arrive by ship, in addition to locals who often arrive by

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Brisbane Cruise Terminal

The Brisbane Cruise Terminal was opened on 29 August 2006. The $750 million development was completed by

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. It is located on the north side of the

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. The cruise ship terminal is capable of accommodating ships up to 270 metres in length. Ocean liners, super yachts and expedition ships dock at its international wharf on average once a week. Due to Gateway Bridge height restrictions several larger ocean liners which are unable to pass under the bridge dock north of the bridge at Pinkenba Wharf or at the Multi-user Terminal at the Grain Berth, located at Fisherman Islands. The Wharf was the Brisbane home for the P&O liner the ''Pacific Sun'' which was sold and scrapped in 2017. As of March 2010, the Brisbane Cruise Terminal catered for the ''Pacific Dawn'' which had the left the P&O fleet by 2020. The wharf had acted as an additional hub for the cruise ship. In its first year of operation, the cruise terminal hosted 55 ships, making Brisbane the second largest cruise port in Australia.Brisbane cruising on a new tourist boom
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Photo gallery

File:Pacific Sun portside.jpg, The ''Pacific Sun'' cruise liner at Portside Wharf, Brisbane File:Pacific Sun portside2.jpg File:Pacific Sun and HM Bark Endeavour 2008.jpg, The ''Pacific Sun'' and the HM Bark ''Endeavour'' replica in port File:Australian-Pelican-and-visiting-Liner-at-Portside.JPG, Pelican and visiting ocean liner at Portside Wharf File:Portside Wharf development.jpg, Shopping Centre at Portside Wharf File:Apartment buildings in Portside Wharf 09.2013.jpg, Apartment buildings at Portside Wharf

References

External links

Official Portside Wharf website
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