Easter Activities In Brisbane: 2027 Dates And The Best Things To Do With The Family

Last updated: 30 July 2026

By Sarah Townsend, Marketing Manager at Story Bridge Adventure Climb

The best Easter activities in Brisbane are a Story Bridge Adventure Climb (family bundles from $360, and Easter Sunday falls on a Sunday Funday), Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, which opens all public holidays with no surcharge, a picnic at New Farm Park or the City Botanic Gardens, a 50 cent CityCat ride, and Eat Street Northshore on the Good Friday evening. Easter 2027 runs Friday 26 to Monday 29 March, and all four days are Queensland public holidays.

Key Takeaways

• Easter 2027: Good Friday 26 March, the day after Good Friday 27 March, Easter Sunday 28 March and Easter Monday 29 March, all Queensland public holidays
• The Queensland school holidays run Friday 26 March to Sunday 11 April 2027, so Easter starts a 17 day break
• Easter Sunday 2027 is a Sunday, which means the Sunday Funday half-price child climb applies
• Queensland Museum Kurilpa is closed on Good Friday, and the Botanic Gardens run no guided walks on public holidays
• Expect public holiday surcharges at hospitality venues; Fiume at Howard Smith Wharves charges 15%

When Is Easter 2027 In Queensland?

Easter moves each year, and in 2027 it falls early, a full week earlier than in 2026. All four days are gazetted Queensland public holidays, which matters for both trading hours and hospitality surcharges. Easter also opens the autumn school holidays rather than sitting in the middle of them, so crowds at Brisbane attractions build across the whole fortnight rather than just the long weekend. If you are booking anything that needs a reservation, the Saturday and Easter Monday are the two peak days.

Sources: Queensland Government public holidays and the Queensland Department of Education calendar. Students return Monday 12 April 2027.

What Do Easter Activities In Brisbane Cost?

Easter is one of the cheaper school holiday periods in Brisbane because so much of what families do is outdoors and free. The table covers the paid options worth booking and the free ones worth building a day around.

Can You Climb The Story Bridge Over Easter?

Yes, and the Easter timing works unusually well. Children can climb from age 6 provided they are at least 1.1 metres tall, and every climber must be under 130kg for the harness to fit. The climb takes about 1.5 hours to a platform 80 metres above the river. Family Bundles run Monday to Friday, from $360 for two adults and one child up to $600 for two adults and three children, saving $60, which means Good Friday and Easter Monday both fall inside the bundle window.

Better still, Easter Sunday 2027 lands on 28 March, and the Sunday Funday offer applies to Day Climbs on Sundays: a half-price child ticket with every full-paying adult, from $210. Kids eat half price at Felons Barrel Hall from 11am to 3pm, with free face painting, a reptile show and family trivia at noon. Book well ahead, because Easter is one of the busiest weekends of the year.

What Is Open In Brisbane On Good Friday?

Good Friday is the most restricted day of the Easter weekend, so it pays to check before you drive anywhere. Queensland Museum Kurilpa is closed on Good Friday, along with Christmas Day and Boxing Day, and reopens on its usual 9:30am to 5pm daily hours after that (Queensland Museum Kurilpa). At the Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha, the free guided walks that normally leave at 11am and 1pm do not run on public holidays, though the gardens themselves stay open and entry is free.

The reliably open options are the outdoor ones. Mount Coot-tha Lookout is open 24 hours a day with free parking, the City Botanic Gardens are open 24 hours, and New Farm Park runs 8.30am to 11pm. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary opens every public holiday with no surcharge, 9:00am to 5:00pm with last entry at 4:00pm. Eat Street Northshore trades Friday and Saturday 4pm to 10pm and Sunday 4pm to 9pm, so the Good Friday evening is covered.

Where Can Families Go For An Easter Egg Hunt In Brisbane?

Being straight with you: Brisbane’s Easter egg hunts are mostly run by community groups, churches, shopping centres and sporting clubs, and the line-up changes every year. There is no permanent, annual hunt at a fixed venue that we can point you to with confidence, so anyone promising you a specific one this far ahead is guessing. The reliable approach is to check the Brisbane City Council events listing and the Visit Brisbane what’s on calendar in the fortnight before Easter, when community organisers actually publish.

What we can say is where the space works. Roma Street Parkland covers 16 hectares in the CBD with free barbecues, picnic spots and playgrounds, and is open 24 hours except the Spectacle Garden and Rainforest Walk, which run dawn to dusk. New Farm Park has 15 hectares, two playgrounds and open lawns under the fig trees. Both suit a family-organised hunt of your own, which is often better than queuing for a public one.

What Are The Best Free Easter Activities In Brisbane?

The City Botanic Gardens is the pick for an Easter picnic: Queensland’s oldest heritage garden, 18 hectares with 1.2 kilometres of river frontage at 147 Alice Street, open 24 hours, with more than 600 plant species and a Weeping Fig Avenue originally planted in the 1870s. Central Station and South Bank are both a 10 minute walk, and the free City Loop routes 40 and 50 stop on Alice Street (Brisbane City Council).

South Bank Parklands is 17 hectares, free to enter, and open every day of the year from 5am to midnight. Check before you go: Streets Beach is closed for essential maintenance from 15 June until late August 2026, though Aquativity and the Boat Pool remain open (Visit South Bank). A CityCat ride is not quite free but is only 50 cents a trip, with children aged 4 and under free at all times and 5 to 14 year olds free on weekends, which covers the whole Easter long weekend.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is Easter 2027 in Queensland?

Good Friday is 26 March 2027, the day after Good Friday is 27 March, Easter Sunday is 28 March and Easter Monday is 29 March. All four are Queensland public holidays. The Queensland school holidays run from Friday 26 March to Sunday 11 April 2027, with students returning on Monday 12 April.

What is open in Brisbane on Good Friday?

Queensland Museum Kurilpa is closed on Good Friday. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary opens every public holiday with no surcharge, 9am to 5pm with last entry at 4pm. Mount Coot-tha Lookout and the City Botanic Gardens are open 24 hours, and Eat Street Northshore trades from 4pm to 10pm on Fridays.

Can kids climb the Story Bridge at Easter?

Yes. The minimum age is 6 and the minimum height is 1.1 metres. Family Bundles run Monday to Friday, which covers both Good Friday and Easter Monday, from $360 for two adults and one child. Easter Sunday falls on a Sunday in 2027, so the Sunday Funday half-price child offer applies.

What free Easter activities are there in Brisbane?

The City Botanic Gardens, Roma Street Parkland, New Farm Park, Mount Coot-tha Lookout and South Bank Parklands are all free and all suit an Easter picnic. Public transport is 50 cents per trip, and children aged 5 to 14 travel free on weekends, which covers the Easter long weekend.

Are there Easter egg hunts in Brisbane?

Yes, but they are organised by community groups, churches and shopping centres and the line-up changes each year, so there is no fixed annual hunt to book ahead. Check the Brisbane City Council events listing and the Visit Brisbane what’s on calendar in the fortnight before Easter, when organisers publish their dates.

Planning the whole fortnight rather than just the long weekend? Our guide to Brisbane school holiday activities covers the full break with dates, prices and ages, and our 3 day family itinerary maps out a long weekend hour by hour.