Rob Reacts to... The Future of Brisbane: 9 Game changing Projects that Will Transform the City

[@timroberts9220]

Brisbane has been a construction site for the last 20 years and looks like it still will be for the next 10, the growth and change is incredible. Hopefully any project to relieve the traffic is welcome.

[@Diggles67]

The new NPAV 1500 seat theatre will be in addition to the existing four 1985 QPAC theatres - Lyric 2500 seat, 1000 seat concert hall, 1500 seat Playhouse, and 300 seat Cremorne theatre, and will hopefully soften QPAC’s brutalist design.

[@larissahorne9991]

Personally I can't drive, but I've never really had any problems getting where I want to go in Brissie (Brisbane). I'm originally from there from birth until I was 13, moving to The Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland. It's up a mountain range behind Cairns, being a country area there's not much by way of public transportation. If there's no other option than for me to go shopping in a town about a 15 minute drive away, I'll be calling for a taxi. I'd describe myself as a partly city and country girl. I call my visit back to Brissie ideally every one or two years a "Sanity Trip". Due to Covid I had to stay put and it was definitely getting to me. A week or so in Brissie and I'm quite happy to go back home. I was definitely quite tense prior to my sanity trip last September, even planning for it helped. I usually travel to Brissie by train, if I go directly to the city I can feel myself beginning to relax. Plus if you've arrived by travel trains, you can travel on a city train to your final destination for free. We already have electric trains, I'm glad there'll soon be electric buses. Between the buses, trains and walking it's pretty easy to get around.

[@daveamies5031]

I've lived in Brisbane ~25 years now, you noted with the first few projects that they are not far away not like 10 years away, but most of them were started 8-10 years ago, and we've been putting up with the interruptions they've been causing (road closures, bridge closures, etc). You were concerned about the green space under the motorway, I've walked the north bank pedestrian/cycle way that ran under the motorway where this green space will be added (it seems to be being added over the water), It's not as noisy under the motorway as you'd expect, and can be quite nice to sit down there to eat your lunch by the river when you work in the city. I'm more concerned about all the extra office space being built when there is already so much empty office space that several entire office buildings were converted to apartments as they couldn't find tenants for the offices, and that was before C19, can't imagine it's any better now with more people working from home (like me).

[@CQuinnLady]

My daughter lives right where the k'roo point bridge is being built and often wakes up to the noise of the bridge being built.

[@iallso1]

The public transport in Brisbane and beyond is great, I have travelled from Landsborough to Gold Cost and within the city all on public transport. I stayed 5 minutes walk from the Queens Wharf development and the traffic noise wasn't an issue, great views over the botanical gardens over to kangaroo point. There is a recreational area opposite this new development at south bank so the people of Brisbane I suspect won't have a problem relaxing in the new recreational area.

[@RobNMelbourne]

@Rob The 'motorway' is the Captain Cook Bridge/ Pacific Motorway/ Riverside Expressway and was built in the early 1970s so it is an existing structure that has to be designed around. Back in the 1970s they didn't foresee the requirements for 50 years in the future.

[@krushingkobra]

They should tear it down, and replace it with an underground tunnel.

[@datwistyman]

All looks good to me. When ever I go to Brisbane this is the area I hangout in. Brisbane is great, Southbank and the surroundings is fantastic. You have to remember Brisbane is a fairly spread out city with Only around 5 million population.

[@cathmurphystothard6151]

The river floods. I lived there during the 2011 big one and they called one in one hundred year… it flooded again a few years ago. A lot of the areas mentioned were affected. Flying out of Brisbane is cruisy. Getting to and around the airport is easy too.

[@peterhoz]

11:00 "First time the Olympics primary venue close to the CBD"? ummm MCG 1956?

[@georgecurrenti]

My thoughts exactly…

[@adambrock3932]

Melbourne was a lot smaller in 1956

[@thereseelizabethries1083]

Brisbane has been growing basically nonstop since the 1980's specifically when Brisbane hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games.. we then hosted at the South Bank site the WORLD EXPO 🌎 '88 after which they rebuilt the South Bank site. As a very proud Brisbane born and bred woman who has been here during many of the projects that have enhanced our beautiful River City. There is no comparison between our River City of Brisbane and Sydney nor Melbourne, they are 3 completely unique and different cities in their own right. There are numerous green spaces in Brisbane, if you open your eyes and look for them

[@lucasanstice8183]

I really like most of these ideas as well as a few others that were not included in this video (STH Bank expansion for example) the 1,500 seat theatre is an extension of QPAC which already houses 2 similar sized theatres so I don’t see the need of bigger. The GABBA at 50k capacity is a joke, as a frequent attendee to both AFL and Cricket there, not making it much bigger 65-70k capacity would be much better (not to mention that BBL, International Cricket and Brisbane Lions will now be homeless for 5 years in Brisbane) and old mates suggestion of building it over the GABBA station solves both these. Once new stadium is built, knock the old one down and utilise the space for whatever modern need we have in 10-12 years time 2-3k from the CBD. Would love to see a pedestrian bridge from Bulimba to Tenerife, a car bridge linking Apollo rd, Bulimba to racecourse rd/Kingsford Smith Drive, Hamilton and an extension of the riverwalk.

[@frank4792]

1,500 seats doesn't sound much but combined in the same building id The Lyric Theater which holds about 2000 seats (very few shows are sold out completely), the concert hall with 1600 seats the Cremorne Theater (can be converted from traditional proscenium to theatre-in-the-round, concert, cabaret, cinema or flat floor modes) holds around 200 seats and the Playhouse Theater 850, So another theater with 1500 seats is more than enough, no point of staging shows to a half empty theater.

[@carolineiceberg1593]

Public transport is expensive. Until several years ago, ppl complained about how too expensive it was. Lowered costs by extending zones areas. Musicians get fined a lot if they play after 10pm on the Riverstage atm.

[@chulscapetillo]

2:03 I walk under the motorway on a daily basis and it surprisingly not noisy… They may have installed acoustics or perhaps planned well because I can’t hear the traffic above.

[@haha-eg8fj]

Buses would probably stop services due to floods or bad weather. But with underground MRT, if designed well enough, the system would be still running during bad weather or even flood time.

[@awright8416]

I think it is a requirement of pretty much all new developments to have some green space, no matter how likely it is to get a lot of use. With the old botanic gardens nearby that under the freeway is probably not terribly useful.

[@joannedrake8985]

It seems most of the public transport system is targeted to be city and south side, it would be nice to have some better public transport options on the north side for a change especially when you consider the airport is on the north side.

[@RobNMelbourne]

What are you talking about? You can travel from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast by train and the bus and train service around Brisbane is good compared to Sydney. My friend on Bribie Island often goes to concerts in the city and medical appointments at RBH. She catches the train at Caboolture and is in the city in an hour. As for Brisbane airport, there is a direct train service to the terminals from Roma Street and Central and it links with Gold Coast Airport. I grew up on the north side, Aspley, and went to school on the edge of the CBD, the bus service was easy to use.

[@chulscapetillo]

3:34 The new performing arts complex is actually an extension of the existing Queensland Performing Art Centre. I think QPAC’s capacity is of 5000 people and they have 4 theatres. So this new extension would make the site for 6500 people.

[@lindascott6902]

Boy, aren’t you negative. Take the new theatre for example; it’s a new addition in a complex with multiple art galleries and museums, theatres, and a prestigious ballet company. It’s adding an ADDITIONAL 1500 seats.

[@mrcurry4614]

how is he negative

[@RobReacts1]

What are you on about?! Did you not hear me saying how fantastic the public transport will be or how the bridge is a good idea etc...

[@Hampudada]

🙏 Brisbane !!

[@Bipstravel]

Brisbane is going to be my next home

[@julesmarwell8023]

go Brissy Go all of Aust is behind you

[@peterhoz]

The smaller theatre is not for big concerts. It is for West End / Broadway style theatre shows, hence the smaller size. Currently, most of those "world" shows only go to Melbourne and/or Sydney.

[@RobReacts1]

I still think 1500 is quite small for a big production.

[@madswansfan1]

@@RobReacts1 they need some smaller niche stadiums. There aren’t enough at the moment.

[@madswansfan1]

Perth is predicted to become Australia’s third largest city so Brisbane are really just going to be keeping up not surpassing Melbourne and Sydney.

[@Adam_04]

Rob, the road under queens wharf is only there to connect suncorp to the gabba or north side to southb side. and it wont be that noisy because half the time your going at 20 kph max

[@RobReacts1]

Well a lot of cars even at 20mph is still loud... Unless they are electric ⚡

[@RobNMelbourne]

Mel Pikos is a commercial real estate agent in Brisbane so his video is not exactly an objective view. He is 'talking his book' as they say in the business, he has a vested interest in its content. As a Queenslander (who just happens to live in Melbourne), I picked a lot of mistakes or 'misinformation' in his video.

[@matted781]

the MCG hosted the Olympic Games it is only 800 meters from the CBD

[@top40researcher31]

you would have like brisbane back in 1988 when the expo was on it was fantastic

[@stephenleishmanstevo4683]

Hi Rob when they rebuild the gabba ground it will mean the ground will not be able to be used so think he was saying build a new ground and then the ground can still be used for football and cricket while new ground is being built

[@Adam_04]

our bus system is not good but the train system is very good and always on time. and also the cost is about 3.50 to get 30 minutes away normal by bus or train.

[@Craznar]

To clarify - it will improve the lives of the residents who aren't renting. Renters are going to be royally screwed.

[@ma77mc]

Brisbane public transport is stupidly expensive, I’ve paid over $30 to go return to the city from the Gold Coast. In Sydney I’m capped at $16 a day

[@peterhoz]

Gold Coast isn't Brisbane. What is a ticket from Wollongong to Sydney? Or Geelong to Melbourne? That's a better comparison.

[@ma77mc]

@@peterhoz 65+ km in NSW is $11.20 and daily you are capped at $16.80 no matter what transport method you chose

[@PianoDiary85]

In Perth public transport is now capped at $10 (the cost of travelling 2 zones) including for up to 7 people as long as no more than 2 people usually pay a standard fare. That happened fairly recently. It makes sense with Sydney being bigger though that it would be capped higher.

[@fransmith3255]

Yep, that's why most people don't use it at all unless they are going into the city - and that's only because parking is too expensive, not because driving isnt's feasible. If you're going anywhere else at all, driving is quicker and cheaper. People drive.

[@billdaniel8310]

It does seem dumb to pull down and re-build the Gabba just for an extra 8,000 seats. Located close to the city is the Brisbane Broncos home ground at Lang Park and that holds 53,000 people. It would make more sense to buy/acquire additional land and turn the Gabba into a 70,000 seat stadium.

[@BD-yl5mh]

The motorway you’re talking about near queens wharf is called the Riverside expressway Also as a Brisbanite, I came here to kinda poo poo all this stuff. It’s a lot of hot air mostly. I’m glad to see you can see through a lot of the marketing hype

[@RobReacts1]

When you get those designer images which will be nothing like the actual final product! 🤣

[@BD-yl5mh]

@@RobReacts1 the bridges and cross river rail will hopefully do actual stuff, but yeah there’s a lot of huffing and puffing here

[@DBrisbaneRailNerd5005.]

​@@BD-yl5mhyea, only the CRR and bridges will likely do any real good

[@robcorby5323]

QLD won 13 of the 17 gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics ? Emma McKeon won 4 Gold Medals and 3 Bronze Medals at the Tokyo Olympics in the Australian Team. I don't remember there being a Qld team at the Olympics. She is actually from Wollongong and trains at the Gold Coast.

[@RobNMelbourne]

He didn't say they were Queenslanders, he said a lot of athletes live and train there because of the climate, which is true.

[@PianoDiary85]

Look up what the Perth cityscape and optus stadium site looks like now compared to about 15 years ago.

[@andrewhall9175]

I live not that far from The Gabba. I see most of these construction sites regularly. I’d not really considered the bigger picture until now. There’s a lot going on. Much of this stuff coming online at the same time makes for an exciting time ahead. It can’t not be a net benefit in the end, right? You’re not alone in your view on the Riverside Expressway. Many believe it was a mistake. It’d be encouraging if that new casino building can reclaim some of the river bank (from the expressway)

[@honbee2021]

Did you visit Brisbane on your trip. it's not bad for traffic. 😅

[@johnprater8191]

the brisbane library is in the same part of the city and is one of the best libraries i have ever been in you cant hear the motorway at all. 2 casinos with in 100 meters of each other i think is too much. the gabba is were the cricket and the brisbane lions play. the gabba was a dead area with a lot of unused buildings there 5 years ago when i lived there.

[@bluedog1052]

I don't want to mention the politics but here we go, being a Brisbane resident, that just last week on the news, there is a State election next year, the current Government is expecting the Federal Govt to foot half of the bill (or near enough to it) for the Gabba redevelopment and area, if approved, if not approved just a remodel of the stadium. The opposition have not approved or support any of this spending but that's politics for you so I guess we'll just watch this space. I don't know about any other projects that's the only thing the opposition leader spoke about on the news during the week. You're right though, there are 2 main roads that literally hug the stadium so that would be a lot of inconvenience for everyone just for the Olympics, which if you ask me, can just efff off. A lot of investment for a short term gain with long term pain for the residents.

[@roberttatnell4991]

Hi Rob. First I shared the same name. I love your reactions. I am from Tasmania. If you visit Australia again please come to Tassie. Would love to meet you.!! Cheers Rob.

[@RobReacts1]

Hi Rob, we wanted to come to tassie last year but cost was just a bit too much

[@roberttatnell4991]

@@RobReacts1 mate I understand. Only hope that next time you can. Tasmania is a beautiful island. Would love to meet you both. Also can show you the beautiful places of the southern part of Tasmania. Cheers for your response.

[@haha-eg8fj]

Public transports in Australia are not cheap either. Cheap public transport can only be found in Asia.

[@stevehartnett9665]

With two stadiums together ,one would end up a white elephant

[@elenawalker3746]

Yet again, if you don't live within 10-15 KMS of a capital city you miss out, but who wants to live in a 15-20 min digital concentration camp (OXFORD in the UK), especially when most of the $$$$s come from agriculture and mining in Queensland. They still haven't duplicated the rail line where I live in 30 years and I live around 30 KMS from the CBD. They want to spend $2B on a sports park (GABBA) that is only used a few times a years or hold a two week sports (Olympics) while the regional areas that provide a LOT of taxes and royalalties to the government lose out on medical facilities and critical services nor can they find a few $$$s to fix up Queensland tourist islands that have been in ruins for over a decade. Queensland is BIG most of us don't want to live and travel to work in Brisbane.

[@dennismoore1134]

My biggest complaint is the name: Queen's Wharf. Why name a major redevelopment of our great city after a foreign born, unelected head of state? Most of our hospitals, parks, organisations etc. already have the royal prefix. Can't we find a bit of pride in our own history & culture & name the development after an Australian?

[@domenicbellino4703]

If construction companies had there way, they would concrete the lot and cut out the green places in the whole of Australia. The heritage listed East brisbane school 200 years old and they want to pull it down for a one time only show. When the government makes one project for business it takes away from another area they are just a fatality of progress. High dencity accomadations leads to slums in the future as other places around the world show, entertainment building projects seems to be there only force for change.

[@elizabethscott7660]

Check out Angry Christmas Productions- The Bloke Who Built Brisbane and, Preparing For The 2032 Brisbane Olympics.It's hysterical, and truthful.

[@jasonpeisley6031]

Brisbane I'm pretty sure was voted the 2nd most expensive public transport in the world behind London. So yeah if that's true then not too cheap 😢

[@crazymusicchick]

Lol Brisbane just needs to do Bluey tours get tones of tourists that way ;) lol

[@madswansfan1]

I don’t understand his comment about the Gabba being the closest Olympic stadium to a CBD. The MCG is only about 1km from the Melbourne CBD. This guy must work in Marketing. That’s all this video is about.

[@top40researcher31]

a highway or expressway we call them

[@davidjohnpaul333]

I actually read something the other day that Brisbane is now rated one of the best cities in the world...don't know how true this is. I haven't been to Brisbane for about 8 years - not a fan back then, it may have changed now 🤷‍♀

[@billdaniel8310]

That was Time magazine, I think they went to the Gold Coast and thought they were in Brisbane.

[@davidjohnpaul333]

@Bill Daniel Time Magazine..hmmm....it may have been, not 100% sure. Are you saying they confused Brisbane with The Gold Coast? Because that's too funny...

[@continental_drift]

1,500 seats doesn't sound like it would be profitable to put on a performance. The noise of vehicles driving over the expansion joints in the freeway is annoying. Imagine hearing ka-thumb ka-thump every few seconds. Woolloongabba used to been a train terminus until the council ripped it out.

[@gusdrivinginaustralia6168]

Brisbane public transport is pretty lame and very reliant on buses as the train network hasn't developed as it should have. The buses run on some exclusive roads that were obviously set aside for trains. I don't know how he thinks its unrivalled.

[@johnpro2847]

i live 45km to the north..another world compared to central brisbane. Only go to the city a few times a year..so what they do is pretty irrelevant.

[@davecheffie5706]

The motorway is built out over the river like that because the 1976 floods washed away the existing road way. So, without having to reclaim a lot of space in the city to rebuild it, they chose to build it out over the river. The centenary bike way (which already runs under the motorway) is disgusting. It's dirty, and you have the feeling you're going to come across a junkie shooting up at any time. Anything to make that space more pleasant is a plus. And I can tell you from previous experience, the noise from the motorway is nowhere near as bad as you'd expect.

[@MON-ud7sw]

The Captain Cook Bridge which is the motorway was opened in late 1972. The floods you are referring to were in 1974, two years later, not 1976.

[@RobNMelbourne]

@Dave Cheffie - Wrong. As said by M O'N, the Captain Cook Bridge and the Riverside Expressway were built in 1972 and opened to traffic in March 1973. The floods were in January 1974, Australia Day long weekend. I was working in the CBD at the time and came out of the Belfast Tavern on Friday night at closing time (10 pm) and thought ... oooh, rain's a bit heavy. I was the last car over Enoggera Creek on Kelvin Grove Road. Nothing was washed away in that part of the city as North Quay and George Street are well above the water level. Water did enter the city because the stormwater drains backed up but that only affected the low-lying parts below Charlotte Street down to the old Botanic Gardens.

[@davecheffie5706]

@@RobNMelbourne sorry for not being a funking boomer

[@MON-ud7sw]

@@davecheffie5706 no worries but research is the key

[@Diggles67]

The riverside expressway and Captain Cook bridge were already almost fully complete by the 1974 floods (not 1976). The expressway and Southeast freeway were the result of part of the Wilbur Smith plan. (There was also a planned northern arm that was never built.) Smith was an American traffic engineer contracted by the Nicklin Liberal/Country Party coalition state government in the late 1950s to solve Brisbane’s growing traffic congestion. The reason for an expressway on the river was that it was far cheaper to do this than to purchase expensive city blocks, having to demolish buildings.

[@australian1018]

Transform from a dump to a hole.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

I have never wanted to go to Brisbane, this won't change my mind! This mega metal explosion cannot possibly compete with what Hobart and Sydney already provide, it's all high rises, tourists, humidity and a dirty river! I need earth, space and "fresh air"! 😩 They should spend the money on rebuilding flooded farm communities, sorting youth crime and upgrading coal mines! 🤨 Melbourne and Sydney have already had the Olympic Games, Victoria has the next Commonwealth Games! 😏

[@davidjohnpaul333]

100% agree.....

[@jenniferharrison8915]

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[@DBrisbaneRailNerd5005.]

Sorry, but victoria does NOT have the next games, and this is a safer place to live anyways.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

@@DBrisbaneRailNerd5005. I'm sorry it won't be holding the next games, what a disaster, I was looking forward to going to see them, the historic venues, and to meet people from all over the world! Disappointed!! 😪

[@DBrisbaneRailNerd5005.]

@@jenniferharrison8915 bruh

[@matted781]

brisbane is boring.. as soon as 6pm . there is not much to do. very few restaurant not many shops open . not many events. especially on Sundays. too many shops close too early.

[@glenmale1748]

I have lived in Brisbane for nearly 60 years and cannot get over this obsession with being the new big thing. Brisbane is fine as it is. However.. some myths according to the boorish Melbourne and Sydney wankers who troll these videos. Brisbane has no arts culture. QPAC is the largest performing arts complex in the Southern Hemisphere with a combined audience space of 4,930. That is just one complex. There are at least another dozen performance spaces across the region: QTC at West End, Judith Wright centre in the Valley, Twelfth Night, La Boite, Brisbane Entertainment centre, blah, blah... Brisbane has no food culture. I absolutely challenge anyone to name a cuisine that you can get in Melbourne that you cannot find in Brisbane. Test me on this one please! Brisbane stadiums are small. Fine... I'm completely happy with my penis size and don't need a bigger paddock to compensate. Sydney Harbour is magnificent. Yes, it is! I agree 100%.... But virtually none of the haters have been to the amazing islands that enclose Moreton Bay. K'Gari (Fraser Island), Moreton Island and Even Bribie Island. And all of this is closer to Noosa and the Gold Coast than Parramatta is to Bondi. It's not a race Brisbane... just relax and take in the sunshine!