Portside Wharf
title: "Portside Wharf" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tourist-attractions-in-brisbane", "brisbane-river", "buildings-and-structures-in-brisbane", "2006-establishments-in-australia", "buildings-and-structures-completed-in-2006", "passenger-ship-terminals", "redeveloped-ports-and-waterfronts-in-australia", "hamilton,-queensland"] topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portside_Wharf" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Portside Wharf |
| image | portsidewharf1.jpg |
| country | Australia Australia |
| location | Hamilton, Brisbane, Queensland |
| opened | 2006 |
| operated | Brookfield |
| owner | Brookfield |
| type | Natural/Artificial |
| size | 270 m |
| berths | 1 |
| wharfs | 1 |
| website | Port Side Wharf Cruise Terminal |
| closed | 2022 |
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Portside Wharf is a residential and retail development located in the riverside suburb of Hamilton in the city of Brisbane, Australia.
Portside is an upscale residential, retail and commercial 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 in addition to locals who often arrive by the CityCat ferry.
Former Brisbane Cruise Terminal
The former Brisbane Cruise Terminal was opened on 29 August 2006. The $750 million development was completed by Multiplex. It was located on the north shore of the Brisbane River, upstream from the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges (still commonly known as the Gateway Bridge). The cruise terminal was capable of accommodating ships up to 270 metres in length. Cruise ships, super yachts and expedition ships docked at its international wharf, on average, once per week.
Due to height restrictions imposed by the Gateway Bridge, several larger cruise ships which were unable to pass under the bridge would dock north of the bridge at Pinkenba Wharf or at the former Multi-user Terminal at the Grain Berth, located at Fisherman Island.
The Wharf was the Brisbane home for the P&O cruise ship 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.
A draft plan to develop a new terminal at Pinkenba, called the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal, was approved by the Brisbane City Council in March 2013 and opened in 2021. It replaced Portside Wharf as the main cruise terminal of Brisbane Portside Wharf is no longer in use as a cruise ship facility, but sees continued patronage as a residential, retail and shopping destination.
Photo gallery
File:Pacific Sun portside.jpg|The Pacific Sun cruise ship 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:Portside Wharf development.jpg|Shopping Centre at Portside Wharf File:Apartment buildings in Portside Wharf 09.2013.jpg|Apartment buildings at Portside Wharf
References
References
- Feeney, Katherine. (February 27, 2013). "'Mega cruise ship' terminal for Brisbane". Fairfax Media.
- "Brisbane Cruise Terminal". Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.
- (2009-11-06). "Brisbane cruising on a new tourist boom". ABC News.
- Moore, Tony. (2021-08-28). "Bushfire rescue ship first to use Brisbane’s new cruise terminal".
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