Useful services in Brisbane

Places

• Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre

  The City, Queen Street Mall

  Tourist information office in the Regent Theatre lobby, Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 16:00 and weekends from 10:00 to 16:00.

• South Bank Visitor Centre

  South Bank, Stanley Street Plaza

  Visitor centre at South Bank House, 2 Little Stanley Street. It gives the lifeguard hours of Streets Beach. Phone: 07 3029 1797.

• Brisbane City Council Libraries

  Various sites in the city

  Council library network with free wifi and computers that can be booked. Activities and workshops are also free, according to the council.

• State Library of Queensland

  South Bank

  State library in the South Bank cultural centre, with information rooms and a computer and internet service. The information floor is open Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 20:00, Friday until 17:00 and weekends from 10:00 to 17:00.

• Legal Aid Queensland

  The City, 44 Herschel Street

  Legal aid body with information on its website on employment, housing, debts and other matters. Legal information line: 1300 65 11 88.

• Multicultural Australia

  Woolloongabba, 28 Dibley Street

  Queensland organisation that supports refugees and migrants, with community, employment and workers' rights programmes. Its website does not make clear which programmes are open to people on a Working Holiday visa. Phone: 07 3337 5400.

• 13 HEALTH

  Queensland, by phone

  Queensland Government nurse line, 24 hours: 13 43 25 84. It gives guidance on symptoms and on where to get care. It does not diagnose; in an emergency, the number is 000.

• Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

  Herston

  Public hospital on the corner of Butterfield Street and Bowen Bridge Road. Phone: 07 3646 8111. Its website suggests trying the virtual emergency service first. In an emergency, the number is 000.

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