Post Office Square

Banana… vending… machine!!!
Please find your way to LA my friend.

Post Office Square, above-​ground, is a beautiful green city park for workers and students to enjoy when they’re on a break, or when shoppers can’t deal with the crowds in Queen Street Mall and need respite. There’s scattered historical statues and sculptures around, a homage to Brisbane’s earlier years.
Then there’s what I call the «Underground Periphery» section of Post Office Square. On the outskirts of Post Office Square, modern newsagents, retailers, book stores and other shops of general interest signify the end of the grass and the beginning of the underground area. The underground itself is below the surface of Queen and Adelaide streets, and is essentially a busy thoroughfare and popular food court.
The last time I visited the food court, I went to the kebab store. The kebab was good but not «the best (I’ve) ever had» as promised by friends. I didn’t try the vegetarian place, but apparently it’s awesome.
On a stinking hot day, with a lot of bodies crammed into the underground cafeteria, this could be an agoraphobic’s worst nightmare. There are also people crushing you in order to get from A to B as quickly as possible during their lunch break. (The social norm seems to be accepting of someone colliding into you if they’re dressed in a suit and in a rush.) When it’s busy here I feel like I’m in a small basement nightclub that’s too hot and has too many bodies crammed together, except I’m not drunk enough to tolerate it.
In general, I’d shun the indoor seating area (except when it’s not ultra busy) and take your underground food to the surface to relax.
Oh, and the zebra crossing when you exit onto Queen Street is one of the busiest, most frustrating areas around for pedestrians and drivers alike. It’s a bit more «every man for himself» in vibe than general Brisbane traffic, making you sometimes feel like you’re in a foreign country where road rules have gone out the window.

With a killer foodcourt buried in Post Office Square, it’s no wonder this busy little transit place for train commuters can do no wrong.
Did I mention that this is the only place in Brisbane you will still find Torts?
With a cute little foodcourt and the majestic view of the Post Office across the road, this quaint little olden square really does leave a mark in Brisbane History. Walking the forecourts of where the Post Office is to going up the stairs to see the flame which pays respect to so many diggers who have died in the wars, there is both history and fire to this little Brisbane point.
I like that you can exit the train station here, I like the quaint newsagency on the corner of the post office square foodcourt, one of my favourite courtyards to take pictures and catch up on reading while eating some lunch (Torts).

Post Office Square was constructed nearly 30 years ago and is a lovely green haven in the concrete of Brisbane’s inner city. It has some lovely spots to rest and eat lunch or just catch your breath. Situated between Queen and Adelaide Streets, the square provides a fitting foreground to the old General Post Office (GPO) building on Queen Street. Under the square at the Adelaide Street end are the Post Office Square shops, a lovely gaggle of retail outlets including some yummy food places.