Boggo Road Gaol

Pretty cool idea for a tour, unfortunately there’s not alot left of the original
Gaol thanks to the development next door, but we visited after buying a scoopon deal, and went in the middle of the day, and damn, wish i had worn a hat coz it was hot hot hot and not a lot of shade inside, just a lot of hot concrete (what more can you expect from a gaol?)
The tour guide was very passionate about the gaol and sharing the stories and rumours of the gaols past.
Bummer that only one of the three prison blocks was able to be opened for everyone to have a look, and if you take children in there maybe stay with them as there is some highly offensive and racist Graffiti on the walls inside the cell blocks.
Always watch where you are waking as there are a few trip hazards.
Book ahead as they only run yours at certain times and on certain days, but deffo worth a look for a bit of Brisbane history and some lovely architecture

My college organised a ball inside Boggo Road Gaol some years ago (just before it was closed due to construction next door) and it was a really novel venue. A DJ was brought in and a bar and dance space set up, but the real fun was in the prison reinactments where groups of us were taken into old gaol cells, under the orders of gaol wardens and treated like prisoners. It wasn’t scary at all, but our drunken 18-​year old selves screamed and behaved like it was.
I also did a tour here (sober and in the day-​time) as part of my high school legal studies class and it was really interesting. Apparently it’s reopening in 2013, hopefully earlier in the year rather than later.