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12 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Brisbane, Australia

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The Tenth Drop forming in October 2021

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The Pitch Drop Experiment

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

The beach facing Brisbane City and River.

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The Commissariat from the vital Rover Brisbane side.

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Commissariat Store

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

Mongoose fighting cobra.

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Seized Endangered Species Exhibit

An exhibit of endangered species confiscated from smugglers and passengers.

Peter the dog.

Brisbane, Australia

Queensland Police Museum

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.

The museum has other letters, mementoes and equipment.

Brisbane, Australia

Museum of Lands, Mapping, and Surveying

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

The native kuril water rat, culed alongside, is responsible.

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'The World Turns'

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

Wearing wellies, she's striding forward with great purpose...

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'Emblem'

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

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