The
Brisbane central business district (CBD), officially gazetted as the suburb of
Brisbane City and colloquially referred to as 'the city', is the heart of the state capital of
Queensland, Australia. It is located on a point on the northern bank of the
Brisbane River. The triangular shaped area is bounded by the Brisbane River to the east, south and west. The point, known at its tip as
Gardens Point, slopes upward to the north-west where the city is bounded by parkland and the inner city suburb of
Spring Hill to the north. The CBD is bounded to the north-east by the suburb of
Fortitude Valley. To the west the CBD is bounded by
Petrie Terrace, which in 2010 was reinstated as a suburb (after being made a locality of Brisbane City in the 1970s).