Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park

It is not a huge space but does provide a good bit of recreation especially through Riverlife and I do love the lookout point. Did abseiling here and it was an experience!

A great view of the city from here. I was at to take photos from here at night, and it came out lovely. Despite the fact of havin a tripod, I still managed to set my camera on the rocks for steadiness. It’s okay, but the smell of the bins is not quite inviting at night. Maybe if I get a chance I will go back during the day to see the city view and try out the food area as well.

The Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park is not my go-​to park, it is rather small which limits it in what it can offer. However, it is a nice spot to stop by when bike riding along the Brisbane river since it falls directly on the bike path.
I agree with the other reviewers that this park lacks some shade, therefore I would recommend to avoid coming here during mid-​day– the 2−4pm time slot is safer. If you are planning on bike riding along the river, it is a nice place to stop, relax and enjoy the views that Brisbane has to offer. If you are a budding photographer– you can get some really nice shots too.
The park may be small but there are still some amenities to keep families entertained– rock climbing, children’s play area, some BBQs and a there is a café close by.
All in all, the Kangaroo Points Cliffs Park is A-​OK.

Kangaroo Point may not have the huge, shady trees and oodles of space of New Farm Park, but it does have a cracker of a view. From a good vantage point on top of the cliffs you can see the botanical gardens right around to the Story Bridge and New Farm. Probably best to avoid it in the heat of the day due to the lack of shade, but for an early morning or an afternoon get together it’s a beautiful and breezy spot. Bring a picnic basket and hijack a barbeque to complete the picture. The joggers zooming past might make you feel a little bit lazy, but ignore that feeling and have another snag.

So this park isn’t a kids’ playground type of park. It’s a recreational one. Kids who want to ride their bikes, rollerskate, rollerblade, rock climb and paddle ski it’s all here.
What’s so great about this place? It has a killer bike path. It has a killer rollerskating path, it has a killer rollerblading path. Not many hills (thumbs up for this one) as well! It’s the perfect place to learn, which is why they have people who hire skates and blades out on the top end of the path and teach people how to in droves.
I love that this pathway can start from the top of Southbank when you cross the pedestrian bridge from the city and ends at the Story Bridge end or QUT for that matter over the Goodwill Bridge you go (warning, bit of a long uphill climb but you go down again!). It’s one of the first places I got my rollerblades and learnt how. It’s one of the first places I got my rollerskate on (for you roller derby people this is ideal for practicing) and besides the occassional bike passing you, the path is smooth, hardly any bumps, all good for minimising falling down. I won’t lie, I have fallen a few times though (only when I was learning ahem ahem).
It’s great exercise, you can bring the family and rockclimb on the cliffs, bring a mate? You can run up the stairs from the bike path to the top of the cliffs (burn those calories) and it is a fantastic place to watch the fireworks from. Barbeque it up here, skate it up, it doesn’t matter, they have paddle skis as well.
Unilocal! So you can park your car, ride your bike, rollerblade, rollerskate, climb a rock face and paddle ski then sit down and do a barbeque all in the one spot. Totally my fav.

Given its limited space, the Kangaroo Point Park was never going to be as good as Roma Street Parklands or the Southbank Parklands but as far as public parks go, it’s a little disappointing.
Don’t go here if you have young children. The last time I visited, I got sunburnt despite lathering up with sunscreen. There are these metal structures over the BBQ areas but it’s going to take a few years before the trees get big enough to provide enough shading. I hope they’ve done something about the lack of shade around the picnic areas but I’m not game enough to re-​visit to find out.
I don’t think this was intended to be a kid’s playground but there are these colourful metal sculptures which look enough like slides for kids to want to climb over it. That is until they get burnt on the meta which is hot enough to cook steaks on. Fair enough, there is a sign warning people not touching the sculptures as they get hot but kids will be kids, and it’s better to build a public space to avoid dangerous situations than to provide adequate signage warning of the potential danger.
If you do want to explore this park, go in the late afternoons or early mornings. There’s accessible toilets, BBQs, water, wheelchair access and a viewing platform.

The best thing about Kangaroo Point Park is the outlook over the river. It’s perched high over the river and drops away at the edge to the magnificent Kangaroo Point cliffs, where you can abseil with outfits operating between the parks above and below.
The newly redeveloped park is clean and neat, has a limited number of barbecue and picnic areas but it’s a bit light on for shade and will be until the climbing plants and trees mature. I have seen some people byo gazebo though, and suppose that is one option.
This is a really tough spot to beat for seeing the fireworks of Riverfire and New Year’s Eve. It’s a long, strip of a park, so not for ball games, but perfect for watching the marine traffic on the big brown snake of Brisbane River.