Historical landmark
Burnett Lane
Convict-era exercise lane turned dense strip of small bars and cocktail dens behind Queen Street.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Burnett Lane in Brisbane's CBD follows the same narrow alley from its convict-era use as a flogging yard and gallows behind the old Prisoner's Barracks, to its rebirth as ground zero for Brisbane's small-bar scene. You'll hear about surveyor James Charles Burnett, whose name the lane carries, and about Super Whatnot, an early arrival after Queensland's two-thousand-nine small-bar reform. Listen for what now gets poured behind the black marble bar at the lane's newest tenant.
This audio guide was created using AI.