Tourist attraction
Shorncliffe Pier
Timber pier over a bay, once home to a bankrupt ferry venture and an open-air picture theatre.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Shorncliffe Pier in Brisbane opens with a design that came up short: the pier the Sandgate Pier Company built in eighteen eighty-two, and the shallow water that nearly sank the venture. It follows the company's financial troubles and the pier's second life as a beachside entertainment strip, home to an amusement parlour and an open-air picture theatre that once drew Sandgate's holiday crowds. You will hear how ferries, carnivals and gambling machines shaped the same stretch of planking.
This audio guide was created using AI.