The Fort:

• One of Brisbane's best-kept secrets. Built in the 1880s to stem fears of a Russian attack on British colonies in the Pacific, the Fort is now the base for the most entertaining walk through history you could hope to have without a Time Machine!...


• The only fort in Australia with its own moat !


• Watch as a Soldiers from 1888 live, breath and work within its confines.


• Not only see but hear the Fort's guns roar to life - not once but THREE times each day !

• Battles from the Napoleonic Wars


• The conflict of the American Civil War


• Witness the cut and thrust of World War 2 where vehicles changed everything but nothing changed for the people.


• Be transported to the jungles of Vietnam

• The Gladiators of Rome will fight for you.


• Dark Age Warriors will seek to best each other as only they can.


• Knights will participate in a Foot Tournament, each seeking the ultimate prize.


• The English Civil War comes to you.


• Queen Victoria's Best stand ready to defend the Colony.

• Visit the Encampments and see the daily way of living through the eras


• Watch as skills from other times are bought to life


• Listen as sounds from the past become a reality

• Static Displays from local History Groups


• Demonstrations


• Find out about Brisbane's History

• Meet the Past


• Music


• Vehicles (from bicyles to tanks and all types inbetween)


• Other Cultures


• Colour


• Noise


• Explosions !


• And there's food and drink to buy as well....