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Brisbane, your time to shine starts now

Brisbane, your time to shine starts now

An Olympic Games is the ultimate chance to showcase your podium-worthy city. The Sunshine State fully intends to max out its time in the sun.

Olympic athlete Danielle Prince celebrates at the Brisbane Welcome Home Celebration at Queen Street Mall in 2016 after the Rio Games.  Getty

Mark Ludlow and Fiona Carruthers
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hirty-three years ago, Brisbane hosted an international extravaganza that changed the city. Expo 88, opened by Queen Elizabeth II on April 30, 1988, and themed “Leisure in the Age of Technology”, ran for six months and attracted more than 15.7 million visits – at a time when the country’s population was 16.4 million people.

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Mark Ludlow
Mark LudlowQueensland bureau chiefMark Ludlow writes on politics, energy and infrastructure based in Brisbane. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mludlow@afr.com
Fiona Carruthers
Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com

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