In 2032, Brisbane will host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games — Australia's third, after Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000. Unlike those Games, Brisbane 2032 is being deliberately spread across South East Queensland and beyond, with events confirmed as far afield as Cairns, Townsville, Toowoomba, and the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
For a Brisbane-based travel company that's been showing visitors this state since 1974, that's not just a sporting event — it's six years of growing visitor interest in exactly the regions we already know best. We'll be building this page out into a full traveller's guide as venue and transport plans firm up.
Brisbane & South East Queensland Venues
The core of the Games — main stadium, athletes' village, and flagship venues — centres on Brisbane and its surrounds.
Brisbane Stadium, Victoria Park
The new main stadium, being built at Victoria Park (Barrambin), will host the opening and closing ceremonies along with athletics. It's the centrepiece of the Games infrastructure build.
Brisbane Showgrounds & Northshore Hamilton
The main athletes' village is planned across inner-Brisbane sites, with satellite villages supporting events hosted outside the city.
Anna Meares Velodrome
A dedicated velodrome named for Australian cycling great Anna Meares, forming part of the permanent legacy infrastructure for the Games.
National Aquatic Centre
A new aquatics centre for swimming and diving, adding to Queensland's existing pool infrastructure built for events like the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The Games Across Queensland
Brisbane 2032 is a whole-of-state Games. Several of these host regions are ones we already run tours in — worth bookmarking if you're planning a trip around the events.
Is it worth visiting Queensland before 2032? Genuinely yes. Most venues already exist and are open, accommodation is normally priced, and the transport network improves every year between now and then.
Will it be hot? No — late July and early August is Brisbane's winter, and it is the best weather of the year. Days in the low twenties, dry, clear, low humidity. It is precisely why the dates were chosen.
Can I book anything yet? Not accommodation or tickets. Both open much closer to the Games. What you can do is plan the shape of the trip and, for groups, start conversations about charter transport.
Common Questions About 2032
Working out where your sport sits before choosing accommodation is the single most useful piece of planning available this far out — and it is possible now, because the venue plan is settled.
Athletics and the ceremonies are at Victoria Park in Brisbane. Swimming is at the new National Aquatic Centre at Spring Hill. Tennis is at the upgraded Queensland Tennis Centre. Cricket returns to the Gabba. Beach and open-water events are on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Football preliminaries spread widely, including regional Queensland and potentially interstate.
Most visitors to an Olympics come for one or two sports rather than the whole programme, and that decision shapes everything else about the trip.
Following a Sport Rather Than the Games
Ticketing, official hospitality and Games-period transport arrangements typically confirm in the final 18 to 24 months, so 2030 and 2031 are the years to watch for anything you can actually book.
Earthworks on the Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park were slated to begin in mid-2026, with completion targeted for 2031 to allow test events before the Games. Direct Sunshine Coast Rail construction was set to start in 2026 for delivery by 2032. Cross River Rail and the Bruce Highway programme are staged across the whole period.
The Olympic Games run 23 July to 8 August 2032, with the Paralympic Games following. Between now and then the milestones worth tracking are construction rather than ceremony.
Key Dates and What Happens When
Charter transport between host regions is where we expect to be most useful — moving groups between Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast on days when public transport will be carrying a great deal more than usual. Corporate and hospitality groups, family parties and clubs are all conversations worth starting well ahead rather than in 2031.
We have been running South-East Queensland since 1974, and our planning for 2032 is about the same things as always: knowing the roads, knowing the venues, and knowing what a group can realistically do in a day.
How Cooee Tours Is Preparing
And the things that draw people to Queensland — the reef, the islands, the rainforest, the wine country — are unaffected by a Games six years out. A 2032 trip is about the sport; a trip before it is about the state.
Most of the venues already exist and are open — Suncorp Stadium, the Gabba, the Queensland Tennis Centre and the coastal venues all operate today. Accommodation is available and priced normally. The Bruce Highway upgrades, faster Gold Coast rail and parts of the Metro expansion come online progressively, so each year the state is easier to move around than the last.
Six years is a long lead time, and there is a good argument for coming before the Games rather than during them.
Visiting Queensland Between Now and 2032
It also means the Games reach places that would never otherwise host Olympic sport, and that regional Queensland is part of the itinerary rather than a side trip.
That changes how a visitor should think about the trip. Following a single sport may mean staying in one place; following the Games broadly means moving between regions, which is precisely what the transport programme is being built to support.
Brisbane 2032 is the first Olympics shared across an entire state rather than concentrated in one city. Competition runs across three main zones — Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast — with additional venues in regional Queensland and some events interstate.
A Games Spread Across a State
The practical point for anyone planning is that the uncertainty is over. Venues are settled, construction has started, and the shape of the Games is now known rather than debated.
That plan — Delivering 2032 and Beyond — carries a $7.1 billion venue capital works programme, a $250 million investment in grassroots sporting clubs through the Games On! programme, and the transport commitments that sit alongside them.
Brisbane was awarded the Games in 2021, and the venue plan took four years and three attempts to settle. The original bid centred on a rebuilt Gabba. That was rejected in favour of Suncorp Stadium for ceremonies with athletics at QSAC. In March 2025, following a 100-day independent review, the current government announced a third and final plan built around a new stadium at Victoria Park.
The Road to 2032 — What Has Already Changed
Plan Your Trip
Queensland's transport network is being upgraded ahead of 2032 — faster rail to the Gold Coast, Bruce Highway improvements, and Sunshine Coast Airport connections among them. Here's where to go next:
- Getting Around During the Games →Confirmed transport upgrades — rail, road, and what they mean for spectator and charter travel.
- Where to Stay for the Games →An honest look at accommodation supply, what's being built, and why booking ahead will matter.
- The Full Venues Guide →All 37 proposed venues by zone, across Brisbane and regional Queensland.
Planning ahead for 2032?
Whether it's a spectator trip, corporate hospitality transfers, or charter transport for a group, get in touch and we'll help you plan around the Games as details are confirmed.
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