Brisbane's South Bank celebrates 30 years since its opening. And Donna Smith has been working there the whole time

 1992. Wayne Goss was the premier. Jim Soorley was the lord mayor. Interest rates were falling. Billy Ray Cyrus's Achy Breaky Heart was topping the Australian charts.

And at the South Bank Parklands, you could ride a boat.

When it opened 30 years ago this week, thousands of balloons were released, colouring the sky above an excited crowd, in what an ABC News report at the time described as the biggest celebration since Expo 88.

Donna Smith was there. She was 16 and working in her father's lolly shop, which opened at South Bank the same day.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/south-bank-brisbane-30-year-anniversary/101166486



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