Expo '88

Expo 88 was a Worlds Fair held in Brisbane, Australia between April 30 and October 30 1988. The theme of the Expo was "Leisure in the Age of Technology." The $AUD600 million fair was the largest event of the bi-centennial celebrations of European settlement to Australia that year.

After the end of Expo, the site remained derelict (and a political hot potato) for some years, before redevelopment into Brisbane's now popular Southbank parklands. Few features of the original site remain - probably the most notable of them is the Nepalese "peace pagoda". The "skyneedle", a tall tower with a rotating spotlight on top was purchased by flamboyant Brisbane businessman Stefan Ackerie and relocated to his corporate headquarters in nearby South Brisbane where it remains a prominent Brisbane landmark.