The city's highest recorded temperature was 43.2 °C (109.8 °F) on Australia Day 1940 at the Brisbane Regional Office,[71] with the highest temperature at the current station being 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 22 February 2004;[72] but temperatures above 38 °C (100 °F) are uncommon. From a grand old Victorian-era pub in Queensland to an almost-ghost town in South Australia, these eerie abandoned places – once an important part of their communities – are now largely forgotten. The Royal Queensland Exhibition (known locally as the Ekka), an agricultural exhibition held each August at the Brisbane Showgrounds in Bowen Hills is the longest-running major annual event held in Brisbane, during which there is a public holiday for each local government area across Brisbane so as to enable widespread public attendance. 260 hectares and set about establishing the mission, which became known as the German Station. Brisbane has hosted major events including the 1982 Commonwealth Games, World Expo 88 and the 2014 G20 summit. The State Library of Queensland, the state's largest library, is located at the Queensland Cultural Centre. Brisbane. [135], There are biotechnology and research facilities at several universities in Brisbane, including the Institute for Molecular Bioscience and CSIRO at the University of Queensland and the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation at Queensland University of Technology.[136]. [73] The city station has never dropped below 2 °C (36 °F),[74] with the average coldest night during winter being around 6 °C (43 °F), however locations in the west of the metropolitan area such as Ipswich have dropped as low as −5 °C (23 °F) with heavy ground frost. [70] Seasonality is not pronounced, and average maximum temperatures of above 26 °C (79 °F) persist from October through to April. The Brisbane River did not reach the same height as the previous 1974 flood, but still caused extensive damage and disruption to the city.[58][59]. [64] The urban area, including the central business district, are partially elevated by spurs of the Herbert Taylor Range, such as the summit of Mount Coot-tha, reaching up to 300 m (980 ft) and the smaller Enoggera Hill. The Pacific Motorway (M3/M1) connects the inner-city with the southern suburbs, Gold Coast and New South Wales. Several of these are also among the nation's most populous LGAs. 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