Occupy Brisbane protesters are to camp overnight at their new city location and say they won't move to a different park suggested by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh unless she visits them in person.
About 50 protesters were gathered in Queens Park, near the Treasury Casino, on Wednesday afternoon after they were evicted from Post Office Square by Brisbane City Council and police.
No tents had been erected.
Occupy Brisbane event coordinator Thomas Brooks said protesters would consider moving to Roma Street Parklands on the outskirts of the CBD - as suggested by Ms Bligh to reporters in Cairns on Wednesday - only if she visited them in person.
"Anna Bligh has to come and make the offer personally and then we will consider it," Mr Brooks told reporters at the scene.
Protesters would camp at the park overnight and discuss future plans on Thursday, he said, but warned they could stay indefinitely.
"We can keep this going," he said.
"If they want to turf us out here and barricade the park like they did (this morning) we'll move on to the next one and the next one and the next one until they have to barricade every park in Brisbane."
During an afternoon rally on Wednesday at the new location, protesters condemned Brisbane City Council for moving them on from Post Office Square, while Queensland police were praised for their restraint in carrying out the eviction order.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk came under fire for announcing that it would cost $30,000 to re-turf Post Office Square.
Earlier, police moved up to 100 protesters who'd been camping for 18 days in the park at Post Office Square.
The Brisbane City Council sought police help to dismantle the protest, saying the activists had been given ample time to make their point, and the square needed to be returned to public use.
About 20 protesters resisted and had to be physically removed from the council-controlled site. Four were arrested but released without charge.
The protesters quickly set up a new base at Queens Park, which is owned by the state government.
Ms Bligh said the protesters were free to set up at the site, provided they remained peaceful, but they would not be permitted to stay.
Queens Park had no public toilets and had been booked for a number of functions over coming weeks, she told reporters in Cairns.
The premier suggested the group move to the Roma Street Parklands on the outskirts of the CBD.
Ms Bligh backed Mr Quirk's decision to clear Post Office Square.
"I think everyone would have preferred it hadn't come to that, but after 18 days they have made their point," she said.
"If they want to relocate they need to relocate somewhere that doesn't pose a health problem or get in the way of other people trying to do their work."
Several Occupy Brisbane protesters vowed to stick with their cause.
Apprentice chef Dylan Smith, 19, from the Brisbane suburb of Highgate Hill, said the protesters would find different locations every time they were moved on.
"There are lots of parks in the city - we are willing to put everything on the line to help get the word out," he said.
