The Skyneedle, Architectural landmark in South Brisbane, Australia

The Skyneedle is an 88-metre tower built for World Expo 88, now standing at the Stefan headquarters in South Brisbane. Its slender, light grey shaft carries a slightly wider collar near the top and two copper-coloured bands, one about midway down. The light beam can reach 60 kilometres but is rarely switched on because of flight paths around Brisbane Airport.

The Skyneedle was built for World Expo 88, held in Brisbane in 1988. After the expo it was earmarked for relocation to Tokyo Disneyland, but hairdresser Stefan Ackerie bought it and moved it a few hundred metres to the Stefan headquarters in South Brisbane. On 4 November 2006 an electrical fault, later attributed to bird droppings, set the tower on fire; it was restored and in 2009 its top 22-metre section was rebuilt with new laser technology, activated on 1 May 2009.

The tower carries the rainbow rings logo that hairdresser Stefan Ackerie added after buying it, and it stands beside the Stefan hair salon headquarters in South Brisbane. Its light beam, visible up to 60 kilometres away, is switched on only for special occasions.

The searchlight at the summit operates only during special occasions to avoid affecting flight paths. The structure can be viewed clearly from multiple vantage points around South Brisbane.

A local hairdressing business purchased the structure and prevented its planned relocation to Tokyo Disneyland. This unusual rescue saved the artwork from a life in a Japanese theme park.