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Brisbane CityHopper
All aboard. Have you been for a ride on the Brisbane City Council's free CityHopper? The CityHopper ferry service allows you to discover Brisbane via her meandering Brisbane River for free, with ferries running regularly, approximately every 30 minutes,...
Beautiful Sunday – Roses
Do you love roses? I do. To me they are the most romantic, classic and beautiful flower and of course they are known worldwide to symbolise love. In Brisbane we can admire these romantic blooms at the beautiful New Farm Park rose...
Anzac Square
Friday Flashback to Brisbane in 1928 and Anzac Square, Adelaide Street prior to construction, Image courtesy Queensland State Archives
Brisbane Global Rugby Tens
WIN a gold double pass to the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens tournament taking place at Suncorp Stadium on February 11 and 12, 2017. CLOSED Catch the superstars of Australian and New Zealand rugby along with international heavyweights Toulon, the Blue Bulls, Samoa and...
Australia Day Mojito
Celebrate Australia Day with Australian wine company [yellow tail] and their twist on the classic Mojito cocktail. Cool, refreshing and super easy to make, why not make a jug to enjoy this Australia Day, Post reproduced with the kind permission of [yellow...
Palace Cinemas celebrates Australia Day
Celebrate Australia Day at Palace Centro on James Street with all tickets only $5 from Thursday the 26th to Sunday the 29th of January. Enjoy the best new-release films with an epic-sized wine, olive oil popped popcorn or a handmade choc top in one of the five new...
Lori Italian Flower Designers
I LOVE flowers and was recently spoilt when a delivery of a very beautiful and very large bouquet of flowers from Lori Italian Flower Designers arrived at my home. Sunflowers, lillies, agapanthus, chrythusanums, delphiniums, asters and gum encased in sweeping...
The Brisbane Lamington
A celebration usually includes a cake. So this Australia Day celebrate with the classic Lamington which is believed to have been created in Brisbane. Popular belief is, that this iconic Australian food was named after Lord Lamington, the Governor of Queensland...
Ironing classes
Friday Flashback to Brisbane in 1900 and the days when ironing classes were popular at the Brisbane Technical College. Read more about the early days of the Brisbane Technical College here.
Palace Cinemas
This weekend escapte the heat once again and see it in style at the recently refurbished Palace Barracks at Petrie Tce or at Palace Centro on James Street with its FIVE brand new screens, handcrafted, semi-reclining seats from Spain. Here's a guide to what's on at...
The Great Court
The Great Court at the University of Queensland is a magnificent semicircular area comprising of vast green lawns and arched sandstone walkways with carved columns. Described as the heart of the St Lucia campus the Helidon sandstone walkways vary in colours ranging...
PoinsettiaRiverfire
PoinsettiaRiverfire stands tall in Emma Miller Place on Roma Street and celebrates Brisbane in two striking and flamboyant ways. Created by Brisbane based sculptor Luke Roberts the 10.5m tall structure draws on inspiration from the adopted Brisbane floral emblem...