This coastal precinct has already scored a pub, and an oceanfront dining and drinking spot with cabanas — and now it boasts accommodation, too.
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We're keen to dive into the state of socialising and hospitality at this year's SXSW Sydney, and back up our 2023 panel on youth, information and the digital age — and we need your votes.
Running from May–August, this annual series of gigs and performances at The Tivoli, The Princess Theatre and beyond just keeps getting bigger.
The Brisbane CBD space that this custom-built eatery from Tassis Group will call home was previously a void between two buildings.
Summer 2024–25 in Melbourne means dots, pumpkins, a world-premiere mirror room and 180-plus Yayoi Kusama works.
If you haven't already put this dazzling First Nations festival in the Northern Territory on your must-attend list, this is what you're missing out on.
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NewsComing Soon: Longwang Is Edward Street's New Modern-Asian Restaurant with a Rooftop Bar and Cocktail Lounge
The Brisbane CBD space that this custom-built eatery from Tassis Group will call home was previously a void between two buildings.
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NewsComing Soon: Two Yolks and Finn Poke Are Opening Their First Brisbane Eateries on Grey Street
The two food joints are setting up shop next to each other at South Bank — one pairing burgers and beers, the other slinging bowls and tacos.
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NewsYou Can Now Tuck Into Weekly Champagne Brunches While Hanging Over the Side of Brisbane Powerhouse at Vertigo
Start your Sundays with a boozy meal with a view 17 metres up at Brisbane's vertical dining experience.
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NewsComing Soon: The New LiveWire at Queen's Wharf Will Pair Cocktails with Live Tunes and Late-Night Entertainment
Set to open in August, this watering hole won't be a sports bar like its current namesake — it'll be a live entertainment venue.
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GuideA Day and Night Guide to Paddington
From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.
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NewsArnott's Is Making Its 2023 April Fool's Joke a Reality by Releasing Jatz-Inspired Tim Tams
Can't choose between crackers and chocolate biscuits? Soon, you won't have to (although these new Tim Tams don't actually include any Jatz).
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RestaurantCooee Cafe & Restaurant
1825 Creek Road, Cannon Hill
This 200-seat Cannon Hill spot for a caffeine fix, bite and cocktail is part of Minnippi Golf & Range, Brisbane's first public golf course in more than 70 years.
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RestaurantDapl
200 Creek Street, Spring Hill
Located inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel, this restaurant heroes native Australian ingredients.
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RestaurantComo
119 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
This modern Italian restaurant in South Brisbane takes its cues from Lake Como.
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BarBeenleigh Artisan Distillery Restaurant
142 Distillery Road, Eagleby
Beenleigh's heritage-listed 140-year-old rum distillery is home to an 80-seat restaurant.
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BarManiax Brisbane CBD
Burnett Lane, Brisbane City
This second Brisbane site for the axe-throwing chain comes with a Viking-themed bar — and will get you hurling hatchets on Adelaide Street.
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BarAlba Bar & Deli
34 Burnett Lane, Brisbane City
Brooklyn meets Barcelona at this bustling brick-front bar in Brisbane's city centre.
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BarFrog's Hollow Saloon
26 Charlotte Street, Brisbane City
Inside a retrofitted brick warehouse from the 1910s lives a bustling bar promising good times and great cocktails.
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BarDoughcraft Mary Street
181 Mary Street, Brisbane City
The European bakery and deli has launched a second outpost in the Brisbane CBD — and it's also a wine bar.
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Beenleigh Artisan Distillery Restaurant
142 Distillery Road, Eagleby
Beenleigh's heritage-listed 140-year-old rum distillery is home to an 80-seat restaurant.
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BarPink Flamingo Spiegeland Brisbane
98 Bincote Street, Hamilton
For seven years — until it needs to make way for Brisbane's Olympics preparations — Northshore Hamilton is home to a 400-seat riverside cabaret club.
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News'Dune: Part Two' Has Been Fast-Tracked to Digital While It's Still Unleashing Sandworms in Cinemas
Journey to Arrakis from your couch with Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Austin Butler — and oh-so-much sand.
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NewsConcrete Playground Has Submitted Two Panels for SXSW Sydney 2024 — and You Can Help Make Them Happen
We're keen to dive into the state of socialising and hospitality at this year's SXSW Sydney, and back up our 2023 panel on youth, information and the digital age — and we need your votes.
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NewsOpen Season Just Added Dirty Three, Ladyhawke, Pond and Cosmo's Midnight to Its Already-Huge 2024 Lineup
Running from May–August, this annual series of gigs and performances at The Tivoli, The Princess Theatre and beyond just keeps getting bigger.
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NewsThree Exclusive Travel Packages to Book If You Want to Experience the Best of Melbourne's RISING Festival
We've teamed up with RISING to create these one-of-a-kind travel packages to Melbourne's epic winter festival.
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NewsAustralia's Biggest-Ever Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Is Coming to the NGV with a Brand-New Infinity Mirror Room
Summer 2024–25 in Melbourne means dots, pumpkins, a world-premiere mirror room and 180-plus Yayoi Kusama works.
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News'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Is Back in the Red Centre for 2024 — and This Is What It Looks Like
If you haven't already put this dazzling First Nations festival in the Northern Territory on your must-attend list, this is what you're missing out on.
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EventBen & Jerry's Free Cone Day
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
Calling all dessert fiends: the ice cream brand is handing out free scoops at almost all of its stores for one day only.
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EventFelons' Cinema Sessions
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Tuesday, January 30, 2024 and Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Felons Brewing Co, Brisbane City
Brisbane's riverside CBD brewery is improving your Tuesdays with free flicks in its Barrel Hall.
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EventFairy Tales
Saturday, December 2, 2023 - Sunday, April 28, 2024
GOMA, South Brisbane
Wander through a twisted woodland, see David Bowie's 'Labyrinth' costume, and enjoy Yayoi Kusama and Patricia Piccinini's magical work at GOMA's blockbuster fairy tales exhibition.
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EventRamses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
Saturday, November 18, 2023 - Sunday, May 19, 2024
Australian Museum, Darlinghurst
Explore the life of one of Egypt's longest reigning rulers at this exhibition exclusive to the Australian Museum.
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EventFoursies at Frog's
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Frog's Hollow Saloon, Brisbane City
Learn about Never Never Distilling Co's Oyster Shell Gin from the distillery's co-founders over martinis, oysters and shellies.
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EventFelons' Yoga
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Felons Brewing Co, Brisbane City
Bend, stretch and drink at Brisbane's CBD riverside brewery every Wednesday after work.
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EventAdults-Only Mini-Golf Night
Saturday, April 20, 2024
The Jungle Adventure Play, Tingalpa
Tingalpa's 16-hole jungle-themed mini golf course with a cocktail bar throws weekly boozy parties just for adults.
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Vertigo's Sunday Brunch
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Vertigo, New Farm
You can now tuck into weekly champagne brunches while hanging over the side of Brisbane Powerhouse.
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EventScenic Rim Farm Gate Trail
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Various locations throughout the Scenic Rim region,
The Scenic Rim's primary producers are inviting Brisbanites down to their farms to enjoy their food, brews and wares.
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EventAll-You-Can-Eat Pizza Mondays
Monday, April 22, 2024
Salt Meats Cheese Gasworks, Newstead
Devour all the slices of pizza you can handle in 90 minutes from $29 — with a drink purchase.
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NewsChic Digs Alert: The Australian Interior Design Awards Have Unveiled 2024's Shortlisted Bars, Restaurants and Homes
If you're looking for stunning hospitality, residential, workplace, retail and public settings around Australia, here's where you'll find them.
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NewsKmart Has Teamed Up with Dharug and Darkinjung Artist Kyralee Shields on a New Homewares Range
The latest collection in the department store's First Nations program includes bedding, candles, servingware, candles, wall art and more.
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NewsALDI Is Launching Its First-Ever Streetwear Collection — and Everything Costs Less Than $20
You can literally wear your love for the discount supermarket on your sleeves (and legs, feet and head) thanks to this 23-item range.
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NewsThe Latest Homewares in IKEA's 80th-Anniversary Range Will Fill Your House with Flower Power
Autumn might have arrived Down Under, but the Swedish retailer is slinging bright colours, bold designs and retro florals in the latest drop in its 80th-birthday collection.
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NewsWestern Australia Just Became the First State to Ban Single-Use Non-Compostable Coffee Cups
Lids must be entirely plastic-free, too, in a move that aims to save more than 154-million cups from landfill each year.
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NewsThe Best Nurseries and Plant Shops in Brisbane
Fill your home and garden with gorgeous green babies from any of these Brisbane nurseries and plant shops.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week
This week in and around Brisbane, you can work up a sweat at a free neon-lit exercise class, score a free ice cream and head to the Gold Coast for its annual film festival.
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GuideNews You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week
Here's what's been catching our attention, including a new pastel-hued wellness haven, adventurous champagne brunches, and the return of both Le Festival and Teneriffe Festival.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Weekend
Spend your weekend dancing to 'So Fresh' tunes, feasting and shopping at a Latino and South American fiesta and market, and seeing the OG 'Mean Girls' in a double with 'Clueless' under the stars.
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NewsFive Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout
This week, you and your plus one can wander through Italian Renaissance art, explore a dessert wonderland and sip chilli chocolate-infused umeshu cocktails.
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NewsNow Open: Kirra Point Holiday Apartments Is Your Sleek New Gold Coast Place to Stay with Stunning Beach Views
This coastal precinct has already scored a pub, and an oceanfront dining and drinking spot with cabanas — and now it boasts accommodation, too.
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NewsSun, Sea and Sand Adventures: Three Must-Do Adventures in Beautiful Los Cabos
Make your trip to Mexico truly memorable and swap the Cancun craziness for the slower, more luxurious destination on the sparkling Pacific.
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NewsAcclaimed Spanish Restaurant-Turned-Museum El Bulli Is Becoming an Airbnb for One Night Only
Famous chef Ferran Adrià is opening up the unique spot with Mediterranean sea views for two people, and for free — but you do have to make your own way there.
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Five Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout
This week, you and your plus one can wander through Italian Renaissance art, explore a dessert wonderland and sip chilli chocolate-infused umeshu cocktails.
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NewsComing Soon: Contro Wellness Is the New Pastel-Hued Mediterranean-Style Bathhouse That's Opening in Lutwyche
This luxe haven will feature both traditional and infrared saunas, float therapy, ice baths, steam rooms and mineral soaks, all to help you chase bliss.
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NewsBrisbane's Annual French Festival Is Bringing Its Three-Day Celebration Back to South Bank in 2024
After moving to Victoria Park / Barrambin in 2023, Le Festival will return to its previous home this winter.
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BarOTTO Brisbane
Sidon Street, South Brisbane
The revamped site now features three Otto ventures, including its restaurant, a waterside bar and an events space.
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RestaurantGreca
Howard Smith Wharves, 5 Boundary Street, Brisbane
A Greek taverna from restaurateur Jonathan Barthelmess at Brisbane's Howard Smith Wharves precinct.
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RestaurantShort Grain
15 Marshall Street, Fortitude Valley
Martin Boetz has launched a Thai restaurant and Asian food store in Fortitude Valley.
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RestaurantEstablishment 203
6 Marshall Street, Fortitude Valley
Ben O'Donoghue has opened an Italian and steak restaurant in Fortitude Valley.
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