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Where to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Brisbane

The temperature is rising and the gelato is freezing — cool down with Brisbane's top tier of iced confections this spring and summer.

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GABS Is Set to Build Australia's Longest Bar (with 120 Taps) When the Huge Craft Beer and Cider Festival Returns for 2025

This just might be the biggest bar that you ever get a drink from — and it's coming to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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The 16 Best Hotels In Melbourne for 2025

Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the best hotels in Melbourne will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas, rooftop pools and pillow menus await.

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Chef Motokichi Yukimura From Kyoto's Kichi Kichi Is Returning to Australia in 2025 to Serve Up His Hit Omurice

If you haven't tried Japanese omelette rice yet, this is your perfect chance — again.

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Kangaroo Point Bistro One Fish Two Fish Is Closing Its Doors After Six Seafood-Slinging Years

You've got until the end of April to head to Main Street for a feast of the ocean's finest — oysters, Moreton Bay bugs and soft-shell crab included.

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The Best Things to Do On, By and Near the Water in Brisbane

From visiting overwater bars to hopping in a kayak and picnicking on a boat, there are plenty of ways to enjoy our River City.

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Where to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Brisbane

The temperature is rising and the gelato is freezing — cool down with Brisbane's top tier of iced confections this spring and summer.

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GABS Is Set to Build Australia's Longest Bar (with 120 Taps) When the Huge Craft Beer and Cider Festival Returns for 2025

This just might be the biggest bar that you ever get a drink from — and it's coming to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

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Chef Motokichi Yukimura From Kyoto's Kichi Kichi Is Returning to Australia in 2025 to Serve Up His Hit Omurice

If you haven't tried Japanese omelette rice yet, this is your perfect chance — again.

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Kangaroo Point Bistro One Fish Two Fish Is Closing Its Doors After Six Seafood-Slinging Years

You've got until the end of April to head to Main Street for a feast of the ocean's finest — oysters, Moreton Bay bugs and soft-shell crab included.

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The Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane

Rooftop parties, riverside feasts, laneway celebrations and citywide festivals — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Brisbane.

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The Best Rooftop Bars in and Around Brisbane

Here's where to head in and around Brisbane when you want to enjoy a cocktail skyward.

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Frankie's Woombye

2 Blackall Street, Woombye

One of QLD's most popular cafes is hidden in the Sunny Coast hinterland.
Bar
Byblós Brisbane

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
Restaurant
Mademoiselle

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

Rise Bakery's Harry Ohayon and Maxime Bournazel have doubled their footprint at Portside with this Parisian bistro.
Restaurant
Cucina Regina

33 William Street, Brisbane City

A sibling to the Gold Coast's Cucina Vivo and Sydney's Cucina Porto, Queen's Wharf's resident Italian eatery takes its cues from old-school trattorias.
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Azteca

33 William Street, Brisbane City

Queen's Wharf's opulent Latin American-inspired restaurant is filled with greenery — and fond of agave.
Bar
Slipstream Brewing Social House

8 The Avenue, Birtinya

This Brisbane brewery has expanded to the Sunshine Coast with a 40-tap hangout that's pairing beers and bites.
Bar
Byblós Brisbane

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

This Portside favourite has relaunched after 18 years with a revamped look and refreshed Lebanese menu.
Bar
Azteca

33 William Street, Brisbane City

Queen's Wharf's opulent Latin American-inspired restaurant is filled with greenery — and fond of agave.
Bar
Stan's Lounge

5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City

You'll find XO sand crab cigars, vintage cocktails and late-night dancing at this bar above Howard Smith Wharves' Cantonese restaurant Stanley.
Bar
Slipstream Brewing Social House

8 The Avenue, Birtinya

This Brisbane brewery has expanded to the Sunshine Coast with a 40-tap hangout that's pairing beers and bites.
Bar
B-SIDE

5 Boundary Street, Brisbane City

Yoko Dining now boasts an upstairs record bar with boozy slushies, ramen and miso caramel soft serve.
Bar
Rays by Range

4 Newman Avenue, Camp Hill

This Camp Hill watering hole takes inspiration from European corner bars, and marks the Range Brewing crew's fourth Brisbane venue.

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'Joker: Folie à Deux', 'Madame Web' and 'Borderlands' Are All in the Running for 2025's Razzie Awards

Also picking up plenty of nominations from cinema's least-coveted accolades: 'Megalopolis', 'Reagan' and 'Unfrosted'.

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The Warehouse Project's 2024 Australian Debut Was Such a Hit That It's Returning in 2025

A taste of Manchester's rave scene is coming to Sydney and Melbourne again — this time for a night in each city in April.

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How One of Australia's Most-Beloved Children's Books Finally Became a Movie: Alison Lester and Robert Connolly Talk 'Magic Beach'

Three and a half decades after it first hit bookshelves, this illustrated favourite has reached the screen in a fittingly imaginative way.

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Damn Fine Viewing: Thirteen Must-See David Lynch Movies and TV Shows That You Can Stream Right Now

Watching 'Twin Peaks', 'Blue Velvet' and the director behind them interrogating a monkey is the best way to pay tribute to a filmmaker like no other.

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The 16 Best Hotels In Melbourne for 2025

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The Best Things to Do On, By and Near the Water in Brisbane

From visiting overwater bars to hopping in a kayak and picnicking on a boat, there are plenty of ways to enjoy our River City.

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Five Romantic Brisbane Date Ideas for This Week From Budget to Blowout

This week, you and your plus one can enjoy a smash-hit musical, shop for books and slurp down oysters.

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Qantas Is Launching Direct Flights From Australia to Sapporo So You Can Get to Japan's Snowfields Quicker

The new route flies out of Sydney and will launch this coming December, ready for the 2025–26 snow season.

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The Best Things to Do in Brisbane This Week

This week, you can watch tuck into a six-course oyster feast, sip 2024's top gins and start celebrating Lunar New Year.

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News You Can Use: Nine Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week

Here's what's been catching our attention, including BrisAsia Festival's 2025 lineup, a new riverside Cantonese restaurant and a heap of tour news.

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Trending Bars and Restaurants

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The Ballpark Portside

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

Get swinging at Brisbane's American-themed interactive sports bar with its own batting cage.
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Dumbo

39 Hercules Street, Hamilton

Stacked burgers, dirty water dogs and fish sandos are on the menu at this Portside burger bar from the Red Hook crew.
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Cucina Regina

33 William Street, Brisbane City

A sibling to the Gold Coast's Cucina Vivo and Sydney's Cucina Porto, Queen's Wharf's resident Italian eatery takes its cues from old-school trattorias.
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XXXX Brewery Alehouse

Black Street, Milton

Enjoy a pint of Brisbane's iconic beer in newly revamped surroundings.
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Cicada Blu

33 William Street, Brisbane City

This sky-high Brisbane cocktail spot sits 100 metres above the city on Queen's Wharf's Sky Deck.