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NewsCrowdfunded Solar Powered Highways Are Actually Happening
This week, a crowdfunding campaign saw over $2.2m raised for Route 66. It's happening.
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NewsThese Floating Planters Help Trap and Remove Rubbish from Melbourne's Yarra River
Helping remedy a (literally) rubbish situation.
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NewsIKEA Is Now Selling Hydroponics to Let You Grow an Indoor Garden
Grow some basil and butter lettuce on your kitchen bench.
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NewsThis Portable Shower Can Reuse the Same Water to Keep You Clean for Two Weeks
This could change camping (and maybe even the world).
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NewsThese Recyclable Cardboard Tents Could Change Camping at Festivals
And yes, they can withstand a downpour.
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NewsThis 3D-Printed Portable Pod Lets You Live Off the Grid Anywhere in the World
The most dream-worthy 3D printed possibility yet.
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GuideThe Best 2024 Christmas Markets in Brisbane for Presents, Produce and Festive Feels
Whether you're keen on festive produce, design wares, locally made gifts, a North Pole bar or Christmas pudding-flavoured ice cream, there's a seasonal market for it in Brisbane.
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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 2023 Christmas Markets in Brisbane for Presents, Produce and Festive Feels
There's really no reason to go within a square kilometre of a shopping centre this year thanks to the best Christmas markets in Brisbane.
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GuideTen Creative Events to Browse, Buy, Peer, Feast and Dance Your Way Through at Brisbane Art Design 2023
Art lovers and design devotees, May in Brisbane is your time to shine — here's what you need to see.
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NewsEight Stunning Locally Made Jigsaw Puzzles for When Boredom Strikes (Again)
Got too much time to kill? Instead of flicking on the TV, give these beautiful, brain-tickling gems a go.
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NewsAll the Best Australian-Made Picnic Gear for Your Next Park Session
Keep your drinks cool and your shopping local when you plan your next picnic outing.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Boxing Day Sales
Score up to 70 percent off wine, cruelty-free makeup and activewear at these online sales.
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GuideSix of This Year's Biggest Black Friday Sales
Score up to 70 percent off reusable cups, homewares and sportswear at these online sales.
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GuideBrisbane's Best New Spaces of 2018
Six of the most stunning and thought provoking new buildings, artworks and venues to arrive in Brisbane this year.
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GuideThe Eight Best Brisbane Shops for Unique Christmas Gifts
Because there's no international Christmas shipping deadline when you shop local.
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NewsFrance Are Paving Their Roads With Solar Panels
The panels could soon be powering the French nation.
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NewsIs Brisbane Getting a Shiny New Light Rail System?
Maybe. But don’t get your hopes up just yet.
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NewsThis Company Specialises in Portable Shipping Container Farms
Take your vertical garden to the next level.
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NewsWhy Australia Should Take Sustainability Cues from Costa Rica
Those legends achieved 99 percent renewable energy use in 2015. Kudos.
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News70,000 People in Melbourne and Brisbane Have Rallied for Action on Climate Change
Further demonstrations are set for the rest of the country over the weekend.
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NewsYou Can Now Live Like a Baggins in Your Very Own Prefab Hobbit-Hole
Eco-friendly and orc-resistant.
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NewsThe Nation's Top Scientists Have Built a Swing Set That Generates Renewable Energy
A playground it'd be irrational not to swing on.
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NewsOslo's New Green City Government Is Banning Cars in the City Centre
The latest major city to go car-free. Snaps.
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NewsThis New Eco-Conscious Bar Is Serving Beer in Cans Only
Tinnies are not only an Aussie classic — they could be its future.
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NewsIndira Naidoo's Five Tips for Starting an Urban Garden
It's the best time of year for putting down roots.
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NewsCharge-As-You-Drive Electric Car Lanes Are Coming
Owning an electric car just got seriously more practical thanks to this UK project.
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EventBrisbane Gin Festival
Fri, 4 Apr - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills
This boozy festival is bringing 50 craft gin distillers from around the country to Brisbane Showgrounds for three days of masterclasses and tastings.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Brisbane
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
They don’t call it Bris-vegas for nothing.
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EventLes Misérables: The Arena Spectacular
Wed, 28 May - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
You'll hear the people sing when this arena spectacular version of Victor Hugo's famous 1862 novel hits Brisbane.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Wed, 30 Apr, 2025
Princess Theatre, Woolloongabba
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Brisbane.
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EventLifeline Bookfest — Summer
Sat, 18 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane
It's time to stock up on soap opera-themed cookbooks and other treasures you didn't know you needed — again.
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EventFestive High Tea
Fri, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Living Room Bar, Brisbane City
'Tis the season to build your own gingerbread house over festive-themed cocktails at Brisbane's W Hotel's Christmas high tea.
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Event$2 Summer Dips
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
You can enjoy a swim in Brisbane City Council's 22 public pools for just $2 all summer long.
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EventBrisbane Comedy Festival
Wed, 23 Apr - Sun, 25 May 2025
Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
Get ready to laugh: Rhys Darby, Ross Noble and Boozy Shakespeare are on the lineup when Brisbane's annual comedy festival returns for 2025.
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EventChristmas in Brisbane
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Various locations across Brisbane, Brisbane
From a festive maze to a free light and sound experience, here's how Brisbane's CBD and South Bank is celebrating Christmas in 2024.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Brisbane
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025
Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'Challengers' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Roma Street Parklands.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Print Your Own Living Pot Plants
Be a green thumb without getting your hands dirty.
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NewsThe Future Experts Are Predicting After the Tesla Powerwall Announcement
There's real benefit to going off the grid.
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NewsTaste the Effects of Climate Change with Drought Draught
The only beer you should ring in Earth Hour with.
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NewsNingaloo Reef: The Other Great Australian Reef to See (and Save)
Visit the beautiful, heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef, but tread carefully.
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NewsLitter All You Want With These Plantable Coffee Cups
Going one better than recyclable cups, these Kickstarter gems are ticking seed bombs.
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NewsHoney On Tap: The Crowdfunded Australian Beehive That Raised Millions
Honey's just gone hive to jar.
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NewsCould This New Sky Garden Be the Workplace of the Future?
Forget the tedium of the office cubicle. The future is harvesting your own lunch, wearable tech and abseiling during coffee breaks.
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NewsThis Durable Cardboard Bike Costs Just $10 to Make
A bike so cheap that it's not even worth the energy deployed in trying to steal it.
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NewsMeet the Cutest Ever, Bike-Towable Campervan
Consider the Wide Path Camper on all our Christmas lists.
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NewsThe World’s Largest Underwater Sculpture Also Acts as an Artificial Reef
That one time dumping 60 tonnes of foreign material in the ocean was a good thing.
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NewsFloating Bike Path Could Have Cyclists Riding on the River Thames
None of the cars; all the view.
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NewsThis New York Pop-Up Shop Lets You Have Your Meat and Wear it Too
From farm to table to fashion.
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NewsHarris Farm Is Selling ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Veg at Half Price
Choose that two-headed potato or that wonky zucchini.
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NewsPharrell Fronts Denim Line Made from Plastic Bottles Pulled from the Ocean
Pharrell's leading the charge for sustainable fashion.
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NewsGiant Floating Duck Artwork Could Generate Green Energy for Copenhagen
Seems we can't get enough of giant floating ducks. But this one could power an entire city.
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NewsSilo by Joost Now Brothl, a Soup Kitchen Using Unwanted Bones
Discarded bones never sounded so good as in these crafty broths.
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NewsElectric Car Sharing in France Will Make You Never Want to Take the Bus Again
Ditch your car and avoid public transport (and casually save the planet while you're at it).
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NewsBrooklyn Confirms Brooklyn-ness By Holding Dinner Parties in Dumpsters
Trashy fine dining at its most Brooklynised.
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NewsMinimal Living: Rejecting Excess and Finding Clarity with Lottie Consalvo
Are we weighed down by our possessions? We speak to artist Lottie Consalvo about low-living.
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NewsCreate Chemical-Free Cosmetics at Home with Teardrop DIY Kit
The science lesson you never had at school.
