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NewsThe Future of Gardening’s Looking Up
Patrick Blanc talks to Concrete Playground about the vertical garden phenomenon.
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NewsWorld’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney
1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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NewsScale a Stairway of Lights and Blossoms in Sicily
The ingenious festival decorations of Sicily's most magnificent staircase.
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NewsYour Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley
The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.
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NewsConcrete Playground Does Tough Mudder
We get our arts + culture editor, James Frostick, out of the gigs and under some live wires.
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NewsExclusive Victorian Winter Getaways from Mr & Mrs Smith
Hotel connoisseurs Mr & Mrs Smith are here to tempt you out of your uggies and into a winter wonderland.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideAll the Big Exhibitions, Installations and Art Festivals Around Brisbane That'll Dazzle Your 2023 Diary
Fill your year with Warhol pop art, glowing gardens, Monet's water lilies and street art everywhere.
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GuideDay to Night Guide: Ten Standout Brisbane Events No Matter What Time You Want to Visit
Would you call yourself a day-tripper or a night owl? Either way, we've got you sorted.
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GuideTen Must-See Art Exhibitions and Installations to Check Out Around Brisbane Before Winter Ends
Fill the rest of winter with woolly labyrinths, Disney delights, a giant kaleidoscope you can wander through and all the Lego.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Sensational Exhibitions to See in and Around Brisbane This Summer
Spend your summer wandering through masterpieces, bouncing around a multi-sensory installation, and embracing the surreal and sublime.
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GuideNine Dazzling Brisbane Exhibitions and Installations to Put in Your Diary for the Rest of the Year
See everything from iconic artworks to giant birds — or wander through glowing arches while floating down the Brisbane River.
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News‘Jane Fonda House’ Is Powered by Your Exercise
You become the guinea pigs in this exercise powered house-of-the-future
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NewsTen Gourmet Winter Getaways
These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.
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NewsThe Ten Best Apps to Boost Your Fitness
Refresh and renew your fitness regime with these ten awesome apps.
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NewsThe Ten Best Swings Ever
Things have come a long way since your ma or pa tied a threadbare rope to a used tyre.
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NewsBoost Your Fitness with These Ten Weird Workout Trends
Because sometimes you can't bear to run, Powerplate or Zumba a day longer.
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NewsTry a Truly Sustainable Diet at Pestival
The Noma chefs pitch in to help tune your tastebuds to the appreciation of bugs.
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NewsPhotographer Gets Led Around the World by His Girlfriend
Osmann's photographic journey takes viewers on a trip which is stunning in more ways than one.
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NewsThe Five Best Scenic Running Routes in Brisbane
Whether you are running for need or desire, one thing that will keep you motivated is a killer view.
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NewsFind Your Fit: The Ten Best Fun Runs in Australia
Zombies, Spartans, and explosions of colour are one great incentive to get fit.
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NewsThe World’s Most Beautiful Public Swimming Pools
Natural and human-made beauty combine in these stunning locales that are open to all.
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NewsTop Five Healthy Eating Spots in Brisbane
For some of Brisbane's best healthy options, look no further.
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NewsEat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Hong Kong is almost close enough to justify a long weekend away. Here's Concrete Playground's guide to eating and drinking HK style.
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Event¡Viva Agave!
Friday, May 17, 2024
Cloudland, Fortitude Valley
Tequila and mezcal are battling for margarita supremacy at Cloudland for one night only.
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EventWinter Chalet at Customs House
Tuesday, May 14 - Saturday, August 31, 2024
Customs House Brisbane, Brisbane
Spend winter sipping champagne while eating Moreton Bay bug croissants and baked whole brie in igloos by the river.
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EventMilton by Moonlight
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Milton Markets, Milton
Milton's weekly market is hosting a moonlit Saturday-night session in mid-June to embrace winter.
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EventMad Science
Friday, May 3 - Sunday, June 23, 2024
GOMA, South Brisbane
From 'Frankenstein' to 'Poor Things', GOMA's latest film program is alive with tales of madcap creators experimenting across cinema history.
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EventBrunswick Street Live
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley
This free day-long music festival is bringing its live tunes back to the Brunswick Street Mall for a second year.
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EventRoller Rave 02
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Superordinary, Hamilton
Get your skates on rave-style at Northshore Brisbane's Superordinary, with DJ Phil Smart and Jen-E spinning tunes while you roll.
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EventDine BNE City
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
This month-long food and drink festival is filling the Brisbane CBD with culinary specials and events all throughout June.
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EventBoy Kills World
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane
Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
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EventDogs Day Out at Gasworks
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Gasworks Precinct, Newstead
Take your canine to pooch-friendly markets this winter — there'll be stalls slinging treats, clothing and bedding to browse.
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EventPortside Wharf Art Month
Wednesday, May 1 - Friday, May 31, 2024
Portside Wharf Hamilton, Brisbane
Portside Wharf is dedicating all of May to a month-long art celebration, which features a paint splatter room, plus a street party with pet portraits.
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NewsBruce Myren’s Inspired 40th Parallel Photo Series
The 40th parallel is much more than simply a line of latitude spanning the distance of America from East to West.
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NewsThe Kombi Trail: Nine Students and VW Van
A tale of nine students fresh out of university who embark on the journey of a lifetime with the Cold War as a backdrop and a VW Kombi as means of transportation.
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NewsRare Colour Photographs of Paris in 1914
These photographs of Paris in 1914 are particularly enchanting not only because they go back to the denouement of the peaceful and reformatory Belle Epoque...
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NewsAerial Views of Australian Beaches
Shot from doorless helicopters, American photographer Gray Malin has captured your weekend days on the beach, from above.
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NewsRemarkable Aerial Photographs of Iceland’s Volcanic Systems
Andre Armolaev has captured incredible aerial images of Iceland's twisting rivers meandering across black, ashy volcanic land.
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NewsTen Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways
We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.
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NewsTen Weird but Wonderful Spas
Whether you use them for cleansing, decompressing or just some well-earned R 'n' R, spas have been a ubiquitous part of the tourism industry.
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NewsThe Best Photos of Oktoberfest 2012
A little peak into the thrills and spills of the first week of Oktoberfest 2012.
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NewsHooroo: A New Kind of Travel Website
Real people who really want to share their travel adventures.
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NewsA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
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NewsIncredible Luxury Getaways from Brisbane
If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.
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NewsThe Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia
Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.
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NewsFive of the World’s Weirdest Hotels
These hotels will ensure that the destination will be just as exciting as the journey on your next holiday.
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NewsSceptic Kiwi Heading to New South Wales
Nominated to be one of five international bloggers, I promise to be entertaining and represent New Zealand responsibly. If that is possible?
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NewsNike FuelBand Tracks Your Every Step
Measure your data, such as steps, calories and distance throughout the day, against other competitors of different body types and skill levels.
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NewsSweden’s Treehouse Hotel
The hotel has five different rooms, all of which are themed differently and offer much more than your standard bed and complementary chocolate.
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NewsJapan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers
At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.
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NewsFirst-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016
Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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News21 of the World’s Most Stunning Holiday Destinations
Some of the places that truly capture the imagination around the globe.
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NewsCorinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience
Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.
