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Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.

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

This week, you and your plus one can hit up festivals for comedy, seafood and slasher movies — plus Stones Corner's annual street party.

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Jetstar Is Celebrating Its 20th Birthday with Free Fares Home From Japan, Thailand, Hawaii, Bali and More

The airline's 'return for free' sale is back — so if you pay for your flight heading away, you can come home without paying a cent.

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Coming Soon: Sokyo Is Opening a Brisbane Restaurant with "Sashimi Florist" Alex Yu at the Helm

Set to open in August, the first Queensland outpost for the acclaimed Sydney Japanese fine-diner will be part of the Queen’s Wharf precinct.

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Amy Poehler Is Coming to Australia to Chat About 'Inside Out 2' and Her Exceptional Career at Vivid Sydney

The 'Parks and Recreation' and 'SNL' star will get talking at Sydney Opera House at a one-night-only in-conversation session.

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Billie Eilish Is Bringing Her 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' Tour to Australian Arenas in 2025

The Grammy- and Oscar-winning sensation will hit the country for three weeks, playing four shows in each of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

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Coming Soon: Sokyo Is Opening a Brisbane Restaurant with "Sashimi Florist" Alex Yu at the Helm

Set to open in August, the first Queensland outpost for the acclaimed Sydney Japanese fine-diner will be part of the Queen’s Wharf precinct.

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Now Open: Fonzie Abbott Is Pouring Coffees at Its New Espresso Bar and Roastery in Newstead

This caffeine-slinging chain keeps expanding, adding a fourth Brisbane site alongside its existing venues in Albion, New Farm and Lutwyche.

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Gelato Messina Has Whipped Up Handmade Chocolate Bars for Mother's Day If You Want to Be Your Mum's Favourite

This eight-bar box includes passionfruit yuzu caramel, tea and biscuits, and cannoli and hazelnut flavours.

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Now Open: Australian Roaster Single O Now Boasts Two Tokyo Cafes — and a Shibuya Coffee Bar Is on the Way

Ryogoku Roastworks features a cafe and a roastery, while the brand's upcoming Shibuya venue will debut a new coffee bar concept.

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Raise a Glass to Mum: Champagne-Fuelled Experiences to Spoil your Mum this Mother's Day

Our round-up of Queensland’s most elevated Mother's Day celebrations.

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Howard Smith Wharves and Chef Orazio D'Elia Are Bringing Back Their Riverside Italian Food Market in 2024

After debuting in 2023, Festa Italiana is returning for a second serving of vodka rigatoni, porchetta focaccia, Italian vino and spritzes.

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Cooee 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.
Restaurant
Dapl

200 Creek Street, Spring Hill

Located inside Brisbane's Amora Hotel, this restaurant heroes native Australian ingredients.

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Bar
Bar Rocco

131 Leicester Street, Coorparoo

This Italian osteria in Coorparoo is a sibling venture to Ashley-Maree Kent's Ramona Trattoria next door.
Restaurant
Como

119 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane

This modern Italian restaurant in South Brisbane takes its cues from Lake Como.

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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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Maniax 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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Alba 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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Frog'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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Doughcraft 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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Bar Rocco

131 Leicester Street, Coorparoo

This Italian osteria in Coorparoo is a sibling venture to Ashley-Maree Kent's Ramona Trattoria next door.
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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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Pink 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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Twelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month

Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.

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It's the Circle of Cinema: The First Trailer for 'Mufasa: The Lion King' Steps Into the Story of Simba's Father

Directed by 'Moonlight' filmmaker Barry Jenkins, the latest trip to the Pride Lands is a prequel to 2019's photorealistic remake of the animated hit.

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Amy Poehler Is Coming to Australia to Chat About 'Inside Out 2' and Her Exceptional Career at Vivid Sydney

The 'Parks and Recreation' and 'SNL' star will get talking at Sydney Opera House at a one-night-only in-conversation session.

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Billie Eilish Is Bringing Her 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' Tour to Australian Arenas in 2025

The Grammy- and Oscar-winning sensation will hit the country for three weeks, playing four shows in each of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

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Delightful Aussie Rom-Com Sitcom 'Colin From Accounts' Is Returning for Season Two in May

This time, Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall's AACTA-winning series will drop its episodes weekly — and Celeste Barber has joined the cast.

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The Best Nurseries and Plant Shops in Brisbane

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The airline's 'return for free' sale is back — so if you pay for your flight heading away, you can come home without paying a cent.

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This Palm Cove Hotel Has Been Named the Best Place to Stay in the South Pacific (and Australia) for 2024

Hotels in Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne and Orange also made Tripadvisor's Best of the Best list for South Pacific stays.

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Now Open: Mediterranean-Inspired Bathhouse Contro Wellness Is Your New Lutwyche Go-To for Chasing Bliss

Make a date with traditional and infrared saunas, float therapy, ice baths, steam rooms and mineral soaks at this pastel-hued wellness studio.

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The Eight Best Places to Go Glamping Near Brisbane

All these Queensland glamping experiences are under three hours away from Brisbane's CBD — making it all too easy to have a weekend wilderness adventure in total comfort.

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