Gone are the days when South Bank was Brisbane's only food-, drink- and entertainment-filled riverside precinct, with Portside, Northshore Hamilton and Howard Smith Wharves all popping up over the past decade or so. Here's another: Rivermakers Heritage Quarter, which has turned a patch of Colmslie Road in Morningside into a new must-visit destination. If you haven't had the chance to stop by the heritage-listed spot yet, here's an excuse, too: the Rivermakers Heritage Quarter Open Day from 11am on Saturday, April 9. That's when the eastside precinct wants you to head along to check out its sights — and everything you can eat, drink and do, from sipping brews and taking brewery tours at Revel's second site through to dancing to DJs and playing lawn games on the grass. Also on the agenda at the riverfront spot across the day, as part of an event that wants to become Morningside's answer to the James St Food and Wine Festival: drinking gin at Bavay Distillery, tucking into free sausages thanks to Low n Slow Meat Co, taking a steak workshop at the latter as well, and hitting up Mas & Miek Ceramic House for some ceramics. There'll also be art on display, showcasing Max Bennett — and a Heritage Quarter archives exhibit that'll step through the location's and Morningside's past. And, the event will be raising donations as well, with everything going towards flood-relief efforts in Queensland and New South Wales.
