[ THINGS TO DO ] BRISBANE HAS A BRIGHT RED STAIRCASE IN THE CBD WITH 86 STEPS AND A WWII AIR RAID SHELTER AT THE BOTTOM Jacob's Ladder is the steep red staircase that links Turbot Street in the CBD to Wickham Terrace on the hill above, and it has been getting locals up and down that slope for we

[ MUST TRY ] THIS LATE NIGHT DESSERT TRUCK IS SERVING $10 CRUNCH WAFFLES, MATILDA CAKE AND A BRAND NEW DESSERT BENTO BOX Sweet Central is a late night dessert truck on Brisbane’s southside, serving crunch waffles, Matilda chocolate cake and Basque cheesecake, with most of the menu sitting around

[ MUST TRY ] BRISBANE HAS A LANEWAY GARDEN CAFE SERVING BURNT BASQUE CHEESECAKE FRENCH TOAST AND A BIRRIA HASH BENNY Never Been is a garden cafe tucked off a laneway, with one of the most loaded brunch menus in Brisbane. The French toast comes with crumbled burnt basque cheesecake, there’s a Ben

Someone in the Valley is leaving love letters 💌 Spotted along Barry Parade, these handwritten notes are by Brisbane artist and writer Charli Burrowes, whose work digs into love, heartbreak and all the stuff we’re too scared to say out loud. Stop, read one, and tell us which line got you 👇

[ MUST TRY ] BRISBANE’S SANDWICH HUNT LANDS AT A PADDINGTON DELI STACKING CUSTOM WIDE LOAVES WITH PASTRAMI, BRAISED BEEF AND HOUSE-MADE RELISH Ham on Rye is the deli-style sandwich shop in Paddington Central turning out proper sangas on custom wide loaves. The core menu is a tight lineup of toas

Jacaranda season in New Farm Park 💜 Where should we go next? Repost to share the 🫶

[ THINGS TO DO ] BRISBANE’S TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE IS SECRETLY A 1929 HOLLYWOOD MOVIE PALACE The Regent Theatre opened on Queen Street on 8 November 1929, seating 2,500 people as Queensland’s first and only American style picture palace. Its auditorium on Elizabeth Street was gutted in 1979

[ EXPERIENCE ] STRAP INTO A REAL DRIFT CAR AND RIDE INTO A FULL BATTLE JUST OUTSIDE BRISBANE Adrenaline’s 4 Drift Battle Hot Laps straps you into a purpose built drift car and sends you into a door to door showdown. Two cars chase each other flat out while you ride shotgun for four hot laps, fee

Tame Impala wrapped up their Deadbeat run in Brisbane last night with a sold out Ent Centre, closing out a three night takeover in Boondall. Lasers, smoke, and a whole arena losing it to The Less I Know The Better. From playing The Tivoli back in the Lonerism days to selling out three arena nigh

[ STAY ] QUEENSLAND'S SCENIC RIM HAS JUST TWO LUXURY FARMHOUSE CABINS ON 27 ACRES Fox Hill Grove is two luxury farmhouse cabins on a 27-acre pocket of farmland in Bunburra, five minutes from the country town of Boonah and about an hour from Brisbane. Run by local foodies Katie Rayner and Jeremy

[ EVENT ] A MASSIVE CHILLI AND CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL IS ON TODAY AND ENTRY IS JUST $2 The Sunshine Coast Chilli and Chocolate Festival is back for its fourth year, taking over Brouhaha Baringa today until 4pm. It is a full day of heat, sweet and everything in between, and your $2 entry goes straigh

💜🎷Jacaranda & Jazz and a park full of picnic rugs. New Farm Park put on a very Brisbane Sunday Bands in Parks brought Jacarandas and Jazz to the rotunda today. Peter Vance, Rachel Pearse, Brass Roots Live and musicians from the Jazz Music Institute played under the purple trees. 🎷 Swing and j

Brisbane’s dreamiest spring afternoon 💜 📍Jacarandas & Jazz, New Farm Park

BRISBANE IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S LONGEST RUNNING SCIENCE EXPERIMENT AND IN NEARLY 100 YEARS NO HUMAN HAS EVER SEEN IT MOVE The Pitch Drop Experiment at the University of Queensland has been quietly dripping since 1927, earning it the Guinness World Record for the longest running laboratory experi

[ MUST TRY ] A BRISBANE CAFE HAS TURNED THE VIRAL DOT CAKE INTO AN ICED LATTE WITH BIRTHDAY COLD FOAM Deedot Coffee House is serving the viral dot cake as an iced latte topped with birthday cold foam. The cafe sits on the corner of Logan Road and Doughty Avenue and runs an all day menu. Dot cake

Huge crowds turned out in Coorparoo this morning as Jane Scrolls officially opened its doors. To celebrate, the new cinnamon scroll spot is running a buy one, get one free deal for a friend, from 6am to 1pm today and tomorrow (10 to 11 October) Tag who you’re bringing 👇 📍 Coorparoo

[ THINGS TO DO ] SIX WATERFALLS WITHIN TWO HOURS OF BRISBANE, FROM A 106M DROP TO A HIDDEN GLOW WORM CAVE Chasing waterfalls does not mean leaving South East Queensland. Across the Scenic Rim, the Gold Coast hinterland and the Sunshine Coast hinterland, these six falls range from a 10m rainfores

[ SALE ] BRISBANE’S WAREHOUSE PLANT SHOP IS TAKING 50% OFF ITS PLANTS THIS SUNDAY Epilo is the plant shop and café tucked inside a warehouse on an industrial side street, and this Sunday its plants are 50% off. The ground floor is packed with indoor plants, from fiddle leaf figs to monsteras, pl

[ FINAL CHANCE ] ONLY 3 NIGHTS LEFT TO SEE 11 GIANT GLOWING ANIMAL LANTERNS AT BRISBANE’S BOTANIC GARDENS Botanic by Night: NightGlow wraps up this Saturday, so tonight’s your last chance to walk the glowing trail through the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Eleven handmade lanterns, some up to 4.6 met

QUEENSLAND’S FIRST TRADITIONAL HINDU TEMPLE CROWNED BY A HAND CARVED TOWER SOUTH OF BRISBANE Sri Selva Vinayakar Koyil is widely regarded as Queensland’s first traditional Hindu temple, consecrated in 1995 after years of fundraising and construction by the local Tamil and wider Hindu community.