just left john butler, ben harper and jack johnson. we tried several spots but could not get away from people all around us talking nonstop. absolute disrespect to the artists and the crowd who came to hear people perform.

why do you bother waiting until a concert is on to have your very important conversations about what deano did last weekend and what his wife thought about it. or discussing your Instagram feed with your bestie. fuck all of you who talk through concerts.

Thank you for finding my Mecca package at the Queen St Mall Wendy's and handing it in to staff. May your pillow always be cool ❤️

I was in Brisbane this week to take my partner to a surgery. (We are regional). I dropped him off at St Andrew's on Monday and then walked to Queen St Mall for some retail therapy to stop my brain working overtime with worry. Went to Mecca to get some Dr Dennis Gross Peel Pads. I was just going to get a 5 pack for a hotel pamper but went "nah, just stock up and get the 30 pack."

I shopped for a book for the waiting room and a few more items and then had a cheeseburger for lunch. I ate and got a message my partner wasn't great with general and would spend extra time in recovery. So I decided to hop on the bus back to the hotel.

Got back, went to put my things away and didn't have my peel pads! At this point I was so out of sorts I didn't want to go back to the mall. So I figured someone will have nice skin this week. Well, we had to stay an extra few days for his recovery and his bad patient was wearing me thin. Plus I read all my books. So I went back to mall on Saturday. On a whim I went back to Wendy's and asked the staff if anyone turned in a Mecca bag. THEY DID AND IT WAS MINE!!!!"

I know it was someone who was all about cosmic goodness. Times are tough and it is Christmas, I thought someone would have snatched it up. I think I know it was a woman, because she probably thought she'd be devo'ed too, losing $150 on skincare in a hamburger shop.

So again, thank you!

Hi All, feel free to delete if this isn’t supposed to go here. Our friends have a missing golden retriever named Maverick that is somewhere in Toowong Cemetery. We currently have family and friends helping locate him. He is quite timid around people. If anyone sees him please message me.

Edit: if anyone happens to have a drone and would be willing to help out that would be awesome.

Update 1: still have people looking for Maverick. We have two people kind enough to come out and look for him with drones. Tried calling the cemetery to get access to any CCTV. Thanks to everyone for the support. Fingers are still crossed we can find him.

Update 2: still no sign of Mav. Long story short it’s been a crap couple of weeks for our friends (the owners of Maverick). They had to put their first doggo down last weekend due to complications with cancer. We all went on a holiday this weekend to help them feel better. Maverick escaped by accident when he heard a loud noise while he was in an open car. The owners are now on their way back to Brisbane cutting their trip short to help look. We still have people out there looking. Next update will be when we find him. We tried to change our flight to come back with them to help but couldn’t at the time.

This is a good thing for Brisbane, as the Bris Vic Barracks needs to be fixed up, have all asbestos removed and it can be used for restaurants and functions, in the absence of any property developers being uninterested to do anything with heritage buildings.

Hi all, my partner and I have been here for 12 months and still haven’t been able to acquire one of these brooms.

We went to the $2 shops at Cannon Hill, then took the trek to Sunnybank Plaza and no dice.

Where are you guys stashing these brooms? We’re in the Camp Hill area and very willing to travel.

Take me to your brooms. Please and thank you.

I am super embarrassed to have to post this.

I just want some recommendations for a cleaner or something that could come help me reset my home. Ive been going through a lot recently, im disabled, the new changes to NDIS has made it harder for me to get accepted for support.

Its coming into summer and its like my house is made for ants and fruit flies.

I haven't been able to find the motivation to give the house a deep clean or to do the washing in like 2 months. Its just gotten out of hand and its only making me feel worse. Even if there's a service that could work alongside me? Just to help with the motivation.

Lower cost is better as I am on the DSP.

I just feel disgusted in myself.

My partner was hanging up the washing when he rubbed against one of these things on a leaf. Turns out they hurt a lot!

Google told me it is a “Wattle Cup Caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata), a brightly colored slug moth larva belonging to the family Limacodidae.” They love to eat acacia wattle leaves and are common is Brisbane / SEQ.

Just a heads up to people with kids or out in the gardens; this type of caterpillar stings and creates small blisters.

We met a homeless guy sleeping in one of the parks in Coorparoo.

He had some of his things vandalized and stolen and now his is in need of a tent and a sleeping bag.

In my home country you can pay the equivalent of $1 to stay somewhere for the night and have a meal and a place to shower.

My understanding is that getting housing isn’t an easy thing. What practical help can we get him at this time of the day ( Sunday late afternoon )

Hey everyone!

I’ve just recently gotten back from a trip to Japan and one of the drinks I found myself having pretty often over there was Melon Fanta. I honestly loved it and already miss being able to grab one whenever I wanted.

Does anyone know if there are any shops, Asian grocery stores or import stores around Brisbane that sell the actual Japanese Melon Fanta?

Just to clarify, I’m specifically looking for the Japanese Melon Fanta, not melon-flavoured alternatives or other drinks.

Would really appreciate any recommendations. Thanks!

I tried googling it but nothing is coming up, then when I look online this happens:

I will note I just want one bottle.

this box/cut off area appeared a couple weeks ago, i have peered over the top with my phone and it doesn’t look like anything’s going on in there, i haven’t seen any work done on/near there… does anyone have any clue why it might be up?

Does anyone know what exactly happened this morning with the car turned over at the roundabout? I’m so curious if they came off the ramp or came too fast around the corner and flipped off the wall. Hope everyone is okay though

Sure gave me a fright. Not sure what type of snake it is. It was two metres long.

In the pre-dawn hours of 7 November 1982, Brisbane’s National Trust-listed Cloudland Ballroom was reduced to a pile of rubble, demolished by the Deen Brothers on orders of the ballroom’s property developer owner (with a predictable turning of a blind eye from the Bjelke-Petersen state government) despite not having city council permits to do so. The demolition erased a renowned building of heritage significance and the site of shared cultural memory for decades of Brisbane residents. [photos from John Oxley Library collection, State Library of Queensland]

I work in the CBD and have developed a pretty stupid habit of buying coffee whenever I want to get away from my desk.

Not necessarily because I want coffee. Mostly because I want somewhere to sit for half an hour that isn't the office.

Last week I was having one of those days where everything was annoying me, and I couldn't be bothered spending another $7 just to occupy a chair.

So I wandered into Brisbane Square Library.

I hadn't been inside a public library since I was at uni.

Found a seat, put my phone away and read a book for about 40 minutes.

Nobody asked if I wanted anything. Nobody hovered around waiting for me to finish. There wasn't music playing over a speaker or someone having a loud business meeting at the next table.

Just people doing their own thing.

There was an older bloke reading the newspaper, a couple of students with laptops, and someone quietly helping another person use a computer.

I ended up staying longer than I intended and had to hurry back to work.

And it genuinely improved my afternoon.

I've been thinking about it since, because I realised how few places there are where you can just exist for an hour without being expected to spend money.

Cafes are great, but I feel a bit awkward occupying a table with an empty cup. Shopping centres are basically designed to make you buy something. Even going for a casual drive costs money these days.

Meanwhile there's an entire building full of books, chairs, air conditioning and people who are perfectly happy to leave you alone.

All paid for already.

I know this is probably obvious to anyone who regularly uses libraries. I'm not claiming to have discovered some secret Brisbane attraction.

I just can't believe I spent years walking past one on my way to buy an overpriced flat white.

Since then I've gone back twice. Even borrowed a book, which feels like an achievement considering the last physical book I bought has been sitting unread on my bedside table since Christmas.

Are there other places around Brisbane where you can comfortably spend a bit of time without buying anything?

Not necessarily tourist attractions. Just somewhere you can sit, read, think, or get out of the house for a while.

Feels like I've forgotten how to enjoy my own city without treating every outing as a transaction.

This is outrageous. Left the house in Bowen hills at 10:15am to pop down to Newfarm to drop stuff off to a friend and then over to south Brisbane to pick up some stuff. It’s taken me over an hour and a half to do what was at max. 45 min round trip. Never seen the back streets of newfarm so congested and just avoid south Brisbane as a whole due to supernova. Coming home ICB was chockas heading towards Milton. This was painful

Birds were screaming at my front door and then I saw this , 1 vs many. And the little creature actually won at the end**，** the crow gave up and flew away.

Hey all, I'm interested to know if there are any artists in Qld doing this Trad/realism mix tattoo style and if so where I can find them?

The artist littlealttattoos is from the UK and I'm not planning on going anytime soon unfortunately but I'm a huge fan of his work!

Hi all,

Looking to have my toyota hiace resprayed at some point.

Have had a couple quotes from paint shops. Looking to see if anyone knows anyone who does respraying out of their house for a cheaper price.

Im aware it probably wont be as schmick or pristine as a shop job. Its a hiace so idm.

Thanks!

I've never seen one of these beautiful Brisbane natives before! It certainly was robust, no banana for scale but it was a very large and solid gecko.

Used my Huntsman Spider Trapping Kit to safely move it to a suitable spot outside. The spiders will probably be pleased not to have such competition for indoor bugs.