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In Qweekend we review Rosmarino restaurant in Fortitude Valley.

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Before Covid hit, Indigenous tourism was experiencing an unprecedented boom, with huge numbers of visitors to Australia seeking out these authentic experiences. These guides are able to give a completely fresh perspective on places and tell ancient Dreamtime stories, as well as a frank retelling of more recent history.

Indigenous tourism guides Spirits of the Red Sand. Picture: Mark Cranitch

In today’s edition, in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland, we hero some of these operators including the first Indigenous tour guide of the Whitsundays, Peter Pryor, who is hoping both locals visiting the region and eventually international tourists can join his tour to have a new appreciation of the islands’ First People.

Tourism experts are hoping that when international borders open again this sector of the tourism industry will play a vital role in the recovery.

Zarraffa's coffee chain founder Kenton Campbell. Picture: Mark Cranitch

Also this weekend, Greg Stolz meets Zarraffa’s founder Kenton Campbell, who has grown a coffee empire from just one small shop and, along the way, the father of four has become a wildlife conservationist and corporate philanthropist.

And if you want to know more about how your age and lifestyle affects your microbiome, the CSIRO has the answers in its latestbook.

Inside you will also find:

- Columnists: Mel Buttle and William McInnes

- Ordinary People: Colin Morwood

- You & Me: Sheryl Conlon and Stephanie Conlon

- Cafe review: Joedy’s by Eminence, Fortitude Valley

- Restaurant review: Rosmarino, Fortitude Valley

- Wedding: Ruby Hubbard and Nicholas Fordyce

- My Life: Hugh Sheridan