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The Q150 Shed in Augathella, prior to being transported to Wynnum and restored.

How a miraculous outback find changed the fortunes of the Wynnum Fringe

With Dolly, Wesley, Tex and more, the 2025 festival has a country music line-up worthy of the Grand Ole Opry – plus an outback treasure finding a new home in Wynnum.

  • Nick Dent

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The start of the experience - great photo opportunity.

Is Brisbane’s new Harry Potter forest experience worth the galleons?

Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience has landed near Brisbane after worldwide acclaim. Does it live up to the buzz? Here’s our verdict.

  • Neesha Sinnya
Godzilla x Kong: Supernova? Filming for mystery movie in Brisbane CBD on Sunday.

Mystery movie takes over Brisbane street with high-speed stunt

Part of the CBD was closed on Sunday as a heavily modified truck, similar to one seen on the set of an upcoming blockbuster, raced up and down.

  • William Davis
A visualisation of Craig and Karl’s planned installation for the Kangaroo Point Bridge in Brisbane Festival 2025.

Three Brisbane bridges are getting a technicolour makeover

The designs are for Brisbane Festival, which promises a highly visible citywide event akin to “a cultural Olympiad”.

  • Nick Dent
Boggo Road Village, a mixed-use office and retail complex located between Dutton Park’s Ecosciences Precinct and Brisbane’s historic Boggo Road Gaol, is expected to open by the end of 2025. It is not yet known if and when tours of the notorious prison will resume.

Future use of Boggo Road Gaol under a cloud

A new mixed-use precinct neighbouring Boggo Road Gaol is expected to open by the end of the year, but future use of the historic prison anchoring the site remains unclear.

  • Courtney Kruk
Artwork comparing the cartoon version of Bluey with designs for the Lego version and the final minifig.

Heads up, squirts: Lego Bluey is here – but not everyone is happy

While kids are going crazy for the Lego version of Brisbane’s famous blue heeler family, adult fans are harder to please. 

  • Nick Dent
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Jónsi, Kjartan Sveinsson and Georg Hólm of Sigur Rós.

Who let the strings out? Why Sigur Ros reinvented their music for this Australian tour

Some songs just don’t work in a rock band. Playing with an orchestra is giving the Icelandic trio a chance to perform some of their grand, sweeping numbers live.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Genevieve Trace, Louise Bezzina, John Kotzas and Kate Gould.

Brisbane’s Metro Arts loses leader in funding woes’ wake

Another Brisbane arts executive has quit, but the organisation is looking to the future.

  • Nick Dent
One of the exhibits in the Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness show.

I see dead people: Preserved human bodies heading to Brisbane

The Body Works exhibition will feature human cadavers preserved through the process of “plastination”.

  • Nick Dent
The Shrine of Remembrance and Eternal Flame during an Anzac Day Dawn Service in Brisbane.

21 things to do on Anzac Day in Brisbane

Whether you’re getting up early to pay your respects, minding the kids or looking for something to do on your day off, here are 21 ideas.

  • Nick Dent

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