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SEPTEMBER 2018
INSIDE:
Brisbane Festival
Spring fitness ideas
New SpeedyCat express service
School holiday fun
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Get planting with
free natives
Spring is the perfect time to plant your
summer garden, and the Green Heart
Fair on Sunday 9 September is full of
horticultural ideas.
Head to Carindale Recreation Reserve to
check out Council’s popular Free Native Plants
A message from Lord Mayor Graham Quirk Program, which will be onsite to help you
Spring is back, and with the warmer days and blooming gardens also keep Brisbane clean, green and sustainable.
comes festival season. Each September, Brisbane Festival blasts across
The native species on offer are designed
our beautiful New World City with an inspiring program of theatre,
for Brisbane’s subtropical climate. From
music, dance, circus, opera and major events such as Sunsuper Riverfire.
groundcovers and ferns to shrubs and feature
An annual tradition since 2009, the festival attracts an audience of
trees, there are plants for all garden types
around one million people every year. Visit brisbanefestival.com.au
and sizes.
Council is committed to getting you home quicker and safer with more
The Green Heart Fair brings together
travel options. We’re doing this by building smoother streets and
Brisbane’s leading sustainability organisations,
continuing to tackle traffic congestion. The new four-lane bridge on
community groups, artisans, foodies,
Lemke Road and the reconfiguration of the intersection at Telegraph,
gardeners and eco experts.
Depot and Lemke roads are nearing completion. More inside this edition
of Living in Brisbane. Don’t miss the sustainability workshops,
green-living tips, eco-gardening advice,
With school holidays fast approaching, there is always more to see and
artisan markets, food and live entertainment
do in Brisbane. Visit our new and improved library at Westfield Garden
on offer – you won’t ‘leaf’ empty-handed!
City, which operates seven days a week and offers a massive catalogue
of books. New Farm Library has also undergone a makeover – including Image: Take home a free native plant
a new outdoor reading space overlooking the serene New Farm Park.
For more information about where to take the kids these school
holidays, visit brisbane.qld.gov.au or follow our What’s On Brisbane
Facebook page.
Graham Quirk
Lord Mayor
Image: The Lord Mayor at a previous Green Heart Fair
For more information please get in touch with Council 3403 8888 brisbane.qld.gov.au
IN Win a waste smart pack
W Did you know 15,000 bottles and cans are thrown out in Australia
every minute?* Help keep Brisbane green, clean and sustainable
by reducing your plastic usage. We have 100 waste smart
packs to give away, including a reusable drink bottle
and bags, to get your waste-free journey started.
Head to brisbane.qld.gov.au and enter before midday,
Thursday 27 September.
*Source for statistic: Boomerang Alliance
Ready, set, splash!
All of Council’s 22 swimming pools
across the city will be open for
the summer season from Saturday
22 September.
We’ve been working hard to get
our pools and aqua parks ready,
with extended opening hours,
swimming and water safety
lessons, fitness activities, upgraded
amenities and water-play facilities.
Major redevelopment works are Head outdoors and spring clean your fitness
underway at Sandgate Aquatic
Centre and Langlands Park As the warmer months creep in, it’s time to blow out the cobwebs and head
Memorial Pool in Stones Corner, outdoors to get active and healthy.
which will remain open during More than 90 of Council’s parks have exercise equipment, from chin-up bars
the upgrades. The new Ferny to rowing and step machines – all free to use.
Grove Aqua Park is also due to be
completed in time for summer fun. Prefer group exercise? Our Active and Healthy program offers a range of free
or low-cost activities, including Zumba, yoga and boxing.
Our pools welcomed more than
three million visitors last year, and For exercise with a natural outlook, try the Mt Coot-tha Discovery Trail linking
the leisure opportunities they Simpson Falls to JC Slaughter Falls, before heading on to the Hoop Pine
provide residents help make picnic area for lunch.
Brisbane a great place to live, work Council also has two pay-and-play public golf courses for players of all levels
and relax. at St Lucia and Victoria Park, as well as 22 pools and 4833 km of paths and
Image: Dipping into Council’s pools walkways citywide.
Brisbane Festival is back!
Get in on the action when Brisbane Festival explodes across the city from
8-29 September. This year’s program is brimming with big name acts, more
world premieres than ever and a spectacular new light-and-laser river show
that will illuminate Brisbane for 22 days of celebration.
Featuring theatre, music, dance, circus, opera and major public events,
the program has a mix of free and ticketed events across 17 of Brisbane’s
leading entertainment venues, including South Bank, QPAC, Brisbane City
Hall, Riverstage, Queensland Conservatorium and Brisbane Powerhouse.
With nearly 600 performances and close to 70 shows to choose from, there’s
something for all audiences and ages.
The signature festival on Brisbane’s calendar will be capped off with the
Sunsuper Riverfire on Saturday 29 September – a spectacular fireworks display
that lights up the city. Visit brisbanefestival.com.au for more information.
Image: The spectacular Sunsuper Riverfire
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Breeze through Brisbane on the new SpeedyCat
Get ready for an even faster trip on the Brisbane River with the new
SpeedyCat express service.
There will be more than 100 peak-hour SpeedyCat services per week,
including services to UQ St Lucia, West End, Guyatt Park, North Quay,
Riverside, Teneriffe, Apollo Road and Northshore Hamilton.
Not only will SpeedyCats shave around 19 minutes off the travel time
between Northshore Hamilton and Riverside, they will almost halve the travel
time between Teneriffe and Riverside. Meanwhile, passengers will be able to
go from UQ St Lucia to North Quay in as little as 15 minutes.
A What was Brisbane City
The introduction of SpeedyCat services will not affect existing timetabled Council’s first public pool?
services. The new timetable including SpeedyCat will be available on
B How high is the Story Bridge?
TransLink’s website, translink.com.au, from mid-September.
C Jacaranda trees are native to
which continent?
D What did Joseph Pilates call
his fitness method?
E Which of Albert Einstein’s
theories relates to time travel?
E Theory of Special Relativity
C South America D Contrology
A Spring Hill Baths, built 1886 B 74 m
Go on an adventure
through time
A spectacular new show is
coming to the Sir Thomas
Brisbane Planetarium, with
Tales of a Time Traveler creating
a journey like never imagined
before.
Narrated by actor David Tennant
(the Tenth Doctor in the BBC’s
Doctor Who and the villainous
Kilgrave in Marvel’s Jessica
Jones), the show will launch
Spring is in the air at the Botanic Gardens in time for the start of the
September school holidays.
The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining – spring is a fantastic time to
visit the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha! Explore ancient civilisations,
witness the birth of the universe
Not only will you see Queensland’s premier subtropical Botanic Gardens and journey to the edge of a
bursting with new life, there is a packed schedule of events and activities black hole as you discover time is
to celebrate the season. From the Queensland Spring Rose Show and the not so easily defined.
Native Plants Market to a horticultural-themed fashion parade and the Teddy
Bears’ Picnic, there’s something for everyone. The story explores the lives of
stars, the time scale of the Big
Founded in 1970 and officially opened in 1976, the 56-hectare Botanic Bang and the distortion of time
Gardens are a great destination for residents and visitors alike. by gravity.
Visit our website for more information about what’s on at Brisbane Botanic Visit our website for session times
Gardens, Mt Coot-tha. and for more great lifestyle and
Image: Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha leisure options.
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Celebrate our diverse community
Council is honoured to support the Brisbane Pride Festival and Brisbane Pride
Fair Day on Saturday 22 September, from 11am at New Farm Park.
Now in its 27th year, the Brisbane Pride Festival is Queensland’s largest
and Australia’s third-largest LGBTIQA+ event, attracting more than 10,000
festival-goers over a four-week period in September each year.
It’s an inclusive, community-based celebration that has grown to encompass
a rally and a parade through Brisbane city streets, culminating in the fair at
New Farm Park.
As Australia’s New World City, Brisbane is a great place to live, work and
relax – it’s a safe, vibrant, green and prosperous city enjoyed by a diverse
and proud community.
Image: Brisbane Pride Festival supports the LGBTIQA+ community
Inner City Bypass upgrade now complete
In good news for all road users, including bus commuters, a major upgrade
of the Inner City Bypass (ICB) has been completed, cutting travel times,
improving safety and boosting connectivity to the wider road network.
The ICB westbound has been widened to four lanes between the RNA tunnel
and the Legacy Way portal, and the ICB eastbound to four lanes between
the Legacy Way portal and the Herston Road exit.
The Valley is the There’s also a new westbound ramp to the ICB from Bowen Bridge Road and
home of festival fun a dedicated bus priority lane at the Herston Road exit.
Head to the Valley Malls this It’s all part of our plan to get residents home quicker and safer, with more
month for a range of festivals travel options.
in the city’s favourite shopping
and entertainment hub.
Kicking off the month is the
BIGSOUND Festival, from
Tuesday 4 September to Friday
7 September. Join music lovers
GET INTO GOLF WITHOUT
for live performances by more THE EXPENSIVE MEMBERSHIP
than 150 artists and a conference
program featuring keynote St Lucia Golf Links and Victoria Park Golf Complex
speakers and forums on the future
of the music industry.
Next on the calendar is the
Chinese Moon Festival, on
Saturday 22 September, from
4-9pm. An event for the whole
family, you’ll be entertained by
Asian-inspired shows and roving
performers including lion dancers
and stilt walkers.
There’s always something to
see and do in our vibrant and
creative Valley Malls. See the back
page for more festivals and events Council provides lifestyle and leisure options, giving you more
across the city. to see and do, including making golf accessible to everyone.
Image: Fortitude Valley’s Chinatown Mall Visit brisbane.qld.gov.au/golf for more information.
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Brisbane Metro
Construction starts 2019
The future of travel
Next year construction on Brisbane Metro gets underway, but what will
the new public transport solution mean for you?
Whether you live or work close to one of the two dedicated lines, or are Getting you M
based in other suburbs, Brisbane Metro will change the way you travel home up to s
and get you home quicker and safer. 50% faster
How will Metro affect me?
Brisbane Metro will cut the number of buses going into the CBD, which
means more bus services in suburbs right across Brisbane. It will also
reduce congestion by removing hundreds of buses from inner city
bottlenecks.
High-frequency services will operate every three minutes in peak periods
Getting you More buses in S
and every five minutes in off peak. What’s more, because services will run suburbs across
home up to 3
5am to midnight on weekdays and 24 hours a day on weekends, you can
50% faster Brisbane
turn up and go without needing to check a timetable.
So when will Metro services start?
The project is now fully funded with procurement underway, meaning
detailed design and construction will commence next year, with services
starting in 2023.
Getting you More buses in Services every
home up to suburbs across 3 minutes in
Project update
50% faster Brisbane peak hour
We are pleased to say Brisbane Metro is in the procurement phase
of the project. This is a unique opportunity for local and international
businesses to be part of a new generational project that will
revolutionise travel by reducing congestion on our roads and allowing
you to spend less time travelling and more time doing the things
Brisbane Metro
you’d rather be doing.
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Your Views of Brisbane IN BRIEF
Thanks to everyone who shared
their amazing Views of Brisbane! LOOK OUT FOR SWOOPING BIRDS
Simply share your photos on It’s bird nesting season and that means our native birds are in protective
Instagram using #viewsofbrisbane mode, swooping down on people who may venture too close to their nesting
for your chance to be featured. sites. Extra care should be taken in open areas such as parks, backyards and
schoolyards. If you observe swooping behaviour, please contact Council to
@ausverabr have signage installed.
BETTER ROAD SAFETY AT LOCAL SCHOOLS
Holland Park State School and Wynnum State School are earmarked for
road safety improvements, as part of our $2.2 million commitment to deliver
projects at schools across the city. Works include enhanced school zone
signage and facilities that make it safer and easier for students to walk, cycle
or scooter to school.
TELEGRAPH ROAD UPGRADE NEARS COMPLETION
The new four-lane bridge on Lemke Road and the reconfiguration of the
intersection at Telegraph, Depot and Lemke roads are part of the final works
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on the Telegraph Road upgrade. Once complete in late 2018, the upgrade
will reduce traffic congestion and improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists,
helping you to get home quicker and safer.
EXPLORE OUR BUSHLAND, WETLANDS AND
WATERWAYS
Looking for free or low-cost activities around Brisbane? Now is the time to
reconnect with nature at Boondall Wetlands, Downfall Creek and Karawatha
Forest environment centres. Take guided walks, meet local wildlife or try
fitness classes outdoors. The centres also have interactive displays, picnic
areas and trails you can explore on your own. See our website for details.
@annie_brisbane
LORD MAYOR’S AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS –
NOMINATIONS OPEN
Do you know someone who volunteers their time and goes above and
beyond to help improve the lives of others and contributes to the city’s vision
of a diverse, friendly and strong community? Consider nominating them for
a Lord Mayor’s Australia Day Award. Categories include Senior Citizen of the
Year, Community Event of the Year and Corporate Citizen of the Year. Visit
our website for more information.
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Chill out in the school holidays
Spring is in the air, so don’t stay indoors these school holidays! Why not
check out Chillout, one of Brisbane’s most popular youth programs. It’s
packed with plenty of free and low-cost activities to beat the holiday
blues and keep kids entertained.
Head out to Bayside Park, Manly on Monday 24 September for Zumba Kids,
3-4pm. Ideal for kids 10 years and over, this session teaches participants
different types of dances set to today’s hit music. Part dance party, part
cardio class, it’s all about staying fit and having fun while doing it.
Bookings are essential for most Chillout activities. Visit our website and
search ‘Chillout’.
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Storm season tips
Storm season is approaching
– are you prepared? Follow
these easy steps to ensure your
family, pets and property stay
safe this spring and summer.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT Keep your gutters and
downpipes clear.
On a mission to save Moreton Bay Identify loose objects around
your property that need to be
Penny Limbach is the General Moreton Bay and affect its ecosystem,”
secured if a storm approaches.
Manager of Tangalooma she says.
EcoMarines. Prepare an emergency kit.
“We started off working with six Sign up to Council’s free severe
The not-for-profit group, which runs schools in February 2014 and are weather alert service.
environmental education programs now up to more than 40, as well
for local schools on protecting as 200 early learning centres across Visit our website for more tips
marine and wildlife, won the South East Queensland. and to register for the Early
Innovation in Litter Prevention Warning Alert Service.
“Moreton Bay is such an amazing
category in the 2017 Cleaner
environment to work in – it’s only
Suburbs Awards for its clean, green
14 kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD
and sustainable achievements.
and contains more than 1000 species
“We want future generations to of fish, as well as six of the seven
know just how important it is to look different types of marine turtle.”
after their local creeks and waterways, Image: The Tangalooma EcoMarines out
all of which flow into our beautiful in the field
In history: the School
of Arts building
Did you know the original building
at 166 Ann Street was erected
in 1866 to serve as the Brisbane
Servants’ Home, housing single
female migrants seeking work?
After the home closed in 1870,
the property was bought by the
North Brisbane School of Arts for
£1000 and leased to tenants. The
School of Arts officially opened
New and improved libraries onsite in 1878. As well as a library,
it was a venue for musical and
Relocated to Level R4 in Westfield New Farm Library has also theatre shows, public lectures and
Garden City, in Upper Mt Gravatt, undergone a transformation, classes. Ownership of the building
Garden City Library is now bigger including enhanced accessibility and library passed to Brisbane
and better. It includes more than features and the construction of City Council in 1966.
70,000 items, a children’s library a new outdoor terrace, reading
Image: The School of Arts building in 1989
featuring ‘learning through play’ space overlooking New Farm Park,
elements, three meeting rooms and program room and children’s area.
a dedicated space for customers to
First opened in 1970, Garden City
read and enjoy collections in
Library was Council’s first library to
11 community languages.
be located in a shopping centre.
Operating seven days a week, it’s New Farm Library opened in 1975
the perfect place to catch up on your and now welcomes more than
reading, study or just take a break 107,000 people each year.
from shopping. Image: The new Garden City Library
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WHAT’S ON BNEWhatsOn
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FREE
SUNSUPER RIVERFIRE IN YOUR REGION
29 September, 7pm, Cultural Forecourt,
South Bank Parklands MATSURI BRISBANE
Brisbane Festival wraps up with a bang. 8 September, 12 noon-5pm, Mt Gravatt
Watch in awe as the River City lights up Showgrounds, FREE
in a dazzling display of fireworks set to a Celebrate the Japanese ‘matsuri’
soundtrack celebrating sci-fi and superheroes. or ‘festival spirit’, with food stalls,
Get in early to claim your spot at one of the performances and cultural activities.
many vantage points, or join the crowd at
Riverstage. brisbanefestival.com.au BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL:
MEET ADAM COURTENAY
9 September, 2.30pm, Carindale Library,
A CONVICT’S HOPE Carindale, FREE
Saturdays until 13 October, 2-3pm and 4-5pm, Courtney discusses The Ship That Never
Dome Lounge, Museum of Brisbane, from $15 Was, the entertaining and rollicking story
Take part in an interactive performance of one of the greatest escapes in Australian
of Life in Irons: Brisbane’s Convict Stories. colonial history. To book, visit bwf.org.au
museumofbrisbane.com.au
ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUP
10 September, 10am, Garden City Library,
BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL Upper Mt Gravatt, FREE
6-9 September, State Library of Queensland, A friendly and welcoming environment
South Brisbane, various times and prices to learn the basics of English while meeting
Leading writers and keynote speakers new people.
headline discussions on their works, writing,
politics, history and more. bwf.org.au ELIXIR GALA BALL 2018
14 September, 7pm, Story Bridge Hotel,
Kangaroo Point, $125
ECO EXPO Dress in your finest for a fun night out
14-16 September, 10am-4pm, Exhibition fundraising. Dance the night away in the
Hall, Brisbane Showgrounds, various prices Martini Bar on the top floor. Canapes
Join makers and users of the best organic, and drinks included. To book, visit
natural and sustainable products. storybridgehotel.com.au
savetheworldexpo.com.au
BORODIN QUARTET
20 September, 7pm, Queensland
BEER INCIDER EXPERIENCE Conservatorium Theatre, Griffith University,
21-22 September, Brisbane Showgrounds, South Bank Parklands, various prices
Bowen Hills, various times and prices
The Borodin Quartet celebrates its 70th
Don’t miss an epic line-up including more anniversary with a rendition of Wolf,
than 60 independent breweries and cideries, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. To book,
live music and food trucks. beerincider.com visit musicaviva.com.au
SECRETS OF BRISBANE RIDE
OZ COMIC-CON
28 September, 9am, South Bank
22-23 September, 9am-6pm, Brisbane
Parklands, South Brisbane, FREE
Convention & Exhibition Centre, South
Be a tourist in your own city and learn
Brisbane, various prices
the secrets and history of Brisbane on a
Cosplay, merchandise and featured guests –
bike. To book, visit brisbane.qld.gov.au
enjoy pop culture fun. ozcomiccon.com
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