Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
Did you know some downlights can cause fires? They can set fire to roof installation or timbers which burn in the roof space above fire alarms and so remain undetected until too late. Often people only know their house is on fire when flaming material comes through the air vents or the ceiling collapses. It Continue Reading →
Australia’s largest Mother’s Day event makes a difference for breast cancer. Mother’s Day Classic is Australia’s largest breast cancer research fundraiser, and organisers are encouraging people to get on board for the Sunday May 11 event in the fight against a disease that impacts one in 8 women. This year there will be 97 around Continue Reading →
Why wait for Paniyiri? You can enjoy Greek food in West End 365 days of the year. Here’s the editor’s top ten Eros Cafe 76 Boundary Street Greek sweets, pastries and meals Delta Continental Foods 49 Vulture Street Wholesale delicatessen Cafe Meze 56 Mollison Street Traditional Greek Taverna Lefkas Taverna 170 Hardgrave Road Traditional Greek Continue Reading →
During my first visit to Brisbane many moons ago, I asked a local geezer at a pub in New Farm about West End. “That’s where they have all the hippies, smoking their incense and loving peace and shit,” he said. I felt some of his facts were probably askew, but as it turned out, not Continue Reading →
In the heart of West End is a shopping village that is home to many interesting shops, boutiques, galleries, cafes and bars, the likes of which you won’t find anywhere else in Brisbane. Within these local businesses you will find gifts that will delight, inspire, intrigue, entertain and even bedazzle your Mum. To make shopping Continue Reading →
These three sites could be West End’s newest parks if Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and Cr Amanda Cooper follow-through on their 2011 amendments to the Local Area Plan. 1.BAILEY STREET, HILL END If each new park was to get an Award this one takes the cake for most obscure. As yet, its actual location and Continue Reading →