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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 →
Dr Jane Goodall recently turned 80 years and will be sharing her highlights of her career and life in Sydney, Melbourne and Beerwah the next coming months. She is considered a leading expert on chimpanzees and has spent over 40 years studying their social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. Traveling the Continue Reading →
This month the sale of the former Peter’s Ice Cream/ABSOE site for +$40m is slated for settlement. The buyer is Sydney company PAYCE Consolidated. Many Westenders greeted the news with a sense of imminent foreboding. However there is a chance to dream big. Let your imagination match the size of the site. It’s big. Over Continue Reading →
Queenslanders alarmed by the VLAD laws and sabre rattling over G20 need to keep a sympathetic eye on their southern cousins over the next week. Westender joined activists at Bentley over the Easter weekend to see how the 3,000 local citizens are preparing themselves for a major act of civil disobedience. They are camped next to Continue Reading →