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Coles gets a market style facelift

Geoff Ebbs /15 September, 2013

Coles West End at the West End markets has just undergone a revamp. Ice under the veggies, self-serve nuts and pulses, an olive and a fish display and lots of timber shelving in the fruit and bakery all conspire to appeal to the healthy, fresh vibe that we West Enders love. Manager Mark Van Den Continue Reading →

Enclosing the commons

Geoff Ebbs /12 September, 2013

We hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common Yet we let the greater criminal loose Who steals the commons from the goose The fight by the rich to take the common assets of the people and control them for personal gain is as old as money itself. Continue Reading →

Sing Sing Restaurant relocates to West End

DokterW /12 September, 2013

As my wife and I enter the newly opened Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant ‘Sing Sing’ in West End we are greeted by Loan, a member of the family who runs it. She grew up in West End and spent the first fifteen years of her life here, attending both West End State School and Brisbane Continue Reading →

Colourful Change a’coming

Wan Kerr /12 September, 2013

Brisbane is the only city where the newest $2 coin – the first circulating coin with purple stripes – will be able to be swapped for your change directly from the Royal Australian Mint. The Mint went onsite at Queen Street Mall on Friday, swapping the new $2 coin for old change. Excitement surrounding this Continue Reading →

New numbers win old hearts

Geoff Ebbs /11 September, 2013

The crowd was of an age that in dictated they had probably bopped along to Russell Morris on their transistor radio in 1969, I know I did, but the chatter in the queue was about his recent songs with their historical bent and blues framing. When the band came out and started playing the straight Continue Reading →