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all im saying is starkid should come to australia
pretty please :3
#starkid#jeffpunzel rambles#australia#but like as long as they dont only go to south australia#like come to brisbane#please omg
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Big Willy / Evening in Brisbane
#1 william st#the one in the middle#is the QLD state government building#however in a case of Shit You Just Can't Make Up from most angles it looks like a dick#You can see it almost everywhere in the city in ways that are so comical it gives the air of an unsolicited dick pic#it GLOWS in the afternoon and LOOMS over West End to the point where you'll turn a corner and it'll come at you like a jumpscare#anyway uh this piece didn't turn out how I wanted#like chalking it up as a failure but learnt a lot#brisbane#illustration#queensland#australia
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Not to be sports on main, but this exchange could be word for word from my dad
(clarification: Fitzroy lions merged with Brisbane bears and the swans were turned into sydney swans several decades ago. VFL was also converted to AFL decades ago as well)
#about me#like. word for word would come out of my dad's and uncles mouthes#afl#sydney swans#brisbane lions
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Luke @ Take My Hand Brisbane
📸: Gabi Rankine
#i mean#5sos#5 seconds of summer#luke hemmings#luke#take my hand tour#tmht brisbane#kh4f post#don't act like you're surprised this is its own post#come on#crys coming to terms with her luke hemmings thirst 2022
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i still can't believe brisbane is hosting the olympics. brisbane sucks shit.
#it sucks so bad you have no idea#in order to do the good stuff in queensland you have to leave brisbane. like come on.
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Hey Sophie, I'm going to be in Melbourne soon! Do you have any tips for what to do, see, or eat?
Hey! Ah! How exciting! Melbourne's a really fun city to visit, and I feel really does have something for everyone.
Hmmm, tip wise, I think I'd say:
grab a Myki card for public transport. You can buy these at any news agent, train station or petrol station. Melbourne has a free inner-city tramzone, which is great for getting around the CBD, but you should also take advantage of Melbourne's incredibly good train network which'll open up the broader city to you. A Myki card works on all forms of public transport - buses, trams (for trams outside of the free tram zone) and trains - so they're pretty straight forward.
On that note, the PTV app is pretty useless for public transport (you're better off using Google maps tbh), but it does let you top up your Myki instantly via your phone, which makes it useful. The TramTracker app is very good for trams though, especially because you can type in the number of the tram you're on and know exactly which stops you're heading towards. The logos look like this: (trust the doggo)
Don't drive in the city - it's a layer of hell.
Have a little bit of cash on you. Most places take cards or smart watches, but you'll need gold coins for certain things too, particularly accessing certain gardens or markets.
Pack for all weather. Melbourne's known for having four seasons in a day, and having lived here for almost five years now, it's not an exaggeration. Layering is your friend, and always have an umbrella!
Hook turns are a real thing here, and whether you're driving or just crossing the road, they're worth being aware of.
Places to visit
Melbourne's famous for its street art, and while you can just wander around and observe yourself, doing a tour is particularly fun (and makes sure you see the best stuff!)
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is one of my favourite places to show out-of-towners (although that's probably partly just because it's me, haha). It's a museum of film, tv and games, and explores the moving image as both a form of commercial entertainment and as a form of art. Their cinema is often playing really interesting films too.
National Gallery Victoria is always worth checking out.
Chapel Street is known for it's little galleries, restaurants and indie shops, and makes for a fun day out.
Queen Vic Market and South Melbourne Market are both iconic and for good reason. They've been operational since the mid-1800s, and you can often feel that when you're in them. They can get packed though, so just a heads up.
I love love love heritage buildings and exploring history through place, so will always recommend checking out the National Trust's historic sites in Melbourne. Rippon Lea Estate is a personal fave and only about 20 minutes out of the CBD on the train. They shot parts of Miss Fisher there, and even if you don't get to tour the house (although I recommend you do!) even just exploring the gardens are beautiful.
Abbotsford Convent & Collingwood Children's Farm are right next door to each other and a pretty amazing day out.
If you fancy seeing a movie, my all time fave cinemas are The Classic and The Lido, which are owned by the same family. Either spot is worth checking out.
If you're looking to see a show or performance, you can look for the big ones at any of the big theatres, but for smaller, exciting indie stuff, I'd check out the programs at Malthouse, La Mama, Art House, Meat Market, and Footscray Community Arts Centre,
What to eat
Wellllll, this ultimately depends on your budget, haha, since Melbourne restaurants can run the gamut. Some of my favourite restaurants that are a bit more on the expensive side but great for a special occasion:
Maha's probably my favourite restaurant in Melbourne? It's modern Middle Eastern cuisine and their seafood in particular is divine. It's a set menu, and like I said, a little exy, haha.
Mabu Mabu is modern Australian First Nations (Torres Strait Islander) cuisine and is very good! They sell some of their own sauces too, and I highly recommend snagging their pineapple hot sauce! It's also very easy to get to, as it's located in Fed Square right next to the Koori Heritage Trust which often has Indigenous exhibitions on (and a great gift store if you're looking for anything to take home)
Chin Chin's - delicious South East Asian fusion cuisine. Again, a little exy.
Transformer - incredible vegetarian restaurant. They do both ala carte and a fixed menu. Highly recommend their fixed menu! They're also very good with dietary requirements, particularly if you're gluten free or if you have annoying allergies for a vegetarian restaurant like me, haha (tomato and eggplant).
Cheaper eats that are also delicious:
A little out in the South Side 'burbs, but Saigon Mamma is my favourite Vietnamese restaurant in Melbourne.
Rice Paper Scissors is good too, as is Chocolate Buddha, Green Man's Arms, and oh! Studley Park Boathouse is a fave. It's beautiful location-wise with pretty standard (but good) pub eats, and they've got a lot of water birds you can feed and boats you can hire pretty cheap ($30 for a kayak, $40 for a row boat) to row along the Yarra River. It's also really close to the Convent + Children's Farm if you fancy making a day of it.
If you're willing to travel a little further out of inner Melbourne, I'd also suggest:
Healesville Sanctuary - the bird show is i n c r e d i b l e. I took my nephews last year and the older one still talks about it, haha.
Mornington Penninsula Hot Springs - Mornington Penninsula is a great day trip from Melbourne. It's only just over an hour drive, and it's pretty stunning. Full of wineries and beachy walks. The hot springs are so relaxing though, and really centring if you need it.
Mount Macedon - home of the Hanging Rock of Picnic at Hanging Rock fame! Plus it's just a beautiful area.
Cranborne Gardens - the Royal Botanical Gardens in the city are beautiful too, but I'm particularly partial to these ones.
Hope this gets you started, and just let me know if you have any other questions!
#i'm not sure if you're visiting from interstate or overseas but i think my tips would mostly be the same#oh! a random fun fact to observe if you're coming from interstate#i went to a history of colonial architecture talk a while ago#and they talked a bit about how brisbane sydney and melbourne were built from different materials#brisbane wood sydney sandstone and melbourne bluestone#which is a really fun thing to keep an eye out for#because the bluestone are the oldest buildings in the city#if you've got kids in your travelling party i have some different recs too haha#another fun fact: the classic cinema is the first place in melbourne i sort of laid claim to when i moved here#it made melbourne feel like home#i love it a lot#welcome to my ama
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blissed out to live in a world where debating if there is too much Gerard Leg in an Image to make it appropriate as a work laptop wallpaper is a real problem I had this afternoon
#talking about this with Jules#but it’s so funny#I decided Mid Calf Skirt is the answer BTW#NZ is fine I’m using one of those right now#I’m not using Brisbane 2 tho#can you imagine me. plugging my laptop into like. a projector#and the thing that comes up on screen in front of god and man and 100 university professors is like.#one of those pics of them straddling the amp or something#I’m brave#I’m not that brave
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Wait since when does James wear a glove
#James aish#beautiful boy#Carlton were mean to you Jimmy#i want to say he's copying Nat but no it was an elbow sleeve that Nat wore#nat drives James' car and finds a glove in the glove compartment and thinks he's having an affair with Travis Cloke#'jim when did you join Collingwood?'#'oh ah would've been around 2016' *nat does the maths* 'so you knew Travis cloke!'#'um yeah Nat everyone knows Travis Cloke he's---' 'a well respected member of the gay community?????'#nat starts fuming and worries he's losing his boyfriend to Travis cloke#'what does that big oaf have that i don't????' nat fumes#james comes home and there's several horses and donkeys in the kitchen#'nat??? did you leave the back door open again?' James calls out warily looking at the animals in his kitchen#nat comes running in to the kitchen 'oh i forgot to stir the soup' and#'babe there's donkeys in here' James says slowly and Nat flashes a grin 'yeah aren't they great we're having pumpkin soup your favourite'#'i haven't had pumpkin soup since Brisbane days when i was depressed eating cup a soups-- wait did you find my pocket profile from 2014???'#nat blushes and quickly throws a tea towels over his scrapbook of James Aish mementos#James starts leading the donkeys out of the kitchen and Nat's like 'wait Jim i thought you were into this thing'#'no definitely not' James retorts and takes the animals outside#he comes back and Nat's like 'babe i can't pack mark between three opponents any more I'm sorry'#James blinking confusedly 'i don't want you to do that you might get hurt'#'but...' nat says frowning 'what is it about Travis that you're into I've been racking my brain all day---'#'Travis?????' James said 'you mean coyler that tea drinking weasel who---'#Nat quickly pushes his cup of jasmine tea across the bench#'no babe i love you and your tea drinking i didn't mean it's just that Colyer-- he microwaves his tea'#'oh okay' Nat said 'yeah totally ok now back to Travis Cloke'#'Travis Cloke?????' james cries 'i haven't thought about him since i found that guernsey in your wardrobe signed by David---'#'i grew up a tigs fan Jim'#'oh phew i thought you were cheating on me with David'#'is that why you tried to grow a moustache that week?'
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Guess whos potentially working a triple tomorrow?????????
Im going to transform into my final form if this shit keeps up i swear to god.
#summerly talks#im just. gonna have to tell my boss that. effective immediately. i cant work the weekend anymore#sad because its good money#but this is becoming a fucking pattern and if it does i may actually dive into a fission reactor while singing meltdown ;_;#like. i was okay with the double? my coworker called in because her baby was sick#and she promised me if i couldnt get anyone to cover for my am shift tomorrow she would take it#then at like 9pm i get a text saying. she cant. her baby wont let her leave#and i feel selfish because. she has a baby. but i have cats and luckily i was able to drop by today to pick up my sleepover kit#and also make sure minty had food. (fieldie has an auto feeder so hes okay)#and i just. want to go home#the reality is i cant. i cant go. not unless one of the people i texted gets back to me saying theyll come in#and no one has yet. its 11pm. no one will at this point.#im tired im tired im tired#i dont want to end up like i did at my ladt job. giving away entirely too much of me and destroying myself#ive already lost most if not all of my passion for this job#and when i was younger i dreamt of working with disabled people. i burnt too quick and now im a shell of what i was#but this is the only thing im trained for that would allow me to like. keep my home#maybe if or when i move to brisbane i can look into a different job. do an it course idk. something where there's less people skills needed#i better try to get some sleep orz tonights gonna be a bitch of a thing
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Great, so cool that they're only going to be touring ONE THIRD OF THE COUNTRY
#sad perth noises#no one ever fucking comes here unless they're absolutely huge#😔#the band ghost#ghost#ghost b.c.#ham rambles#i already went over to brisbane this year for mcr like bestie i do not have the money to go over again so soon
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if you had told me six years ago that the lions would become a destination club i would have blocked you. six years ago we were competing for the wooden spoon and winning it handily. ten years ago we had multiple years worth of top draft picks wiped out in a week by the go home five. but now devrob extends? tom doedee nominates brisbane as his preferred club over the reigning premiers? kai lohmann fended off victorian teams offering starting 22?
i know people joke about the lions being the afl's recovery ward but this is more than that. im just so proud of this club and how far they've come.
but jesus christ i do not envy the selection committee by the time midseason rolls around next year.
#lions: come for the best in the league sports science and medical teams and stay for the found family#brisbane lions#afl#lots of people on r/afl complaining about us hoarding talent and like i get it i DO but the players themselves choose to stay#and thats what blows me away especially after 2009-2016
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why am i hearing rumours taylor won’t be going to brisbane for tour….
#like idk where the rumours came from but I hope they’re not true#like she’s been to brisbane for every tour so i doubt she’d miss it#but also if for some reason she doesn’t come to bris i’m gonna be devastated bc i don’t wanna go interstate to see a syd/melb show bc it’s#just such a hassle to get flights since they are so expensive and not to mention i don’t wanna stay in a hotel and whatever
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Important March Dates 🦁 🍀 🎸
#i#my chemical romance#the rest i fill in as things occur#australia#new zealand#brisbane#melbourne#sydney#tokyo#osaka#japan#ado mizumori#starting wednesday !!!#march comes in like a lion#march
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i’m actually furious that out of all the american restaurant chains they’ve tried to establish in australia in recent years, seemingly quite often in brisbane and the surrounding regions for some fucking reason, they haven’t tried to do so with panera bread. i don’t want to go to tgi fucking fridays. i want to eat some delicious bread and drink the lemonade that might kill me.
#idk why in brisbane so often#just seems like for years whenever i would come up here to visit family i would see an ad#for a food chain that i only recognise from munch squad#like. they have taco bell here now. why would i want taco bell we have our own bad mexican restaurants.#but i DO want panera bread
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need calum and michael to do something because i keep seeing men in suits. it's not luke or ashton's fault but men in suits remind me of colonialism and people who like power. just for once can i please see them not in suits
#this is the weirdest complaint ever and it's not like. serious#nor is it a criticism of them!! they can wear whatever they want#could also be being in brisbane in summer. no one can wear a suit in brisbane in summer. many men have fainted trying#like i genuinely sweat when i see it the weather is awful#and no that doesn't have a double meaning i'm sick of suits#i want fashion to take over the world and be associated with looking good that comes from somewhere other than the west
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the kingdom canceled their brisbane show. whats even the point of coming to Australia if you’re just going to go to sydney and melbourne. the music scene in brisbane is so big yet under appreciated we can never win 🥲💔
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