EAT STREETS

FROM BREAKFAST CARBONARA AT WEST END CAFE MORNING AFTER TO LUNCH WITH A VIEW AND A BREW AT FELONS BREWING CO., RIGHT ON THE RIVER AT HOWARD SMITH WHARVES, TO ELEGANT THAI AT SAME SAME, IN FORTITUDE VALLEY MICRO PRECINCT ADA LANE, YOU’LL EAT OFTEN AND WELL IN BRISBANE. NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Colourful and quirky, is Brisbane’s WEST END bohemian suburb – and half the fun is in getting there. It’s a leisurely meander here from the via funky LANE, a freshly SOUTH BANK FISH activated arts precinct called Soda Water Lane in a previous life because it was the access point for the Eodone Aerated Water Company. These days, it’s an access point to street art and all manner of cafes, restaurants and bars including MELBOURNE, and CUPS ON MAEVE for a quick coffee, wine or GELATO MESSINA ice-cream respectively. Then, launch yourself into END’s eclectic village atmosphere WEST starting with a shop around the DAVIES PARK if it’s a Saturday for wholesome fast MARKETS food, fashion and gifts under the dappled shade of a giant fig tree. Take a stroll down the main drag, STREET, and check out its BOUNDARY unique stores including indie bookshop AVID and art gallery and florist HANASHO. READER

In the evening, head to a gig at a hip hang like and dine at one of the THE BEARDED LADY many Greek restaurants here, such as THE or TAVERNA: LITTLE GREEK TAVERNA LEFKAS

West End is home to Queensland’s largest Greek community so it would be rude not to.

MUST DO

Art and food are hot tickets in Brissie so why not experience them in tandem? BIRRUNGA is an Indigenous art GALLERY & DINING gallery, cafe and wine bar hidden in the city, while blends artistry and GOMA RESTAURANT culinary technique in its delivery of sustainable fine dining. Just a minute’s walk away is (on LANE)– cafe by day, GAUGE FISH degustation dining by night – offering one of the city’s most creative foodie experiences.

WALK THE WALK

The follows the course BRISBANE RIVERWALK of the river through some of Brisbane’s prettiest suburbs, sneaking gratuitous city views along the way. The walk begins at NEW – where you’ll find a glorious riverside FARM park that sits next to the iconic BRISBANE POWERHOUSE, a 1920s tram power station repurposed as an arts haven and home to the bustling on JAN POWERS FARMERS MARKETS Saturdays – and winds its way to the precinct on the HOWARD SMITH WHARVES edge of Brisbane’s CBD.