Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup lunches with tickets still available

It’s less than a month until the race that stops the nation so hold onto your hats and gather your sweeps for our roundup of the glitziest functions around Brisbane
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Caxton Street, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Caxton Street lights up for future Suncorp events

Sporting teams which grace Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium in future years will have their colours put up in lights. Brisbane City Council plans to illuminate Caxton
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Plantapalooza

Spring garden glow-up at Plantapalooza

Give your garden a spring glow-up at Plantapalooza and learn some green-thumb wisdom from expert horticulturalists on Saturday, October 11. The plant festival at Rocklea
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Artist's impression of the proposed Brisbane 2032 Athletes Village. | newsreel

1500 turn out to meet the Brisbane 2032 buyers

More than 1500 people have been shown what it takes to help build the infrastructure for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Brisbane 2032 President Andrew
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Sunshine Coast Open House. | Newsreel

Homes with stories of past and future on show

Historic homes that tell stories of a region’s past to innovative designs pointing to the future, will feature in this year’s Sunshine Coast Open House
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boy play with toy play in sunset nature

Experience the world of aerospace up close

Build and launch rockets, fly drones, and test your skills on flight simulators at the Aerospace Experience Day. Aviation High School will hold its annual day of flight,
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Brisbane Powerhouse being built. | Newsreel

Happy 100th birthday to a greater Brisbane

Happy 100th birthday “greater” Brisbane. On this day (October 1) in 1925, a number of authorities across South-East Queensland amalgamated to form a new
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Brisbane Festival Walk This Way installation. | Newsreel

Millions exposed to Brisbane Festival’s magic moments

Take a breath Brisbane, your festival is over for another year, with more than five million engaging in the September extravaganza either in person … or
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BEDA Chief Operating Officer Juliet Alabaster. | Newsreel

Juliet Alabaster to steer Brisbane parklands entity

Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA) Chief Operating Officer Juliet Alabaster is the new Chief Executive Officer of City Parklands. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner
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Journalist and researcher Amy McQuire. | Newsreel

Black Witness earns McQuire State’s top literary award

Journalist and researcher Amy McQuire’s literary piece Black Witness has won her the $30,000 Queensland Premier’s Award at the 2025 Queensland Literary
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