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Biang Biang Fresh Noodle's cult noodles have a new home in Fortitude Valley.

These unbelievably thick, luscious cult Chinese noodles have a new Valley home

Made to order and dripping with chilli oil, order them with a flaky ‘Chinese burger’ and mouth-numbing chilli pork wontons.

  • Matt Shea

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Renders for the former Energex site released earlier this year.

Work to begin on nearly 500 homes in Brisbane’s north ‘within months’

The former Energex site in Banyo has sat vacant for 10 years, with the Crisafulli government announcing it for sale to private developers in February.

  • Courtney Kruk
The Brisbane suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

Who is driving electric cars in Brisbane? The suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

The uptake of EVs in Brisbane paints a divided picture of the city.

  • Marissa Calligeros
Rhyndarra House is a Victorian mansion and former military hospital built in 1889 in Yeronga, Brisbane.

My suburb smells like Weet-Bix – and money. But there’s a downside to riverside splendour

In this often overlooked suburban pocket, the dumps are now parks, the factories are arts centres, and large riverfront homes have made way for even larger ones.

  • Brooke Maddison
Goodside has opened in Fish Lane.

Southside team unleashes funky Hong Kong-inspired brunch spot

Head down Fish Lane for prawn har gow sandos, Taiwanese pork rice bowls and decadent iced coffees and morning mocktails.

  • Matt Shea
Run amok in the Heeler home at Bluey’s World.

Bluey’s World pulls in half a million visitors

Brisbane can expect 19 more months of duck cake and keepy-uppy as the attraction announces an extension to 2028.

  • Nick Dent
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Tenor José Carreras will be joined by Robbie Williams and other pop music stars for Carreras and Friends in Brisbane.

José Carreras and Robbie Williams to sing at the Gabba in world exclusive event

Williams, The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Natalie Imbruglia and others will join the legendary tenor in an all-star concert celebration on his 80th birthday in Brisbane.

  • Nick Dent
The parking hub and a sign explaining the $1 trip fee for e-scooters and e-bikes.

How a few lines of paint could ease pressure on train station parking

What would change the way you travel the first and last mile to home and work? Researchers spent months at this Brisbane train station to find out.

  • Felicity Caldwell
A mock-up of the Bright Nights fountain on the Brisbane River at South Bank for Brisbane Festival 2026.

Brisbane River to get spectacular fountain and light display at South Bank

The display is one of the highlights of Brisbane Festival, which has announced its full line-up of concerts, theatre, exhibitions and open-air spectacles.

  • Nick Dent
New Carina Heights development plan in Brisbane.

Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey high-rise set to test council upzoning push

The development application for the tower with 253 homes – including apartments with five-bedrooms – will test Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs.

  • William Davis and Marissa Calligeros