It's official, Brisbane is Australias coolest city

[bob10]

From Courier Mail tue Jan 7;


" The latest Australian edition of travel bible 'lonely planet' has named Brisbane the country's coolest city. The new edition describes Brisbane as Australia's 'hippest' city and a star on the rise. Booming Brisbane is an energetic river town on the way up with an edgy arts scene , pumping nightlife, and great coffee and restaurants.

Brisbane is Australia's most underrated city , sub-culture undercurrents run deep here , with cool bookshops, globally inspired restaurants and cafes, bars & band rooms aplenty. The Lord Mayor Mr Quirk says ' Brisbane is a new World city with an enviable sub-tropical climate, lively alfresco dining scene, green spaces World class art galleries and premier events "


Well, who'da thunk. That gagging sound you can hear is the good burghers of Sydney & Melbourne choking on their chai lattes. Bob , [ or should I say, Robert] :cool:

[weeds]

dunno about coolest...its been pretty hot the last few days

I cannot wait to leave Brisbane.......just have to wait til 2022

[Mick_Marsh]

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

[Homestar]

Glad you clarified you thread title - it's 14 degrees here at the moment...

And Bob, if you have to be told you are cool - then your not...:D. Just ask any teenager...

[DiscoMick]

I live in Logan, not Brisbane. Down here in Logan, we have a more realistic view of the world, sandwiched as we are in between the posers in Brisbane and the party-animals on the Gold Coast.
We Logan bogans think Brissie is full of latte-drinking poncers swanning about in their Audis having their nails done, whining about how the heat is destroying their hairstyles and trying to one-up each other by being seen in the latest restaurants.
Logan bogans are quite happy living in Australia's sixth-largest city by population, even if no-one has ever heard of us. We have nice restaurants too, but we don't care who sees us eating out. And we don't care if our old cars have dents.

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[MBZ460]

Not saying that all crims are bogans but...

LOGAN CITY IS FAST BECOMING GOTHAM CITY AS NARCOTICS AND GANG VIOLENCE TAKES CHARGE (http://badrickunadulterated.com/?p=7149)

Alarming new crime rates show Logan City has up to nine times the killings that Brisbane and Ipswich do. (http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8633405)

STATISTICS released by the Queensland Police in their annual crime rate report last week has found the south-eastern region division which includes Logan and the Gold Coast is among some of the worst crime hotspots in the state. (http://www.thereporter.com.au/news/report-confirms-crime-increase/1600932/)

[bob10]

I can't wait to go in to check out our new cool city. Of course, the inability to stay awake after 10 o'clock might put a dampener on it. But seriously, even old Brighton has come ahead. The shopping centre has been given a complete facelift. Apart from a new chemist, medical centre, physio, etc, we have an IGA, gourmet pizza place [ delicious] , Thai restraint [ where visiting Buddhist Monks come to eat], great butcher, trendy new café where you can have breakfast & lunch with filling & tasty meals, a fresh bread bakery, with fresh bread, cakes, pies etc. , newsagent, post office, even a 24 hour gym , and the place is spotless .


Even old Sandgate has sprouted heaps of al-fresco coffee places, new restaurants a trendy new bar, down an alleyway, that features local talent & designer beers. If you fancy yourself as an artist, you can rock up on a Thursday night & perform. You might get a paying gig on Saturday, if they like you.


One of the best kept secrets is the Barracks precinct, at the top of Caxton St. A movie complex, where you take coffee, food, even a bottle of wine to share in to watch the movie. Various cafes [ one specialises in dumplings! ] shops, Spanish restaurant, another called 'the French Quarter' where we always have lunch after the movie , great French pastries & open sandwiches, salads yumm. My wife & I saw the Railway man last week, followed by a civilised lunch, watching the world pass by.


I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. we have recently visited Sydney & Melbourne, great places to visit, but.... Bob [ what is it with Sydney looking like a third world city in some areas with the rubbish. filthy. ]

[mojo]

Shush Bob, don't go telling everyone, we already have enough southerners moving up here! :p

[bob10]

Shush Bob, don't go telling everyone, we already have enough southerners moving up here! :p


That's ok, I believe in future it will be invitation only
:angel: bob

[Mick_Marsh]

That's ok, I believe in future it will be invitation only
:angel: bob
By mass mailings?

[Naviguesser]

Melbourne has been very cool so far this year :(

[PeterM]

Unfortunately the article is retrospectively written. As QLD is about 20 years behind the rest of the country, its a relative measure of 2013 Brisbane vs. 1993 rest of Australia.

[Nick S]

Just don't ride there from interstate with a couple of your mates for a holiday

[bob10]

Unfortunately the article is retrospectively written. As QLD is about 20 years behind the rest of the country, its a relative measure of 2013 Brisbane vs. 1993 rest of Australia.


It must really irk you that Qld & W.A. are the engine room of Australia's economy, I guess. Don't worry, we should be able to find work for your thousands of unemployed, in our LNG industry, just remember, no outlaw bikies. I believe they are on the move back to Melbourne, poor sods. Bob

[Landy Smurf]

This thread is not going to end well [FishSlap]

[bob10]

This thread is not going to end well [FishSlap]


Yeah, just have to shake the tree, watch what falls out. I guess it's no surprise the location of most of the haters, Bob
;)

[Landy Smurf]

Well personally I love living in Singleton and Armidale. I lived in Canberra for a few months and loved it also.
I would be very happy living around the Brisbane area.
One thing I found when travelling through QLD is that is seems more run down than NSW.
Everywhere has its good and bad.
I do think the Brisbane area is pretty cool though.

[PeterM]

Haha, I have lived in Brisbane and Townsville and I tell you what, QLDers are a different breed.

The fact that a significant number of people are too daft to understand that the VLAD legislation has nothing to do with bikies and can be applied to anyone is astonishing. The total disregard for basic tenants of law contained within it is also astonishing.

And QLDers wonder why the rest of the country calls them rednecks?

[woody]

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

Yep I agree, good old Ipswich! ;)
Ipswich City Council - Ipswich named world's most liveable mid-size city (http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/statistics_facts/awards/livcom_award/)

woody

[sheerluck]

Yep I agree, good old Ipswich! ;)
Ipswich City Council - Ipswich named world's most liveable mid-size city (http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/statistics_facts/awards/livcom_award/)

woody

If you look at the criteria, it was judged on a total of 8 cities with a population of between 75000-200000, and the other 7 were in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, Libya and Indonesia. :p

Ipswich only won because of the lower levels of gunfire!

[Bigbjorn]

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

I have lived in Melbourne and refused a promotion to a permanent position there because I couldn't ever see myself liking the place.

Really, it has nothing going for it. Abominable weather, a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball, Foster's mock beer, and it's full of Victorians.

[sheerluck]

You lot can have it.
I'd rather be in the worlds most livable city. I don't need to be where the lonely people from the lonely planet want to party.

I'm sure you would. It would certainly beat living in Victoria. :p

[Mick_Marsh]

Really, it has nothing going for it. Abominable weather,So you didn't stick around for the afternoon
a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball,At least they kick it and not throw it
Foster's mock beer,Yeah, VB is much better
and it's full of Victorians.Not been to Queensland then.

[Naviguesser]

a population transfixed by kick and giggle ball, Foster's mock beer, and it's full of Victorians.

I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p

[Bushie]

I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p

Don't think I've seen anyone drink Fosters since I watched "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie" back in the 70s

Martyn

[Mick_Marsh]

I don't think anyone in Vic drinks Fosters, only interstaters pretending to be from Melbourne :p
I don't think you can buy it in Melbourne.

[Homestar]

I don't think you can buy it in Melbourne.

I haven't seen it on the shelves down here for years - did they stop making it or start selling it up north with a XXXX label on it...:wasntme:

[d2dave]

My understanding is that Fosters is no longer made as a local brew. It is now only made for export and flavoured to suit the target market.

For that reason it would not sell here.

Back on topic. You can have your big smokes, lived in one for 45 years and getting out was the second best thing I ever did.

Living in a town with a population of 3,500 people, no traffic lights, no parking meters, fresh air, cheap land/housing, more laid back living, you can have your Brisbane.

[Landy Smurf]

no parking meters, fresh air, more laid back living,
When living in Canberra it was laid back to a certain degree and fresh air but the parking meters everywhere, it just made going anywhere a PITA.
In bigger cities life is a rush, I think rat race is the common term.
The fresh air oh how i like it. Sydney is shocking for this, I love being in smaller towns(not that it is fresh in a mining town)

[UncleHo]

Lived in the big smoke (Sydney from the early 60's up to late 82) then moved back to my home State Qld, am now in one of the better parts of it,on the mainland, just west of Bribie Island :) semi-rural but close to the beach and surf,also close to the shopping precinct of Morayfield :D

cheers

[Landy Smurf]

semi-rural near the coast is hard to get especially near the big smoke.
as my buddy Hannah Montana says, best of both worlds

[UncleHo]

Yup!

East of Caboolture and West of Bribie Island :D part of a large old farm, same family,they've been there since 1880's

We've been here since 1982

[trog]

Well we have actually seriously considering a move into town from the outlying burbs. As a great deal of attractions for us especially live music is not available to us here other than RSL cover bands and the like , it is an attractive option. Public transport is non existant after early evening and a cab ride from the nearest train is $40 , or we could wait til sometime in 2014 for the near mythical Kippa-Ring extension. I would miss the space of the yard but being within walking distance to many transport options rates high. And from the location we have the Gateway Motorway is only about 10 minutes away. So the idea of leaving sleepy Redcliffe for the big light of Nundah seems the better option for us everyday.

[VladTepes]

Well I live at Bracken Ridge AND have no back yard, so umm, yeah why not go to Nundah !

[bob10]

If Brisbane is Australia's coolest city [ & it is] then Sandgate must be Australia's coolest suburb, all welcome, [ except haters :p] Bob


Music By The Sea - World Music Festival, Sandgate, Brisbane (http://www.musicbythesea.com.au/)

[woody]

If you look at the criteria, it was judged on a total of 8 cities with a population of between 75000-200000, and the other 7 were in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, Libya and Indonesia. :p

Ipswich only won because of the lower levels of gunfire!



:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[dungarover]

Lived in Brisbane for 16 years (mostly Logan to be honest) and enjoyed it for the most part, good weather, lifestyle and made a good living for a time when the property boom was on but that stopped and sadly had to chase work back down in Vic plus I needed a bit of a change from the sweltering humidity in summer. Unsure what's worse, a blustery cold Ballarat winter or a QLD summer. Six or half dozen of the other!!!


Was born in Vic, moved to Brisbane when I was 16 and now back in Vic again but do miss QLD a fair bit.


Trav

[DiscoMick]

I'd rather be hot than cold, but I know what you mean. Being cold just makes me miserable.

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[VladTepes]

Lived in Brisbane for 16 years (mostly Logan to be honest) and enjoyed it for the most part, good weather, lifestyle and made a good living for a time when the property boom was on but that stopped and sadly had to chase work back down in Vic plus I needed a bit of a change from the sweltering humidity in summer. Unsure what's worse, a blustery cold Ballarat winter or a QLD summer. Six or half dozen of the other!!!


Was born in Vic, moved to Brisbane when I was 16 and now back in Vic again but do miss QLD a fair bit.


Trav

All lies ! We deported him !!!!

[Tombie]

Coolest city in Australia...

Unless I want to ride my motorcycle up there - then they turn up the Heat :p

[BMKal]

There's a new breed of "Bikies" in Brisbane .............. :wasntme:

71071

[VladTepes]

ah ha - nick 'em - they are associating !

[dungarover]

All lies ! We deported him !!!!


Get stuffed!!!


Trav

[bob10]

ah ha - nick 'em - they are associating !


I demand to see their tattoos.... please
:) Bob

[DiscoMick]

No helmets - book them!

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