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Sydney Morning Herald
04-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
The must-do highlights of Brisbane in three days
This story is part of Traveller's Destination Guide to Brisbane. See all stories. There's a lot to see and do in Brisbane from island hopping to cultural inner-city evenings; here's how you can try the best of what Brisbane offers in three days. DAY ONE Morning Start your day at Southbank Parklands – 17 hectares of riverfront land just opposite Brisbane's CBD. Take a ride on The Wheel Of Brisbane – a 60-metre-high Ferris wheel with gondolas for up to eight passengers that will give you a bird's eye view over the city. Take a stroll beside the river along the Clem Jones Promenade which runs the length of the park to get a sweat going. Then cool off at Australia's only inner-city, man-made beaches, Street's Beach, a blue-water lagoon surrounded by white sandy beaches and patrolled by lifeguards. Kids might also like to try out the water park right next door, Aquativity. Or consider a pool crawl - there's another, Boat Pool, next door. Afternoon Dry off and walk a few metres to Little Stanley Street for lunch. It's one of Brisbane's most popular eat-streets – and also one of its most multi-cultural - with over 30 cafes, bars and restaurants to choose between from around the world. If that's not enough, right next door you'll find Grey Street, another foodie haven. Dine al fresco beneath an umbrella shading you from non-stop Queensland sunshine. After lunch, stroll a block away to the Queensland Cultural Centre, the only place in Australia you'll find a collection of cultural institutions like this on the one site. Take in a touring exhibition at the combined Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery Of Modern Art, the leading institution for contemporary Australian, Asian and Pacific art with nearly 20 000 works. Kids aren't left out: visit the Children's Art Centre within the gallery. And don't forget the Queensland Museum and Sciencentre, the best place in Queensland for experiencing natural history, cultural heritage and science. Evening Toast your first day at Brisbane's best food and lifestyle precinct. It's an easy walk across the Brisbane River and through The City Botanic Gardens – a 20 hectare heritage-listed park that's home to trees and plants from Brisbane's earliest colonial days, built right down to the river. Keep walking on a combined walking and cycling path to the Howard Smith Wharves, built on the river and nestled between soaring sandstone cliffs and the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, the Story Bridge. What was for decades an abandoned site was reopened (at a cost of $110 million) in 2018, and it now features some of the best bars and restaurants in Brisbane, built over the water with spectacular views of the city skyline. There's everything here from bar/ restaurants that look like European beach clubs – Mr Percival's – to breweries – Felons Brewing Company – to international restaurants (try a Tokyo-style Izakaya meal at Yoko Dining). DAY TWO
The Age
04-07-2025
- The Age
The must-do highlights of Brisbane in three days
This story is part of Traveller's Destination Guide to Brisbane. See all stories. There's a lot to see and do in Brisbane from island hopping to cultural inner-city evenings; here's how you can try the best of what Brisbane offers in three days. DAY ONE Morning Start your day at Southbank Parklands – 17 hectares of riverfront land just opposite Brisbane's CBD. Take a ride on The Wheel Of Brisbane – a 60-metre-high Ferris wheel with gondolas for up to eight passengers that will give you a bird's eye view over the city. Take a stroll beside the river along the Clem Jones Promenade which runs the length of the park to get a sweat going. Then cool off at Australia's only inner-city, man-made beaches, Street's Beach, a blue-water lagoon surrounded by white sandy beaches and patrolled by lifeguards. Kids might also like to try out the water park right next door, Aquativity. Or consider a pool crawl - there's another, Boat Pool, next door. Afternoon Dry off and walk a few metres to Little Stanley Street for lunch. It's one of Brisbane's most popular eat-streets – and also one of its most multi-cultural - with over 30 cafes, bars and restaurants to choose between from around the world. If that's not enough, right next door you'll find Grey Street, another foodie haven. Dine al fresco beneath an umbrella shading you from non-stop Queensland sunshine. After lunch, stroll a block away to the Queensland Cultural Centre, the only place in Australia you'll find a collection of cultural institutions like this on the one site. Take in a touring exhibition at the combined Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery Of Modern Art, the leading institution for contemporary Australian, Asian and Pacific art with nearly 20 000 works. Kids aren't left out: visit the Children's Art Centre within the gallery. And don't forget the Queensland Museum and Sciencentre, the best place in Queensland for experiencing natural history, cultural heritage and science. Evening Toast your first day at Brisbane's best food and lifestyle precinct. It's an easy walk across the Brisbane River and through The City Botanic Gardens – a 20 hectare heritage-listed park that's home to trees and plants from Brisbane's earliest colonial days, built right down to the river. Keep walking on a combined walking and cycling path to the Howard Smith Wharves, built on the river and nestled between soaring sandstone cliffs and the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, the Story Bridge. What was for decades an abandoned site was reopened (at a cost of $110 million) in 2018, and it now features some of the best bars and restaurants in Brisbane, built over the water with spectacular views of the city skyline. There's everything here from bar/ restaurants that look like European beach clubs – Mr Percival's – to breweries – Felons Brewing Company – to international restaurants (try a Tokyo-style Izakaya meal at Yoko Dining). DAY TWO
New Indian Express
29-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Joy of 10: The tale of two women naval officers and their journey around the world
On May 23, 2023, a white sail appeared on the horizon off the coast of Goa. Had it been a century ago, the bastions of Fort Aguada and Reis Magos, perched on the cliffs overlooking the bay, might have roared to life and fired upon the approaching vessel. But on that balmy afternoon, the yacht was met with a no-less thunderous applause from the Boat Pool of INS Mandovi, the Indian Navy's premier training establishment. The vessel was none other than the much-awaited INSV Tarini, a 55-foot indigenously built cruising sloop inducted into naval service in 2017. Having already participated in several iconic expeditions, Tarini was now returning from a 188-day-long transoceanic and intercontinental voyage — from Goa to Cape Town in South Africa, on to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, and back. At the Rio checkpoint, four of Tarini's six-member crew were rotated out. The two who remained through the entirety of the 17,000-nautical-mile journey were Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K, from Kozhikode in Kerala, and Roopa Alagirisamy from Puducherry. Their continued presence on board made perfect sense when, during the flag-in ceremony — presided over by Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant — it was announced that these two officers, the only women on the crew, were the Navy's probable picks for its most ambitious sailing mission yet: a solo circumnavigation of the globe. A Navy officer later confirmed the voyage was a preparatory run for that mission. "Interestingly, the distance from Goa to Cape Town is twice that of the race itself. So both the women officers had ample time at sea to get used to the conditions," he said. Indeed, the voyage proved transformative. "The Dilna who came on the yacht today is not the same who left nearly seven months ago," Lt Cdr Dilna told The New Indian Express. "Now I'm more confident on the boat. What made it possible was the support I got from everyone, especially the crew."
