Chronicling Brisbane

This past weekend, we opted to exchange Sydney's bipolar weather for its sunnier neighbour up north, Brisbane. The getaway started on the 32nd floor of a hotel in the heart of the busy CBD, with views extending from Brissie river to Queen St Mall. This perfect location allowed us to explore what Brisbane's CBD had to offer, including their local restaurants, cafes and stores (minus the biggest Topshop in Australia that unfortunately opened the day after our departure). Within this relatively calm city, our new favourite hiding spot was uncovered in the form of eclectic cafe, Brew, in Burnett Lane. Not only did Brew have the best coffee in town, but their Brew's Brekkie Salad is now our favourite thing to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner and all meals in between. In addition to exploring Brisbane's concrete jungle, a lot of time was spent in their trendy inner-city suburbs of Fortitude Valley and Paddington, where we discovered the perfect French patisserie for afternoon tea, at Le Bon Choix. Despite being 920km away from home, Sydney's erratic weather did not escape us, with much of the first 24 hours being spent with the latest issue of Frankie and novel, the Rumour Mill. 

Chronicling Newtown Graffiti

If you are ever wandering around Newtown, like it seems we currently have a taste for, you definitely need to check out the hilarious graffiti depicting children's books in Denison Street. This is only a small, tame taste of what the quirky street art has to offer,with the black humour, extending to over 20 different titles. 

Chronicling Newtown

On a spontaneous Friday morning before uni started, we decided to unwind by going on an impulsive exploration of Newtown in Sydney’s inner west. We had passed the extensive graffiti filled streets on a regular basis but have never taken the time to physically go through them. 

So we decided to finally divert from King Street, Newtown’s infamous thoroughfare, and walk through the hidden streets on the opposite side of the train line. We found some really quirky and amusing graffiti and abandoned sites, leading to our walk going a lot further than anticipated. 

After a couple of hours of exploring, we decided to head back to Café C on King Street and design our own juices. The morning was quite unexpected and a great break from the assignments that were awaiting us back home so we definitely recommend it for any other procrastinators out there.