We usually think of Boundary Street as West End’s retail centre, so it may be surprising to learn that Qlicksmart one of Queensland’s award-winning exporters operates upstairs from a thrift shop along the strip. Qlicksmart, established by Australian medical professionals Dr Neville Henry (AM) and Dr Michael Sinnott, was recently awarded Exporter of the…
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Riverbend Books and Avid Reader unite for a new chapter in Bulimba.
The renewal of Riverbend Books, the sister bookshop of Avid Reader, is a heart-warming story of friendship, bookish camaraderie, and literary adventure in Bulimba.
Kurilpa Derby 2023 – Photo Gallery
What a wonderful community event – thanks to the tireless team at West End Community Association and Kurilpa Derby 2023; and to the many volunteers and contributors, to the community groups and musicians. Let’s keep supporting the Derby & WECA.
Op Shops of West End – St Veronica’s is Back.
After closing for some weeks to weather the COVID and Omicron storm, St Veronica’s Thrift shop on Hardgrave Road will reopen on Monday, 28 February with a special sale. St Veronica’s is the oldest (and for many their favourite) of the West End’s numerous op shops, so it is an appropriate place to start our…
Community notice board clean up reveals 30 years of community history
Before the advent of the smartphone and Facebook, we relied on community notice boards to get out our messages and place our ads. In West End noticeboards have remained an important communication tool. In 1992 as part of the Boundary Streetscape project, Landscape Architect John Mongard worked with local artists and residents to workshop and envisage…
Logic of greenspace loss as part of green-bridges plan queried by residents
About 60 residents gathered at Guyatt Park on Saturday 20 February to discuss impacts on the park if that location is selected by Council as the preferred option for a St Lucia to West End Green Bridge. Organised by the Save Guyatt Park group, speakers included local Councillor James MacKay, planning academic, John Brannock and…
Take the next step – create your personal blend at West End’s Coffee Roasters
Do you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur? Do you struggle to find the blend that is precisely right for you? Like Goldie Locks do you go from café to café but find, this coffee is a little too strong, this one a bit too sweet, before you find the one that is just right? Well,…
Churchill Fellowship supports Gavin Hardy to explore community food forests and orchards
At the end of 2020, local landscape architect, Gavin Hardy, was thrilled to learn that he is a recipient of a prestigious Churchill Fellowship. Many will know Gavin locally from his work on green space initiatives including the Kurilpa Green Space Strategy (a 2016 national landscape architecture award winner), Northey Street City Farm, and Main…