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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, the world's first and largest koala sanctuary. Lone Pine offers interactive, hands-on experiences, allowing you to get up close and personal to some of Australia's most iconic wildlife. Cuddle a koala, hand-feed kangaroos and wild lorikeets, and marvel at the playful antics of our two platypus. Free wi-fi available everywhere, as well as wireless phone charging stations. Lone Pine is the perfect destination to relax, take in the beautiful natural surrounds, and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Formed in late 2004 by James Dobinson and Catherine White, Warehaus Theatre Company is a dedicated group of creatives giving artists and theatregoers the chance to be exposed to exciting new works in a range of professional contexts.

We are committed to providing Brisbane audiences with theatre that is challenging, bold and original, while providing Brisbane\'s performers with chances that would otherwise be unavailable to them.

Warehaus is about taking theatrical risks with powerful and compelling theatre and building on the image of Brisbane as a tour-de-force of the arts scene; an exciting new frontier for emerging artists.

The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble exists to engage Southeast Queensland communities with Shakespeare - in order to strengthen the connections and relationships between community members, and to create evocative, engaging theatre that awakes the senses and impassions the lives of its audiences and artists.

QSE is committed to sharing epic, eternal stories with a live audience and considers the human voice the paramount instrument for doing so. The Ensemble\'s core belief is that performance is most potent when embodied by actors who train together, exchanging skills, experience and a sense of belonging with one other.

An exciting Australian wildlife experience like no other awaits, with a host of amazing Australian animals including snakes, crocodiles, frogs, possums, owls, lizards and quolls waiting to meet you and help celebrate a special occasion.

We deliver a range of educational and entertaining presentations and hands on wildlife experiences for schools and community groups, birthdays parties for both kids and adults, corporate and private functions and even filming opportunities throughout Southeast Queensland, including Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.

Geckoes also offers an educational training service through a qualified instructor for venomous snake handling, general wildlife handling and TAFE courses.

A warm welcome awaits as you step inside.

Our highly qualified Ella Baché Therapists understand the Ella Baché skincare philosophy that 'no two skins are alike' and aspire to help you achieve healthy, glowing skin every day!

A personalised complimentary Skin Diagnosis will allow us to understand your skin and recommend the best possible products and treatments.

From essential waxing to an indulgent all day treat, from a tranquil facial to a relaxing manicure come in and allow yourself the luxury to escape.

We look forward to taking care of you at Ella Baché Indooroopilly.

Our salon is so professional, beautiful, peaceful that we will take away your stress and worries! Our goal is to ensure you receive the best treatment to complete your wellbeing!

Stay briefly or for the whole day — Our highly qualified Therapists will create a relaxing environment to rejuvenate your skin, body and spirit, leaving you feeling amazing!

Our skin treatments include; Ella Baché Facial treatments, Waxing, Pedicures, Manicures, Lash & Brow Tints, SprayTanning, Body treatments, Massages & Indulgent Packages. We also offer Micro Dermabrasion and IPL*.
 

Step into our haven of tranquillity, with a soft candle lit atmosphere, calming music and the pleasant aroma of essential oils. Stress and worries melt away, under the care of the Pure Indulgence Beauty Therapists.JustforHer-Package

Each facial treatment is tailored to suit your skins needs, making every treatment unique and effective, gaining results every time. Every facial includes a skin analysis, which enables our Therapists to meet the changing needs of your skin on each visit. A skincare routine will be recommended, to help achieve and maintain the desired results, in conjunction with salon treatments. Using industry renowned skin care brands Dermalogica, MD Formulations, Priori, Bare Escentuals Mineral Make-up and the all naturally derived, proudly Australian made range; Yuva.

Whether the treatment you are seeking is to help finish a hard day at the office, or to help you get through the week or simply to “switch off”, clients can choose from a selection of treatments that can provide either relaxation, invigoration or beauty care.

Are you looking for a place to escape for an hour or two from the stress at work or the demands of the daily life? Then AnJie Day Spa is the right place for you. AnJie Day Spa is a small “boutique” spa for those clients who deserve a period of self-indulgence within minutes of the Brisbane CBD and Toowong Shopping Village.

Anjié Day Spa & Massage utilises the finest natural beauty products and oils. We pride ourselves in offering a range of professional treatments performed by highly skilled therapists in an atmosphere of serenity. Our services menu above is offered to allow you to scroll through at your leisure to choose a treatment which best suits your needs.

Anjié Day Spa offers a number of beauty services, such as facials, waxing and tinting, eyelash extensions, eyebrow and eyeliner tattooing, invites you to experience a refreshing, relaxing and soothing therapeutic massage at our day spa in Toowong.

Indooroopilly Shopping Centre is the largest Shopping Centre in the western suburbs of Brisbane and is located on Moggill Road, Indooroopilly.

By mid 2014 Indooroopilly Shopping Centre will have an additional 900 car parks. The first of the new car parking areas, P1 and P2 are now open and best access is via GATE 10 on Stamford Road or via the new entry now open on Moggill Road.

Two new levels of parking are now open on the rooftop and over 350 new car parks and a brand new vehicle entry and exit are now open off Grosvenor Road allowing more convenient access and parking for customers entering from the eastern and southern side of the centre.

Toowong Village and Tower is an iconic building gracing the skyline of Brisbane for over 20 years. Toowong Village in conveniently located within 3km from the Brisbane CBD. The centre has over ten levels of undercover car parking and a railway station and Brisbane City Council bus interchange are conveniently located in and adjacent to the centre.

Toowong Village is anchored by David Jones department store, a full line Coles Supermarket (ranked one of the highest performing Coles supermaket in Queensland), Kmart discount department store and 86 specialty stores. The specialty stores feature an array of gourmet fresh food, fashion and homewares.
 

Discover remote gorges, sheltered pockets of subtropical rainforest, expanses of eucalypt woodland and spectacular views to Moreton Bay, all within an hour and a half's drive of Brisbane.

D'Aguilar National Park (formerly Brisbane Forest Park) totals approximately 36,000 ha, protecting the core of the D'Aguilar Range’s vast bushland area.

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The stock route around Augathella is designed for you to follow in the footsteps of the sheep and cattle men of Australia, to discover a totally different way of life.

You will find all the 'constructions' used by drovers to control their herds. Spear traps, sheep brakes and pit sawmills, an all played a part in developing this rugged land we call the Outback.

A detailed map and directions is available at either the Charleville or Augathella Information Centres.

Please note this track can be closed for maintenance for up to two weeks after rain. This track is taken at your own risk and the Murweh Shire takes no responsibility for injury or damage to vehicles.

This delightful walk takes you through some of the best rainforest in Brisbane Forest Park. The rainforest is more varied here, with strangler figs, buttressed trees, stinging trees and large rainforest trees such as white booyong. After walking for about 500 metres you will come to a clearing beside the road - Western Window - with a magnificent view over the scenic rim of mountains to the west. You can see Cunningham's Gap and Mount Barney on a clear day. Walk down some steps and you will reach a junction. If you take the track to the right, you will walk below the rocky basalt cliffs and through wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest.

The Fryer Library is the branch of The university of Queensland Library responsible for special collections. Its collections include rare books, ephemera, manuscripts and photographs. Its particular strengths are in Australian literature and especially literary manuscripts, history and political culture with an emphasis on Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies, theatre, art and architecture. In addition to approximately 100,000 volumes of publications, there are manuscripts, rare books and research theses.

The Museum was established in 1988 to display scientific instruments and devices dating back to the origin of The University of Queensland in 1911. Optical, electrical, acoustical and many other types of equipment are represented. As well as the near antiques, with their shining brass and glowing mahogany, the collection also houses examples of more modern but equally obsolete items like electron tubes, spiral slide rules, a computer cardpunch and sheets of computer magnetic core memory. Most of the items on display are of interest as they illustrate principles of physics and highlight the craftsmanship involved in their making. The museum also has collections of relevant books, catalogues and instruction manuals.

Perrin Park is a local park with great facilities for kids. It is located in Toowong. There are bicycle tracks, picnic areas, a rebound wall and a playground with a pedal powered cars on on a circular track. There is also an area for dogs to be let off their leashes.

The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public university located in state of Queensland of Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in Australia. The main campus is located in the suburb of St Lucia, southwest of the Brisbane City Central Business District. The University of Queensland is a member of the Australia's Group of Eight, and the international research-intensive universities network Universitas 21. UQ is colloquially known as a "sandstone university" and is ranked among the top universities in Australia and the top one per cent in the world. The 114-hectare St Lucia Campus features gardens, public walkways, bike tracks and three large lakes. This creates a beautiful environment for visitors and attracts dozens of bird species and native wildlife such as possums and brush turkeys. The university also plays host to a number of museums, including The James and Mary Emelia Mayne Centre Art Museum. Today, with more than 3,000 artworks, the University's Art Collection is Queensland's second largest public art collection.

Toowong Memorial Park, home to Western Districts Rugby Football Club, can be packed with spectators in season, unaware of historic tributes just metres from the footy oval, towards Brisbane River. Parliamentarian EM Macartney officially opened Toowong Memorial Park on 7 September 1918 in honour of the 101 locals who enlisted in WWI. Decorative wrought iron memorial gates were erected to mark the park's official opening. Beyond, on the summit of a ridge, is the 12 metre high Toowong Soldiers' Memorial, unveiled by Governor Sir Matthew Nathan on 2 July 1922. A fluted column with a Queensland marble drinking fountain at its base, surrounded by carved wreaths and swags, this memorial's base provides a valuable roll call of local involvement, naming all who enlisted on three marble slabs. A commemorative avenue of palms was planted in 1918. A large section was relocated in 1993 to run parallel to Sylvan Road from the car park, curving gently towards the memorial gates. Dawn ANZAC Day services proceed along this avenue, gathering at a more recent RSL memorial cairn, inside the gates.

The Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Mount Coot-tha are Australia's premier subtropical botanic gardens. These 56 hectare gardens are situated seven kilometres from the city centre, and offer tropical, subtropical, temperate and arid plant communities and as well as unique wildlife. Highlights include the Japanese Garden, Tropical Display Dome, Hide ‘n’ Seek Children’s Art Trail, Bonsai House and the incredible Bunya Forest. The National Australia Remembers Freedom Wall and the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium are also located onsite.

The Botanic Gardens are open every day 8am - 5.30pm from September to March and 8am - 5pm from April to August, entry to the gardens is free.  Visitors can enjoy free guided tours Monday to Saturday at 11.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. (public holidays excluded). Free mini bus tours are offered Monday to Friday at 10.30am (public holidays excluded). There is a fully licensed restaurant and cafe - Botanical - with a capacity of 150 people. Dining is a breath of fresh air in a relaxing and tranquil setting in the midst of the beautiful gardens. Modern Australian cuisine is served in the main restaurant with light snacks, Devonshire teas and ice creams available from the cafeteria. 

With more than 3,000 works on display, The University of Queensland Art Collection is Queensland's second-largest public art collection. The Collection comprises works by Australian artists from the colonial era to the present, and the Nat Yuen Collection of Chinese antiquities. As well as these, UQ Art Museum is developing the National Collection of Artists' Self Portraits, the only collection of its kind in Australia. Architect Hamilton Wilson of Wilson Architects transformed the Museum in 2004, after the building was originally designed in 1973 as the University's graduation hall. Guided tours are available to the general public on request.

Graceville Memorial Park is better recognised for cricket ovals, complete with grandstand similar to the WWI memorial grandstand at Bulimba, yet it offers its own tributes to heroism, living and man-made. Prior to the then Sherwood Shire's war memorial unveiling in November 1920, 52 bunya pines and cotton trees were planted along Plumridge and Appel streets, commemorating its war dead, 51 soldiers and one nurse. They were among 265 enlisted local men and seven nurses. A 5.5 metre high cenotaph, created by AL Petrie with a copper scroll made by Norwegian craftsman Ernest Gunderson, was unveiled by Lieutenant Edwin Maurice Little of Corinda, a blind and maimed returned soldier. The polished grey granite column set on a light grey granite pedestal is crowned by a polished ball, etched with a map of Australia and the word 'ANZAC'. An avenue of bauhinias, cabbage tree palms and Chinese elms was planted either side of a drive from Oxley Road leading to the memorial within the park reserve. A single line of figs and camphor laurels continued west from the memorial towards Appel Street. The reserve has been officially known as Graceville Memorial Park since 1926. Plaques commemorating subsequent conflicts have been added.

Toowong Cemetery is Brisbane's largest and most grand burial site. Undertake a tour of this vast necropolis, resting place of 117,000 souls, discover the history of death and dying in Southern Queensland, hear local ghost stories and tales, told by your ghost host, Lily, as she explores the realm between this world and the next. Be warned - this can be a very eerie journey.

The soldier statue in Oxley is unmistakeably Australian, with his slouch hat and 'rising sun' hat badge, face slightly downturned as he stands facing west. This statue, created by Ipswich monumental mason Frank Williams from Ipswich, and unveiled in 1920, found its final resting place in the 1980s, moved to make way for roadworks from its original siting on the major Brisbane southside arterial, Ipswich Road. The soldier statue was a quaintly Queensland favourite style of WWI memorial, exhibiting common traits of the volunteer soldiers: youth, innocence, loyalty and courage among them. Oxley's monument bears a marble plaque specifically naming the district's 15 dead, among the 60,000 mostly young Australian men to be buried where they fell in Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa and a valuable record of local involvement. Frank Williams created many around southern Queensland, including in Esk and Boonah. He also produced the evocative Weeping Mother Memorial at Gatton. Small marble plaques commemorating involvement in subsequent international conflicts have been added. Oxley Memorial Park draws crowds for solemn remembrance on 25 April every year.

On a clear day, the Morelia Track, Manorina offers spectacular views as far as the sparkling white sand hills of Moreton Island. Walk from the picnic area through tall open forest to the summit of Mount Nebo. Patches of rainforest along the way provide a cool contrast to the more open forest and pockets of cabbage tree palm rainforest. At the end of the walk there are large granite boulders on which to sit and ponder, and perhaps plan your next walk.

The University of Queensland Anthropology Museum celebrates the culture, arts and crafts of the indigenous peoples of Australia and the Greater Oceanic Region. The Museum houses a extraordinary collection of ethnographic material, showcasing over 19,000 artefacts and over 6,500 photographs. It is the largest of the University of Queensland's Museum collections and the largest university collection of ethnographic material and visual culture in Australia. Rare and unique items are displayed. The Anthropology Museum welcomes visitors and researchers. Guided tours can be booked for the gallery and researchers are invited to explore the collection. Additionally, the Gallery is available as an event venue.

The UQ Antiquities Museum has on display a broad range of ancient artefacts stemming from Western Asia, Egypt, and the Greek and Roman worlds. The collection features over 7,000 original objects, and provides a comprehensive surrey of ancient Mediterranean antiquities, spanning almost 4,000 years of history. The Antiquities Museum is open to school students of all ages, interest groups and private individuals, and enhances study of the ancient world. Members of the public are welcome to visit the Museum between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday.