Mike Yardley: Cultural draws in Brisbane
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If you needed just one reason to pay a visit to Brisbane, GOMA, the Gallery of Modern Art boasts some serious bling. GOMA is exclusively playing host to one of the most stirring exhibitions of international art ever staged in Australia, ‘European Masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.’ I ventured to GOMA just days after the exhibition’s June 11 opening and despite all of the hype, it still smashed my expectations. Installed at GOMA until 17 October, ‘European Masterpieces’ is a wonderfully escapist and intimate journey through five centuries of European painting from exquisite devotional scenes of the early Renaissance to fleeting glimpses of nature captured by the Impressionists.
10 Mar 2021
Marriott International has announced the opening of its first Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Brisbane.
Located in the South Brisbane business district, the 134-room Courtyard by Marriott Brisbane South Bank is the fifth Marriott property in Brisbane and the 26th property in the country, according to the group’s area vice president for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, Sean Hunt.
“Courtyard by Marriott is one of the fastest-growing brands globally, and we foresee tremendous opportunities for the brand in the country,” he said.
The hotel is only a few steps away from South Bank, which is home to 17 hectares of lush parklands, world-class restaurants and hundreds of events all year round.
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Australia last recorded zero locally acquired cases of Covid-19 at the start of November last year
There s less than 300 active cases in Australia with the majority of infected people stuck in hotel quarantine
Australia has been able to contain virus due to strict quarantine procedures, as well as policing lockdowns
Meanwhile, UK and the US have seen new daily records of deaths with cases skyrocketing around the world
Australia has once again become the envy of the world after recording zero local cases of coronavirus across the entire country in the past 24 hours.
There are still a handful of active cases lingering around the country, but they pale in comparison to the pandemic s impact in places such as the US and the UK.
Sh*t Towns of Australia reveals 2020s worst towns cairnspost.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cairnspost.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
You d think, given that we spent most of 2020 inside with the weekly trip to Coles our greatest source of entertainment, Australians would have a more favourable view of the locales they inhabit. Yet our year of involuntary reclusiveness hasn t stopped Rick Furphy and Geoff Rissole from once again igniting fury in the hearts of residents everywhere, from Port Pirie to Alice Springs - unveiling their annual Sh t Town Power Rankings over the weekend. The pair are the masterminds behind the Facebook phenomenon (and potentially the social media platform s most controversial page), Sh t Towns of Australia, where close to a quarter of a million people espouse their love - or declare their hatred - for locations around the country.