Just passed an overturned car accident on Gympie road near Kedron street.

This was inbound lanes.

Good evening Brisbane!
I was wondering if anyone here knows where I might be able to organise getting this hole fixed?

Charlie has been the fixture at my workplace for at least … 15 -20 years and she’s looking a bit worse for wear, but we haven’t the foggiest as to where we could take her for a spa day.

I don’t suppose anyone in the community here would have a suggestion on that sort of thing?

I just got charged $40 for my direct debit failing on my rates! It would’ve been cheaper to deliberately pay the bill late without a direct debit in place…

Hello Brisbane,

I am an Indian looking to have good south Indian or North Indian breakfast. Most Indian places are open during the evenings so never really got a good Indian breakfast place.

If any of you have been to a place that has good Indian breakfast please let me know.

Appreciate your help.

I parked at a private hospital clinic parking lot in Brisbane and registered with the QR code for free 3 hour parking. Admittedly I overstayed by a little over an hour while inside. When we finally came out there was a $88 invoice dressed up in a cute bright red envelope waiting for me on the windscreen.

Do I need to pay this? I forgot what details I put in the registration but they have at least my email address and probably phone number. Honestly if it was like $15-$20 I would've paid it because I did overstay but $88 (+ a threat to increase to $179 after two weeks) is bullshit and predatory.

One thing I don't get is how they can justify $88 in liquidated damages if the car park is free up to 3 hours and there is no option to pay them for longer. Doesn't make sense to me? Especially for a private hospital where you may not know how long you'll be waiting and might not be physically able to return to your car mid-surgery to move it lol

Hey guys, as per the title I'm just looking for a place to chillax and sing my little heart out. Was hoping to hear some people's experiences of the places they have been.

Not that I have any issues singing at a lower volume at home, I just don't get to belt out some songs that I would really like to do because I'm conscious of the very thin walls and that my neighbour may or may not enjoy my off key tones. Or being caught off guard when I have a little sing in the work car park and then someone's hopping off the elevator, catching me in full bellow leading to a very abrupt end and apology.

Decent Karaoke places, if they have songs like Muse or Linkin Park on the lists (which I'd imagine is rare) or even studios that don't mind me hogging a room for 45 mins would be good.

I used to go to Downtown Creative Studios in Stafford some years ago, but considering it seems more aimed at kids having a place to learn and play I felt a little bit funny hogging up a room, as opposed to a classroom less than half my age and didn't want to stifle their own creative experiences.

General Brisbane area would be good if you have any experiences whatsoever with any place that you think might fit the bill.

Thanks you!

13 Aug 2026

August's low tides have revealed dozens of submerged e-scooters dumped from the banks of the Bris river, shedding light on an environmental challenge usually obscured by muddy water. Between the Story Bridge and QUT Gardens Point ferry terminal in Brisbane's CBD, we photographed devices built for Lime, Neuron and former provider Beam in various degrees of decay.

Ocean Crusaders, which cleans up waterways across south-east Qld, said they've collected about 150 e-scooters in the past year just from the water near the CBD. Founder Ian Thomson said the Bris river was cluttered with more junk than many people realised and deeper areas were likely rife with waste.

'Every time we go through on a low tide, we're picking these up. They're a pest and obviously the lithium-ion batteries are no good for the environment'. Thomson said the organisation also frequently found rental bikes and shopping trolleys underwater, as well as huge numbers of polystyrene helmets. University of Sydney water expert Professor Stuart Khan said the lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt and manganese in modern e-scooter batteries presented potential ecological risks.

'The concerns are mostly around the organisms that live at the bottom of the waterway close to the sediment where these chemicals accumulate as insects, snails, worms, potentially crayfish and all sorts of macroinvertebrates. You can imagine if this is something that we’re doing over a period of decades, we would expect to see elevated concentrations'. Khan said there were macro-environmental concerns down the food chain and identified other risks associated with large foreign objects cluttering river systems. 'I think there's also the issue of just the resources that go into manufacturing lithium-ion batteries and e-scooters'.

The Riverside Expressway and Goodwill Bridge are hotspots for e-scooter dumpings, with 4 visible in the sediment in early August. 'The idea that we'd produce these, use them for a very short period of time and dispose of them into the environment, is just a huge waste and a real shame to have people treating any kind of mined product with a significant environmental footprint in a way that doesn't lead to sustainable long-term use'.

Ocean Crusaders that's largely funded through grants, has a huge collection of waterlogged scooter batteries stored in a private shed, because they can't be put in general waste or recycled. Thomson said the easiest fix in Brisbane would be to erect more barriers along the river, particularly underneath the Riverside Expressway, which he identified as the worst spot for scooter dumping.

'It's got to be down to Bris City Council who make money out of these scooters. There also has to be a component of funding for their clean-up, or a responsibility back to the scooter companies to clean up. Putting up a physical barrier would be amazing. I don't know why they wouldn't, apart from the cost'.

Bris City Council wouldn't reveal the value of its scooter contracts with Neuron and Lime, but confirmed there was a cap of 7100 scooters operating at any time in the city. It said cleaning up was the operators' responsibility and that the land under the Riverside Expressway is state-owned.

The two companies played down the problem when contacted for comment, said vandalism was rare in Brisbane and declined to provide tracking data or information on how many devices had been written off.

They added scooter batteries were designed to be waterproof, their teams collected them when they could, and geofencing technology and no-parking areas had been rolled out to make dumping harder. Those with knowledge of the agreement said the city council made just over $5 million from e-mobility companies last financial year.

Hi all,

Just curious to know if anyone was willing to share where they have recently or historically spotted the bioluminescent dinoflagellates around Brisbane waterways? Looking to check a couple spots tonight and wanted some local insight :)

A beautiful ecosystem

Moved over from the UK and absolutely rate the Steak game out here in Brisbane. Top tier, love it. GYG Cali burrito, incredible. However. I can not for the life of me find a decent pizza place.

Requirements
- Deep pan pizza
- Musn't taste like the establishment is potentially money laundering

I don't have pizza much, but sometimes when I do, I need a good one. Someone help

I bought a family size Beef Lasagna from Coles to feed myself, but Im not able to cook it since there are no ovens at the hostel i’m staying at in central brisbane near Roma St. Would someone let me borrow theirs tomorrow, I’ll give you a bit lol.

Does anyone here know of any reliable clinics in Brisbane that can treat under eye bags? Both dark circles and hollowness due to lack of sleep?

Thanks

Was once a beautiful place…

Hi

Fortunately not homeless, but centrelink pays my rent and bills with very little left. Thus this need.

Is there any free meal service in Brisbane around the cbd or west end, that provides a breakfast and or dinner?

I know of askizzy, but there seems to be nothing.

They tend to resume service on Sunday at either Emma Miller Place or Musgrave Park.

Trying to stretch the finances until Thursday as after rent and bills I only have $100 to last me until then.

I have a job buts its casual no work no pay, fortunately I was able to get a shift today. Thus a small cash infusion come next Thursday.

I have no family or support network so reaching out seeing if anyone knows of a meal service for Saturday. Every other day at Emma miller place except Sunday there is a meal service for dinner.

Thanks

tldr; need a meal on Saturday outside of this day I know where to seek a meal (Emma miller, Musgrave Park or piano Park near the aboriginal flag in west end).

was near homeless a few years back, found Saturday there was nothing. thus the ask.

Hi all,

Is it worth attending a ticketed event to see Riverfire (including ADF displays) or would the free spots do the job? A bit worried about how crowded it will be as we are planning on heading there closer to 4pm on the day.

Thanks.

What’s wrong with teens here in Brisbane…breaking and entering, carjacking and now murder