I got the email from Translink to let me know from Monday 18th November for four consecutive Mondays:
During these days, all passengers do need to tap their go card or buy any paper ticket, just get on train All CityTrain included AirTrain will provide free travel. If I have time during these Mondays, I will try to go to City by Train. I have not been Brisbane for a few months
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Yesterday, in China, there is a Single day which is a day for mega sale across the country’s online stores. In Australia, there is a similar online sales event calls ClickFrenzy, which From 6pm AEDT tonight to the next day 7pm AEDT. Same as the overseas, some major online stores will have a fast sale on their selected products during the time, such as Myer, IKEA, Sheridan and BIGW to promote online shopping. Those participated stores are from computer stores to department stores and houseware. There are more than dozen stores.Almost every things are covered. I need to check it out tonight 6pm, I wish I can find some good stuff!
For the further details, please check their website.
Yesterday, I went to Woolworths for my weekly grocery shopping. I found the Personalized Coke got a half-price discount. That is good. I think that it is worth to discover whether there is your name. Also, that is even better to check your friends’ or family members’ names. That is an excellent choice for budget Christmas Presents.
The first thing I noticed when walking into Moge Tee at Runcorn Plaza was their extensive menu of drinks. This is not your average bubble milk tea shop. While they still offer classic milk tea with bubbles, they offer a lot of specialty drinks with unique flavors you won’t find elsewhere. I ended up ordering the honey milk tea with pearls, and it was absolutely delicious. The honey flavor came through but didn’t overpower the entire drink. It also added the perfect hint of sweetness. I would highly recommend trying something different from classic milk tea to get the full Moge Tee experience. Some other popular drink choices here include the Crème Brûlée milk tea, brown sugar milk tea, and milk teas topped with cheese foam. You can try endless combinations and never get bored.
Moge Tee also lets you customize your drink by choosing the percentage of sugar to add (0%, 30%, 50%, 70% or 100%). You have complete control over the sweetness of your drink, which is great for me because I don’t like my drinks to be overly sweet. The interior of Moge Tee is small but comfortable. The décor is bright and welcoming, with window seating for people who want to stay and enjoy their bubble tea in the shop. Bubble tea is a hot trend in Brisbane right now, and bubble tea shops are popping up all over the place. However, Moge Tee stands out from the crowd as one of the best, authentic bubble tea shops in Brisbane. It’s highly worth a visit (or two).
Address:
Shop 5A / 258 Warrigal RoadRuncorn PlazaRuncorn QLD 4113
Business Hours:
11:00-22:00 every day
Today, I drove along Mains Road; I saw some Jacaranda trees are blooming. The whole tree turned Purple. That is charming. That reminds me now is the Jacaranda Blooming season. Late October to November, in Queensland and Northern NSW have a lot of blooming Jacaranda. There are a lot of good spots to watch Purple Jacaranda. The first spot is the place near UQ Lakes. Last year, I visited there and took some photo of Jacaranda. The second spot is in Botanic Garden. There are a few.
The other good spot is Grafton, where is a Northern NSW regional town. Also, there are a few streets where have planted Jacaranda Trees. There are some purple trees and I heard in the town, there are several big Jacaranda Trees. Besides, from Now to 3rd Nov, Jacaranda Festival is held in Grafton. The town has a lot of activities related with Jacaranda. In additional, Grafton is a historical town. Someone recommended there is an old church is worth to live. However, please be aware Grafton is about 5 hours driving distance from Brisbane. For us, those people live in Brisbane; that doesn’t sound like a spot as a day trip, and Currently, that is Jacaranda Festival period. That is not easy to find an accommodation. The second best option is Coffs Harbour where is about an hour driving distance. There are a few more choices of motel too.
If you think that is too far, there is a Jacaranda Festival in Goodna too this weekend too.Although there are only a few Jacaranda trees, there is more easy to access for us.
This Friday and Saturday, there is a family-friendly event, Taiwan Night Market. It will be held on the Level 3 car park in Sunnybank Hills Shopping town, which is an excellent location for us. This is a central hub for those people lives on the south side of Brisbane.
During the event, there are a lot of food stalls to serve the Taiwanese delicious night market cuisines. Moreover, in the stage, there are Taiwanese culture amazing local performances. Lastly, at 9 pm on Saturday, there will be a fireworks display too!
I think that should a fun event for our family! I planned to go on this Saturday. By the way, this year, all stalls accept cash and credit card. I think the event like last year regarding their own cashless payment system issue won’t happen.
Date: Friday 11 & Saturday 12 October
Time: 4:30pm to 9:30pm
Fireworks: 9.00pm, Saturday 12 October
Location: Level 3, Carpark Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown
Free Entry
This Saturday, Sunny Plaza has a big one day sale, for example, the Giordano will be a store-wide discount, nothings over $40, and OPSM has a 20% discount. However, the most attractive is the 10-minute flash mob sale, which will be offered at different times in various stores, and only for ten minutes.
For example, at 11:30, the CHATIME will have buy one get one free offer. At 1 pm, 5 Degrees will have all drinks $3 only. At 2.30 pm, Gloria Jeans Coffees will have buy one get one free too!
If you have time, you can come there and check it out.
This Saturday, Brisbane Festival 2019 will be officially ended. That is the time for the most significant event of this festival, Brisbane Riverfire, as the course event. It will start this Saturday at 7:00 pm. At the time, there will be a ton of colorful fireworks at the River to light up Brisbane.
This event is not about Fire Works; There will be aerial displays from defense force at Southbank, not many other opportunities you can see the fighter jets from RAAF
According to the official website of Brisbane Festival, the timetable listed as the below:
4:20 pm – C 17A Globemaster flypast
4:10 pm – Roulettes Aerobatic Display
5:30 pm – FA-18 flypast;-
Also, there is a new element, SVITZER TUG BOATS BALLET. That is a water on the boats at Brisbane River. That is a popular highlight from Syndey’s New Year’s celebration. It will starts at 3.30pm. You can see it at southbank
I believe this event is worth to go! Thus Many people will go to Southbank for this. Then, the best way to there is using public transport. Translink will have extra services for this event! There will be special shuffle bus for this event. They will run every 8 minutes between 4 pm to 7 pm from:
shuttle 9 runs all busway stations from Eight Mile Plains to South Bank
Shuttle 4 runs between all stops via Old Cleveland Rd and busway, then express from Gabba to Ann Street
Shuttle 6 runs between all stops and busway stations from Chermside to Woolloongabba
All translink service will be free from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Lastly. 1pm on this Friday, there will be FA18 flypast rehearsal.
There are a lot of activities in this area this month. In Brisbane, We have Brisbane Festival. Also in Toowoomba which is about one and half hour driving distance, there is also a significant event happening. This is The Carnival of Flowers, which held from 20th to29th September.
First of all, I need to recommend you visit the private gardens of the Chronicle Garden Competition and I think that is a must-do event. Many passionate locals turned their private gardens into stunning floral showpiece . to participate in this competition. Those gardens are gorgeous, and some yards are big, like a small botanic garden. For the detailed address of those gardens, you need to buy the 20th Septemeber of The Chronicle which is available in most of the local newsagent in Toowoomba. And if you would like to spend a bit, there are some bus tours ($45 Adult, ) to take you to those gardens, Toowoomba Visitor Information Center will have more information about this.
Besides, there is a giant carnival and flower show in queens park. It is the primary site of this activity. There will be a lot of beautiful flowers and some live music too.
Besides queens park and those private gardens, the USQ Japanese garden is also a must-do place. There are too many flowers in full bloom, stunning.That is an Authentic Japanese Graden. If you read those photo I took in there; you cannot imagine that in Toowoomba, not in Japan.
If you have time, you can also participate in the Grand Central Floral Parade on 21st September at 3 pm. By then, there are dozens of flowery floats will parade near Queens Park, Starting at he corner of Herries & Hume St .
Please do not miss the Picnic Point. There are not too many blooming flowers to enjoy, but there is beautiful scenery. Where you can take a panoramic view of Toowoomba.
I believe that this will be suitable for your whole family, that will be the best activity for you this weekend.
From today to 28th September, we have a major annual event held in Brisbane, Brisbane Festival. There are different activities in the Brisbane districts, please check their website for further details. However, the most of events are held in their main stage at culture forecourt.
The most attractive event is Light of River which is a lazer show at the Brisbane River. There were similar events in the past years. Almost every year, I went out to Brisbane City to watch. In this year, the event will be held every night (except Monday) 6.15pm,8pm,9pm from 6 Sept to 28 Sept. The vintage point for this event is Culture forecourt at Southbank.
Lastly, please do not the closing event of Brisbane Festival, Riverfire at 7pm on 28th Sept.
