Brisbane Mountain Biking: The Gap

This YouTube vid by taxdodger75 shows "my mte greg going down his fav track near home.....great fun". The video says it's "The Gap Downhill Mountain Bike Trail", and I'm guessing that this trail at Mountain Bike Review is the one in the video.

If you'd like to find out more about mountain biking trails in Brisbane, click here to go to a list of trails in Australia. Scroll down to the bottom of the list to see three trails in Brisbane, and then click the "Next 50" button to see more.

Brisbane Music - Hot Liquid Sex

This video by YouTube user attractors shows Brisbane band Hot Liquid Sex performing their song "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" when they launched their EP, Unexpect The Expected, at The Zoo on May 24th.

You can click here to visit Hot Liquid Sex's MySpace page, and listen to three more of their songs. Hot Liquid Sex are playing next at Ric's Bar in the Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley on June 12, 2008 - see map below.


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Brisbane Events: Queensland Week BBQ and Design Exhibition

This week is Queensland Week, which marks the anniversay of June 6, 1859, when Queen Victoria signed the forms which separated Queensland from New South Wales. There are plenty of events, and two of the biggest are the BBQ in the Roma Street Parklands next Sunday, and the qdos exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art.

The BBQ is on Sunday, 8th of June, at the Roma Street Parklands from 10.30am till 3.30pm. There is a free sausage sizzle (until the sausages run out), and other food and drink will be on sale. Free entertainment will include Dorothy the Dinosaur's Dance Show, and dance workshops in hip-hop, Polynesian and Indian musical comedy styles.

Another event is the qdos exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, in the Southbank Cultural Centre. qdos stands for "Queensland Design on Show", and at the exhibition you can see some of Queensland's best designers, and the winners and finalists of the "Designer of the Year" competition. There's a people's choice award so you can vote for your favourite designs, or you can vote online at the qdos website. The exhibition runs from now till the 27th of June, but voting in the award closes on Thursday June 12th.

There are dozens of other events around Brisbane, so to find out what else is on visit the official Queensland Week website here.

The Gallery of Modern Art is marked with the red marker on the map below.


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Brisbane Musicians: Villians of Wilhelm

Villians of Willhelm by =kegs1528 on deviantART

This photo is by deviantart user =kegs1528. It shows the lead singer of Brisbane band Villians of Wilhelm. According to their MySpace site (where you can hear 4 of their songs), they sound like "The Strokes having sex with The Smashing Pumpkins while The Rolling Stones watch"

Brisbane Music - Lords of Wong

This video by YouTube user Legsbenedict shows Brisbane rockers Lords of Wong covering the Rolling Stones track "Cocksucker Blues" last night at Rosies Bar in Spring Hill.

If you like what you hear, you can listen to 3 other Lords of Wong songs at their MySpace page.

Brisbane Photos: Seaside Shrooms with Boy on Bike

Seaside Shrooms with Boy on Bike, originally uploaded by Wilson X.

This photo by flickr user WilsonX really caught my eye. It's from the northern bayside suburb of Sandgate.

There are millions of photos on flickr, and far too many of them are merely cute, or use the old cliches of sunsets, flowers, children and so on. It takes quite a different photo to interest me, and this one certainly makes the cut. Hope you like it too.

Brisbane Graffiti: Vedas and Bats

vedas and bats by ~batsbats on deviantART

This piece of graffiti was posted to deviantart by ~batsbats, who also has a blog that you can look at if you click here.