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Hyatt Place Brisbane – South City Square in Woolloongabba to Open in 2023

Hyatt announced that it will soon open its first ever Hyatt hotel in Brisbane, marking its return to Queensland.

Set to open in 2023, the Hyatt Place hotel will be part of the $700 million South City Square precinct redevelopment on the corner of Logan Road and Deshon Street in Woolloongabba.

*Photo Credit: South City Sq / Facebook*

The agreement between the Hyatt Group Asia Pacific and South City Square developers, Pellicano and Perri Projects was signed last 30 April.

The Hyatt Place Brisbane South City Square hotel will feature 170 rooms, a rooftop pool and bar, a 24-hour grab-and-go food market, a café, lobby lounge, and fitness centre

“We’re proud to work with Pellicano and Perri Projects to bring the Hyatt Place brand to Brisbane for the first time, marking Hyatt’s return to the Queensland market and into a dynamic and fast-emerging community.

“Woolloongabba is a hotspot for major sporting, entertainment, tourism, commercial and medical areas in Brisbane, and we look forward to giving professionals and leisure travellers a relaxed, high-quality hotel experience within South City Square’s vibrant, inner-city lifestyle hub,” said Hyatt Group Asia Pacific president David Udell.

Once construction is complete, South City Square will feature apartments, Readings Cinemas, a Woolworths supermarket, health and wellness facilities, offices, a childcare centre, and a range of shopping, dining, cafés, and boutique retailers.

“We’re delighted to work with Hyatt and benefit from its world-class knowledge and introducing guests to Hyatt’s first select-service contemporary hotel in Queensland,” Pellicano Managing Director Nando Pellicano said.

“Hyatt Place Brisbane South City Square will be the leading hotel destination for cricket and AFL enthusiasts, as well as those visiting for major entertainment events at our flagship ‘Gabba’ stadium.

“Whether you’re having a ‘staycation,’ or visiting from interstate or overseas, the Hyatt Place hotel will give guests the high-end, low-fuss, and enlivening experience we’re creating at South City Square,” Mr Pellicano said.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner was pleased with the latest partnership and said that Brisbane welcomes internationally recognised hotel brands such as Hyatt.

“Brisbane has emerged as Australia’s New World City, however, just five years ago we were forgoing 121,000 visitors every year as a result of a shortage in internationally recognised, full-service hotel rooms,” Cr Schrinner said.

“For the first time in a decade, the city now offers a wide range of new luxury accommodation options, supporting our $7.5 billion tourism industry and record visitation to the city.

“Making sure the city has high-quality hotel options is important for the city to ensure we can continue to secure major cultural and sporting events, conventions, plus an ever increasing lifestyle and leisure market,” he said.

Greenslopes Private Hospital Specialists Gives Hope to Women in Uganda

Instead of joining Christmas festivities and merrymaking at home, a team of specialists from Greenslopes Private Hospital chose to travel to Uganda in late December 2018 to volunteer their time and surgical skills to women suffering from various medical conditions.

Urogynecologists Professor Judith Goh AO, Dr Hannah Krause AO, and Dr Alexandra Mowat, each paying for oneown travel expenses, visited the remote region of Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda to offer medical services to women needing treatment from conditions such as vaginal fistulas and uterovaginal prolapse.

“Patients generally can’t get access to medical care or they can’t afford to receive it, so the conditions they present with are quite extreme. They have the conditions for a long time or they come in quite unwell because they’ve not been able to get treatment,” Dr Krause said.

“It’s amazing to see the changes they have in their outlook even within a couple of weeks. Sometimes when they first come in they are very embarrassed and won’t say very much, but once we perform the surgery a lot of them open up, they smile,” Professor Goh said.

“The working conditions are actually quite tough; there’s no air conditioning in the theatre, it’s in the tropics so it’s really, really hot, and often there is no electricity. But with the opportunities I’ve been given in regard to my training and education, I think it’s just more than living a good comfortable life, it’s to try to help as many people as we can.”

Professor Judith Goh AO, Dr Hannah Krause AO, and Dr Alexandra Mowat

Photo Credit:Ramsay Health Care / greenslopesprivate.com.au
Photo Credit: Ramsay Health Care / greenslopesprivate.com.au
Photo Credit: Ramsay Health Care / greenslopesprivate.com.au

The medical mission was part of the “Medical Training in Africa & Asia” project managed by Professor Goh under the Health and Development Aid Abroad Charity.

Supported by scrub nurse Ms Melina Kreutz, the trio of medical experts treated a total of 144 women and operated on 109 women during their two-week mission.

Prior to going to their mission, the team raised money to pay for the Uganda patients’ surgery, hospital stay, and travel whilst Greenslopes Private Hospital donated medical supplies, including scalpel blades, vaginal packing gauze, sterile gloves, Marcain for spinal anaesthesia, Mayo needles and theatre masks.

“Greenslopes have always been very eager to assist up in terms of providing equipment, and the theatre nurses are very good, in that they will ask us if we need equipment if anything’s decommissioned before they throw it out,” Professor Goh said.

The trio of specialists from Greenslopes Private Hospital are scheduled to return to Uganda in October this year.

Puppy Preschool with Positive Response Dog Training in Greenslopes

Training a puppy as early as eight weeks of age is recommended to avoid potential behavioural problems. Luckily for paw-rents located in Greenslopes, Positive Response Dog Training has just the solution with a training location right in the neighbourhood.

Apart from having their first vaccination, dogs should be schooled during their formative stage, starting eight weeks of age, as this helps eliminate possible aggressive behavior or problems with socialisation in the future.

With locations in Thornlands, Cleveland, and Greenslopes, Positive Response Dog Training offers a variety of dog training services from Group Dog training to Personalised Individual training and other pet services.

Puppy training School (Part 1) for puppies 8-16 weeks is a 4-week training course that will help guide the owner and pup during the early stages in the dog’s development by establishing the foundations critical to developing its social and coping skills.

Each class runs for one hour and 15 minutes per week. Apart from basic obedience skills, the course also covers health and nutrition, socialisation, and behavioural issues like biting, mouthing, digging as well as toilet training and sleep settling.

Video Credit: Positive Response Dog Training / YouTube

If your dog happens to have skipped this early baby pup training, you can still enroll your older dog — five months and older — to their Older Puppy and Adult Dog School (Part 1) course.

All Ages (Parts 2 and 3) and Social (Part 4), on the other hand, provide continuing education with new materials and exercises to extend walking, recall, obedience, and socialisation skills as well as learn working with verbal and/or hand signal only commands.

Throughout these training courses, Positive Response Dog Training will provide comprehensive online notes, week to week video tutorials, certificates of graduation, and telephone and email support.

Positive Response Dog Training sessions are conducted at Greenslopes Pet Café 589 Logan Road in Greenslopes. You can learn more about their services and pricing by visiting their official website here.

589 Logan Road, Greenslopes

The Jam Pantry Hosts Kombucha Workshop in Greenslopes

Learn the art of Kombucha fermenting through this workshop in Greenslopes to be hosted by The Jam Pantry on 13th April and 11th May 2019.

Kombucha is not just a delicious beverage but is also known for its health benefits. Whilst many might think that brewing this refreshing beverage is a painstaking process, on the contrary, fermenting your own batch of Kombucha is very easy.

The Jam Pantry has been brewing their own fermented drinks for three years now and were the first in Brisbane to do so. As with their previous successful workshops, they will again be sharing their knowledge at the Kombucha Workshop to be held at 575 Logan Road #2 in Greenslopes.

Participants will be following easy recipe to use a Kombucha SCOBY and other ingredients needed to make a 20-litre batch. Learn everything you need to know about looking after your brew, flavouring, bottling, and successfully carbonating your delicious masterpiece.

About The Jam Pantry

The Jam Pantry opened in Greenslopes in 2015, converting the old Thai restaurant into a cafe that serves up breakfast and lunch with focus on fresh seasonal produce. Aside from the classic favourites such as avo toast with pickled strawberries and pistachio crumb, the cafe’s flipping board also features specials inspired by the seasonal produce.

Coffee is courtesy of Supreme whilst other drinks such as T2 teas, fresh juices, sodas, smoothies, and milkshakes are also available. Customers may also visit their shelves filled with preserves such as banana chutney jam and tomato jam.

Kombucha Workshop will happen this Saturday 13 April and on 11 May 2019 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

The Jam Pantry | 2/575 Logan Rd, Greenslopes QLD 4120, Australia

Mondays are for ‘Mums n’ Bubs Pilates in the Park’ at Greenslopes

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New mums planning to get back in shape or improve their health after giving birth may take advantage of a free Pilates class at the Thompson Estate Reserve in Greenslopes.

Held every Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the workout routines at the Mums n’ Bubs Pilates in the Park are especially customised for new mothers and their babies.

Pilates is a great way for new mums to regain their core muscle strength and firm up their abdominal area after being stretched for nine months. It can also prepare their upper back and chest for nursing and carrying their little one.

Pilates may help new mothers gain hip and pelvis support to reduce pelvic floor discomfort after pregnancy. The stretches will also help tight muscles around the legs that may have not been used a lot during the pregnancy’s last trimester.

The Monday morning routine is also a great way for new mums to bond with their bub. But if you don’t want to bring your baby along then that’s fine too, as you can use this session for your much-needed ME-time.

Participants at the Mums n Bubs Pilates in the Park may set their own pace during the workouts. The professional instructors are trained to recognize what you need and gently guide you accordingly.

Mums n Bubs Pilates in the Park is endorsed by the Brisbane City Council’s Active & Healthy Program at Active Parks.

The Monkey Bar Café: A Dog-Friendly Alfresco Café in Greenslopes

If you are craving for coffee and wondering where to could go with your kid and dog tagging along, then you might like to try The Monkey Bar Café at the rear side of the Annerley Junior Soccer field at 98 Victoria Terrace in Greenslopes.

Now on its fourth year in the business, The Monkey Bar Café is the perfect place for you to sip and enjoy your coffee whilst watching your child play because it is directly situated next to a lovely playground.

*Photo credit: The Monkey Bar Cafe/Facebook*

With sturdy outside seating shaded by trees, the café is well-known among locals because of its location as well as its range of food and drinks.

It is most popular for its richly-flavored Genovese coffee, but there are other drinks available like milkshakes, iced coffee, mocha, ginger beer, smoothies, and iced tea.

Milkshakes come in delicious flavours such as Belgian chocolate, strawberries and cream, or vanilla bean. For smoothies, you have a choice of mango, mixed berry, banana, or groovy green.

MBC Menu — *Photo credit: The Monkey Bar Cafe/Facebook*

The café has an unpretentious menu. It offers all-day breakfast and lunch made from locally bought produce in support of local businesses.

Breakfast and lunch options include sliders and shoestring fries, buttermilk pancakes with fresh bananas, maple syrup, hazelnut dust or Nutella cream, bacon and eggs on English muffins, veggie deluxe paired with chunky avo, or spicy bruschetta.

Also, the café offers puppycinos and treats for the furry pal that you brought along.

Like their menu, The Monkey Bar Café is an unassuming place with a very relaxed atmosphere. It is the perfect place on a sunny day to catch up with a friend, the go-to place after a soccer match or training to refuel your kids, or a place where you can have a business breakfast meeting with your children and pets beside you.

But you should remember that it is basically an outdoor café so it may not be so amazing on rainy days.

The café is open seven days a week from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm.

For details, check their website or Facebook.

Help Keep Greenslopes Litter-Free Through Containers For Change

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Did you know that containers are the second most littered item in Queensland, despite the fact that they can be recycled? To help protect the environment and reduce waste in the state, including Greenslopes, the Containers for Change Scheme was launched.

With Containers for Change, members of the public may exchange eligible empty containers for a 10 cent refund at authorised container refund points, or they can donate them at donation points set up by local community groups, charities or not-for-profit organisations, who then receive the refund.

Drop-off Point near Greenslopes

The drop-off point nearest to Greenslopes is Tall Ingots, located at 12 Tennyson Memorial Avenue, Yeerongpilly, open Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm.

At a drop-off point, it is important to bag the containers in your own multi-use translucent garbage bags or, if the operator supplies them, in the operator’s bags. They also encourage tagging your containers using labels from your local container refund point, displaying your scheme ID and transaction ID.

The Greenslopes State School Parents and Citizens Association is the scheme’s registered group in the suburb. Residents may direct the 10c refund payment to the Parents and Citizens Association by using the code C10028875, the school’s unique Scheme ID. The P&C association will receive funds to spend back on the school.

Eligible / Ineligible Items

Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard beverage containers between 150ml and 3L are eligible for a refund.

Ineligible containers include:

plain milk containers
glass containers which have contained wine or pure spirits
large containers (1L or more) which have contained flavoured milk, pure juice,
cask wine or cask water
cordial or vegetable juice containers
sachets above 250ml which have contained wine
registered health tonics
all containers smaller than 150mL and bigger than 3L

The Containers for Change Scheme, which began in November 2018, is managed and operated by the not-for-profit company Container Exchange (COEX).

For further information about the Containers for Change, visit the website’s FAQ page. You may also see the full list of eligible beverages for the Queensland Container Refund Scheme here.

3 Simple Ideas for QT with Kids for Multi-tasking Greenslopes Mums

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Mums need “me-time” too but let’s admit it — in these days of multi-tasking motherhood, that’s easier said than done. You cannot get more than a simple haircut because other services, like getting your hair coloured could simply take longer than your time allows. Or maybe you want to go out for a leisurely cup of coffee but have no option but to bring the kids with you. Here are three simple ideas for multi-tasking Greenslopes mums who want to get some of that elusive me-time in whilst still spending quality time with their kids.

Multi-tasking task #1 : Salon Date + Play Date

Photo credit: Lavelle Hair Workroom/Facebook

Lavelle Hair Workroom, a boutique salon at 82 Dunellan Street, will take care of your locks whilst the kids stay in the playroom. This special room is full of toys for kids of all ages and a range of DVD’s available for use. You may also bring your children’s favourite DVD’s so they will be entertained whilst you get your hair done.

Aside from the playroom, parents may reserve the private room equipped with free WiFi. It’s ideal for mums who wish to multitask for group bookings for girls night, mother groups, baby showers, and weddings.

Multi-tasking task #2 : Mum’s Caffeine Fix + Kids’ Brunch

Photo credit: The Monkey Bar Cafe/Facebook

The Monkey Bar Cafe along Victoria Terrace lets you sip your coffee peacefully or schedule a quick catch-up with a friend whilst the kids play in the huge playground right next to the cafe. They also have breakfast options for children, with choices like the mini pancake stack and mini fruit bowl. They serve lunch that children will love, like Ham and Cheese Toastie and Fish “N” Chips.

Multi-tasking task #3 : Fitness Walk + QT with Kids

For a family-friendly getaway, there’s the Thompson Estate Reserve at Juliette Street with great park facilities and safe bike paths. It is a nice place to relax and explore nature in a busy city with the family, getting in some quality time with the kiddos whilst scoring some fitness points in the great outdoors.

Development of Greenslopes Energex Depot Office Approved; Buffer Trees to be Protected

Brisbane City Council has approved the construction of an Energex depot office in Greenslopes after its developers revised the original plan. The amended proposal now involves selective tree removal and substantial vegetation retention.

A number of Greenslopes residents opposed the said Energex depot office development during the submission period in 2018. The main contention was that the development would cut trees that form a natural corridor linking Greenslopes Park and Stephen’s Hill.

The Council received 75 submissions from residents who did not support the construction of the Energex depot office.

Energex, however, made significant changes to the plans, enough to convince the council to approve the development application.

Under the new plans, the “green corridor” between the said road and the adjacent areas on Garden Street which links to the Stephen Mountains will be protected. The green corridor leads to a nearby reserve which is home to a vast list of wildlife species as recorded by a PhD student.

According to DA documents, the developer has been required to retain, protect and maintain the existing trees based on Australian Standard – AS4970 Protection Of Trees On Development Sites, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Development Services.

The approved revised plans will build a new building of up to four storeys, inclusive of car parking levels. The new building will replace the existing single-storey offices fronting Barnsdale Place.

See details of the Development Application (A004866778)

Langlands Pool Upgrade Stage 1 Almost Finished

Photo Credit: Langlands Park Memorial Pool/Facebook

The first stage of the Langlands Park Memorial Pool upgrade at Panitya Street is almost finished and the second stage of the construction has begun.

Operators of the facility confirmed in a Facebook post that the gym and the clubhouse have been demolished to make way for a new building. The newly-improved 10-metre program pool, on the other hand, has been fitted with the steel frames for the roof that will provide ample shade for the swimmers.

The entrance of the Langlands Park Memorial Pool has also been moved to the Memorial Gates, thus making it easier to access both the pool and the East Tigers’ grounds.

According to the Brisbane City Council, the $8-million pool upgrade will also include the repositioning of the existing 50-metre outdoor pool, the addition of a 25-metre indoor pool, and the construction of an aqua park for the children.

The improvements will also modernise the facility’s amenities and features, including the landscaping. Access ramps will also be added to the pool and the changing room facilities.

*Photo Credit: Langlands Park Memorial Pool/Facebook*

The demolition of the main pool is expected to start on the 4th of March and this stage of construction is expected to last for 10 months.

On the 3rd of March, one day before demolition commences, the Langlands Park Memorial Pool will host the Last Swim event to commemorate the pool’s 60th year of operation.

The Langlands Park Memorial Pool is open daily from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The 10-metre program pool will be operational throughout the construction so there will be no interruption to the swim classes.