Brisbane Local with Cr James Mackay

St Lucia Day

Fig Tree Pocket Christmas Party

Sherwood Indooroopilly RSL

Walter Taylor Bridge - Engineering

Kenmore Rd Corridor Modernisation

Indooroopilly Road stormwater upgrade

Witton Rd kerb and channel replacement

Clarence Rd resurfacing

This week's 5 Minute Friday highlights two new pedestrian crossings in our local area, and features school awards nights (check out the Girls Grammar war cry!) and some local events. Watch to see where this awesome new mural in Toowong is! Also: 0:50 A local school gets a new building 1:03 Christmas markets and Christmas carols 1:26 WWI Bridge of Friendship monument dedication 1:47 Raising money and awareness for a training house for people with a disability 2:18 Afternoon tea with some locals! 2:48 Brisbane City Council is doing training exercises for disaster management 3:24 A tired and ugly footpath gets an upgrade 4:40 Indooroopilly Audi opening night 5:09 Local events coming up https://toowongpandc.org.au/2022/even... Sign up for the newsletter sent on the first Friday of each month: jamesmackay.com/newsletter Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/westbne Listen to the podcast: Brisbane Local

In this week's Five Minute Friday: - QASMT students win national robotics title - Thousands gathered for St Peters Christmas Carols - A new pathway is completed on Stanley Tce for growing school foot traffic - The official lighting of the Brisbane City Christmas Tree by the Lord Mayor took place - New weekly Bridge Club announced. Sign up for the newsletter sent on the first Friday of each month: jamesmackay.com/newsletter Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/westbne Listen to the podcast: Brisbane Local

This week's 5 Minute Friday highlights Toowong Harriers Little Athletics "Toowong Gift" racers - bound to be future Olympians!

Also:

- a new family member

- Students teaching me about liveability for the next generation

- Indooroopilly SS awards

- Fixing vandalised sign

- Bus network review - have your say

- Fixing troublesome parking situation

This week's 5 Minute Friday highlights two new pedestrian crossings in our local area, and features school awards nights (check out the Girls Grammar war cry!) and some local events.

Also:

- A local school gets a new building

- Christmas markets and Christmas carols

- WWI Bridge of Friendship monument dedication

- Raising money and awareness for a training house for people with a disability

- Afternoon tea with some locals!

- Indooroopilly Audi opening night

- Local events coming up

This week's 5 Minute Friday pays respect on Remembrance Day and introduces the new monument that will be unveiled in Toowong's Anzac Park later today.

Also:

- Bus network review

- Lord Myaor's Young Environment Leadership Network

- Diwali comes to Indooroopilly

- Active School Travel Awards

- Christmas markets this weekend!

- Free family movie night

Today on 5 Minute Friday, we’re at the University of Queensland’s beautiful Jacarandas walk.  Find out about:

- our local Eco Marines 

- the Anzac monument 

- our compost plans

- Cliveden Park playground update

- the Council round table on waterways

Don’t forget - come by and see me at the RSL Poppy Appeal at Toowong Village this Saturday, 10:30am - 12pm! 

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Stay tuned to the end to hear the St Peters full college choir do a great rendition of You Raise Me Up.

This is 5 Minute Friday, your weekly news hit of what's happening in your neck of the woods.

We're talking:

Head of the Brisbane

Halloween Trivia

Pop Up Office

Men's Shed have produced another planter box

Improving Jack Cook Park

Anzac Park Monument

Westminster/Clarence Rd intersection upgrade

Taringa Rovers are tendering for a hospitality contract

Traffic calming in Indooroopilly under construction 

Watch this week's 5 Minute Friday to find out why I'm wearing this shirt.  Today we're talking about:

- upgrading Taringa Parade + Moggill Road intersection
- the Awards season has started
- we had our Jacaranda Festival
- Toowong Bowls Club: where to from here?
- 6 pedestrian crossings for Kenmore Road?

And don't forget, Swann Road's eastbound road closures start next week!  

In this week’s 5 Minute Friday local news video, you'll hear about:
- Wivenhoe releases starting soon
- Swann Rd closed to eastbound traffic for 7 weeks