Brisbane auctions: Couple sell family home to the same people twice, 10 years apart
Family home: 37 Kapunda Street, Toowong sold under the hammer for $1,267,000. Later in Toowong, a large family home built on a sloping block at 37 Kapunda Street sold to a young couple after a protracted auction. Auctioneer and selling agent Jack Dixon struggled to pull bids from the registered …
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Sale swift as size and street appeal hit the spot
According to data from CoreLogic, the property at 33 Tooth Ave, Paddington, was on the market for six days before selling to a local family. Inside 33 Tooth Ave, PaddingtonSource:Supplied. Marketing agent Emil Juresic of NGU Real Estate, Toowong, said there were 305 people at the first open home.
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Toowong bus depot gas leak closes streets, evacuates hundreds
Tree hundred council staff had to be evacuated from the Toowong bus depot in Miskin St shortly before 11am, after a gas pipe in the refuelling area ruptured. Local streets were also closed for several hours while crews worked to clear the gas and fix the pipeline. TransLink said 15 bus services had been …
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Property crime alert, Indooroopilly
Bent Street, Toowong: Police are seeking witnesses or information about a break and enter offence that occurred in Bent Street, Toowong on March 8 between 10.30am to 11.40pm. Residents was not home at the time of the offence. Offender/s entered the dwelling by forcing a window and damaging the …
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A select list of where to find your Quest paper or the digital edition in Brisbane
Westside News: Stewart Road News (Ashgrove); Walton Bridge Newsagent (The Gap); News Express Gap Village (The Gap); Paddington News (Paddington); The Information Desk at Toowong Village (Toowong); Westfield Enquiry Desk (Indooroopilly); Kenmore Village (Kenmore); Muddy’s Seafood …
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Rare red brick state schools nominated for heritage listing
If accepted, the nomination will mean they join about 40 other Queensland schools on the register including Brisbane State High School’s Block H, East Brisbane, Moorooka, Ithaca Creek, Milton, Sherwood and Toowong and Yeronga state schools, Indooroopilly State High School and Somerville House.
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Opinion: Brisbane risks losing its distinctive Queensland character
Queensland had its houses and its classic old pubs, dotted throughout the state, with some particularly fine examples in Brisbane – the old National (now demolished) in the city; the Regatta at Toowong, festooned like a wedding cake with white wrought iron railings; and, of course, the magnificent …
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Ratepayers shell out almost $1m for solar panels, but benefits remain far off
Solar panels have been installed at Brisbane City Council’s Toowong bus depot. Photo: Brisbane City Council. On Tuesday, energy and carbon senior program officer Paul Claydon told the council’s environment, parks and sustainability committee about $900,000 had been spent upfront to install solar …
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Bride discovers wedding dress is missing on social media
She then drove from her studio on Toowong, with the dress handing on the back of her car for five kilometres, until it got flung off on to the side of the road at Chelmer. Ms Gurdon panicked when she saw posts about her dress on social media. Source: 7 News. A Good Samaritan noticed the dress and …
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Schools 'inflating Year 12 results by limiting OPs to brighter students'
Brisbane Boys College in Toowong was one of the elite private schools singled out by Federal MP Andrew Laming OP analysis. Picture: AAP/Steve Pohlner. Even some of Queensland’s major private schools – Ipswich Grammar School and Brisbane Boys’ College – are graduating fewer OP students …
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