Cr Lisa Atwood

04/09/2026

✨ Riverfire - everything you need to know!

✈️ RAAF FLYPASTS
4:52pm – C-17A Globemaster III
5:20pm – F/A-18F Super Hornet

🎆 7:00pm – Riverfire fireworks spectacular begins over the Brisbane River.

🚆🚌 FREE TRAVEL AFTER RIVERFIRE
From 7:30pm to 9:30pm, bus and train travel home will be FREE from selected stations.

⚠️ IMPORTANT BRIDGE & ROAD CLOSURES

🚗 Story Bridge: Closed to all traffic between 6:15pm and 8pm. If you normally cross the Story Bridge, make alternative arrangements before the closure.

🌉 Victoria Bridge: Closed to vehicles and bicycles from 4pm to 10pm. Pedestrians can cross from 6pm, except during the fireworks period from approximately 6:45pm–7:30pm.

🚶‍♀️🚲 Goodwill Bridge: Closed to pedestrians and cyclists from 4pm to 8pm.

🌉 Neville Bonner Bridge: Restricted to pedestrians from 9am and fully closed from 4pm to 10pm.

🌉 Kangaroo Point Bridge: Closed from 6pm to 7:45pm.

There will also be extensive road closures and parking restrictions around Brisbane City, South Brisbane, Kangaroo Point, Fortitude Valley and New Farm, with traffic controllers and diversions operating throughout the evening.

⛴️ CITYCAT & FERRY

RiverCity Ferries has advised Brisbane City Council of planned industrial action by the Maritime Union of Australia from 4am Saturday 5 September until 4am Sunday 6 September.

As a result, no Brisbane River ferry or CityCat services are expected to operate on Saturday, including during Riverfire.

🚌 BUS SERVICES WILL ALSO CHANGE

After the fireworks, many buses leaving Brisbane City will skip Cultural Centre, South Bank and Mater Hill busway stations.

Instead, these stations will be serviced by M1, M2, a Woolloongabba shuttle and other special services. You may need to change buses to complete your journey home.

🚗 CLEM7 FREE

The Clem7 tunnel will be free from 6:30pm to 8pm on Saturday night, providing another option while parts of the road network are closed.

02/09/2026

Attention paw parents - we’re upgrading Meadowlands Rd Dog Park with new agility equipment 🙌

Council have gone out to tender and once we receive some options back we’ll let you know 🤗

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

💙 The kiddos and I will be celebrating the wonderful dads in our lives at Music in Minnippi this Sunday, and we’d love you to join us! 🎶

📍 Music in Minnippi
📅 Sunday 6 September
⏰ 2–5pm
🌳 Minnippi Parklands, near Porter’s Paddock Park

We’ll have the very talented Caillin Malley performing live, plus two food trucks serving up some yummy treats, Chef 365 and Ice Cream 4 Me.

Bring a picnic rug, settle in for the afternoon and enjoy some great live music with the family.

Look forward to seeing you there! 👋

31/08/2026

🚶‍♀️🚴🏻‍♀️ This week we’re starting the next section of shared path in the Minnippi Parklands near the softball fields, widening it to 3m.

26/08/2026

Book week 2026 📚

25/08/2026

Doboy Ward, meet your Councillor for the Day… Eddie! 👋🏼

Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of taking Eddie out on the road with me after he won our Councillor for a Day competition.

We started bright and early at the Carina Men’s Shed AGM, where their wonderful President got Eddie involved in the proceedings.

Then it was off to the Tingalpa Aero Club, where Eddie got to watch Bo fly his brand new Royal Air Force model aircraft. ✈️ I have a feeling Eddie will be a member of the Aero Club very soon!

Next stop was the Brisbane City Council asphalt plant at Eagle Farm to see how the roads we drive on are actually made. Eddie got a seriously hands-on experience, climbing up onto the machinery (which was safely switched off!), seeing how everything works, visiting the control room and even helping load up one of the trucks. 🚧

And to finish the day, we headed to Brisbane Airport Corporation’s special plane spotting area.

Eddie LOVES planes more than anything, so you can imagine how excited he was to watch the aircraft taking off and landing! ✈️😍

A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to welcome Eddie, show him around and give him such a memorable day.

And Eddie, thank you for being such a fantastic Councillor for the Day! I hope you had as much fun as I did. ❤️

Who knows… maybe we’ve got a future councillor, pilot or engineer on our hands! 😉

24/08/2026

🪁 BRISBANE KITE FESTIVAL 2026 🪁

Seven months ago, we started meeting to plan the big day… and yesterday, it all came together! ☀️🪁

A few fun facts:

🌭 780 sausages were sold
🚗 1,500 cars were marshalled
🪁 1,491 kites were sold
🪁 Thousands of kites took to the sky
🎏 Thousands of locals spent the day flying kites, playing, eating and soaking up the sunshine at Minnippi Parklands.

Behind every great community event is an incredible team of people, yesterday was made possible by 100+ amazing Rotary volunteers on the ground. ❤️

A special shoutout to the committee members from the Rotary Clubs of Carindale and Brisbane Southeast who have put in 100+ hours across seven months of planning to make this festival happen: Colleen, Hilary, Paul, Sherril, Ramona, Laurie, Karen and Brooke. 👏🏻

And a very special mention to Colleen, who is moving to the Sunshine Coast to be closer to family - we are going to miss you dearly! ❤️ But we’re equally excited for her, with her first grandchild arriving any day now. 🥹🫶🏻

And lastly, thank you Neil for you incredible kite display and Vuly, Brisbane City Council and Remax Morningside for generous sponsorship 💓 💓

We hope you had an incredible day at the Brisbane Kite Festival!

We’d love to hear your feedback ✍🏽 What did you love, and what can we do to make 2027 even better? 🪁👇

23/08/2026

22/08/2026

Bubs & Blooms fair on now thanks to the incredible Stephy from Sprout & Swap.