Sturgeon Street, Redlands, Queensland, 4160
Website: www.southcrosschallenge.com
Phone Number: 61 07 3391 2447
Fax Number: 61 07 3391 4734

From 21-Apr-2010 to 25-Apr-2010
Drawing together teams from across the globe, the Southern Cross Challenge is an initiative of Softball Queensland and Canterbury (New Zealand) and promises to be an exciting, action packed tournament for teams and spectators alike. The Southern Cross Challenge provides an annual international-standard softball competition in the southern hemisphere. The event is hosted by Softball Queensland and Canterbury Softball Association in alternate years, and began in 2008 in Queensland. The Southern Cross Challenge incorporates both a female competition and a male competition. The 2008 event saw local and state teams from Queensland, regional and national teams from New Zealand and a Papua New Guinea team compete for the title of Southern Cross Challenge Women's Champions and Men's Champions. Come along and support your local softball stars!

190 King Arthur Terrace, Brisbane City, Queensland, 4105
Website: www.brisbaneinternational.com.au
Phone Number: 61 07 3120 7930
Fax Number: 61 07 3120 7934

From 03-Jan-2010 to 10-Jan-2010
Kick off the Australian summer of tennis with the Brisbane International, the first of the Australian Open Series events leading in to the first Grand Slam of the year. See the world's best players at the AUD 82 million state of the art Queensland Tennis Centre at Tennyson. The inaugural Brisbane International in 2009 was a resounding success, with more than 66,000 spectators attending the tournament over eight days. The quality line-up included stars Ana Ivanovic, Novak Djokovic, Marcos Baghdatis, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Fernando Verdasco and Australia's own Jelena Dokic and Sam Stosur. The 2010 event promises to be even bigger and better, again attracting the stars of the game to Brisbane.

Merivale Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, 4101
Website: www.goodfoodshow.com.au
Phone Number: 61 03 9261 4500

From 06-Nov-2009 to 08-Nov-2009
Stimulate your tastebuds at the Good Food and Wine Show with thousands of flavours from hundreds of food and wine exhibitors. See your favourite celebrity chef demonstrate live including two of the hottest chefs currently on television, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan, plus Matt Moran, Tobie Puttock, Ben O'Donoghue and local Brisbane favourite Alastair McLeod. Sample hundreds of world class wines and boutique beers and try mouth-watering produce in the Regional Producers Market. Get hands on by booking into the new cheese masterclass, cooking school and wine sessions and try celebrity chef dishes in the Show Restaurant. It's going to be a fabulous food event, whether you're a cook or simply love eating great food!

Grey Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, 4101
Website: www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au
Phone Number: 61 07 3840 7555
Fax Number: 61 07 3846 1918

From 12-Feb-2009 to 31-Dec-2009
Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, this fascinating exhibition at Queensland Museum South Bank examines the events and influences that shaped one of the most important figures in the history of biological science. Darwin's book, the Origin of Species, changed the course of human thinking about evolution and our place in the world. The ideas he proposed were so controversial that even today they are not universally accepted. Featuring early editions of Darwin's books and scientific tools of the era, the highlight is a tree trunk bearing a carved inscription from Darwin's historic voyage aboard the Beagle.