Brisbane's bounty

Brisbane is a city that has it all, writes Isabel Conway.

Brisbane, in the past as a provincial backwater, the capital of Queensland is now the third largest -- and fastest growing -- city in Australia.

Re-visiting Brisbane, it has been said, is like turning up at a wedding and realising your boring ex has morphed into an intelligent, urbane supermodel. Written off in the past as a provincial backwater, the capital of Queensland is now the third largest - and fastest growing - city in Australia.

Queenslanders will also tell you that their city, a gateway to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts as well as the Great Barrier ...