"The Finders Keepers is a design market, that features the work of independent makers from across Australia.  Founded in 2008, the Finders Keepers has now grown to be Australia's leading design market.  With events now held bi-annually in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, the market promotes and supports over 1000 sellers each year.

More of a festival than a market, the events combine design, art, good food, live music and a fun community spirit under one awesome roof in major city locations."

- www.thefinderskeepers.com

-  Brisbane Open House

I visited the Queensland Performing Arts Centre a.k.a QPAC, 612 ABC Brisbane (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), and the Brisbane General Post Office (GPO).

Pic: backstage costumes at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC

This is the only picture I took at the QPAC because I was too immersed with the guided tour and the magnificent architecture and engineering of the 4 theatres! I cannot name you exactly the terms and architecture jargons they used but to make things short, everything is specifically and carefully designed for their own purposes to maximise the sustainability. Even the foams in the audiences' seats were designed specifically for acousticity with or without the audience sitting on them! We were brought backstage to have a look at the loading docks (one of the most efficient systems in the country!) and the mechanics behind each theatre. It's really amazing to learn the behind-the-scenes!

Pic: The QPAC, which houses the Lyric Theatre, Concert Hall, Cremorne Theatre and the Playhouse. Designed by Brisbane architect Robin Gibson in the mid 1970s. (Image Source: Google Images)

Pic: The Lyric Theatre, the largest venue for the QPAC, can hold up to 2,000 patrons (Image Source: Google Images)

Pic: The QPAC Concert Hall, the second largest venue for the QPAC, can hold up to 1,600 patrons. My first visit to the Concert Hall was in May this year for the UQ School of Music's Symphonic Dances from the West Side: Bernstein Meets Carl Orff. (Image Source: Google Images)

After the QPAC Tour, I went to 612 ABC Brisbane which is just next to the QPAC.