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Best Microbrewery Day Trips

From Brisbane

Updated: Feb 03, 2025

Here's 4 great microbreweries that do good food as well as beer and are worth a day trip visit from Brisbane:

Fortitude Brewing

Fortitude Brewing is one of SE Queensland's best microbreweries and cellar doors on top of Mount Tamborine

Copperhead Brewery

Copperhead Brewery is small batch boutique brewery and restaurant located in the tiny town of Cooroy

The Kennel Tap Room

A dog-friendly tap room & sports bar from the team behind Boxer Brewing Co. and Witches Falls Winery, located in Tamborine Mountain

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Melbourne Cup at Bar Pacino

Swap the racetrack for riverside glamour

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Melbourne Cup at Haig Rd. Bistro

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Melbourne Cup at Howard Smith Wharves

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Melbourne Cup at The Prince Consort

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West End Shoe Sale

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Supanova Comic Con & Gaming 2026

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2026 Let’s Go Explore Caravan and RV Expo

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MUST DO

Don Juan & Manfred

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HALLOWEEN

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Westfield Chermside is throwing a Halloween Spooktacular with trick-or-treating, a spooky disco, free face painting and plenty of family-friendly fun

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