Yes, the cliches about my suburb are all true. Roll your eyes if you must

June 8, 2026 — 5:00am

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Newstead is thought of as one of the most expensive suburbs in Brisbane. Could people really be paying $9 for a coffee? Over $150 a week for gym membership?

Let me put that rumour to rest. It’s 100 per cent true. And I’ve made my peace with that.

As a 30-something professional with a penchant for activewear and a comically small dog, I know I’m in the crosshairs as a Newstead cliche.

But beyond the headlines like the $80 truffle pizza and the supposedly redundant pedestrian green bridge I have found more of a community here than anywhere else I’ve lived in Brisbane.

High-rise, high-density living is in full swing here, with cranes looming overhead and each building approved seemingly higher than the last.

It’s come a long way from the barren industrial land I remember driving past on the way to the airport when I left Brisbane for Sydney in the mid-2010s.

A decade later, the famous 1887-built gasometer – once the lone identifying structure in the suburb – can barely be seen, dwarfed by apartment buildings and surrounded by Yo-Chi,........

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