EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | Contact
For those who grew up in Brisbane, there are a few colourful characters we’ve sadly lost along the way to becoming boring, tax paying adults.
There was Dian O’Connell, the flamboyant and flirtatious Marilyn Monroe impersonator who could often be seen strutting around the Queen St mall, happily taking photos with locals as she regaled with stories about all the naughty things she used to do in the boarding houses (in her breathy Marilyn Monroe accent, of course).
The absolute fever dream that was the famed Dragon rollercoaster located at the top of the Myer Centre pre 2002, now replaced with Event Cinemas.
Then there were rumours of nephilium housed in the tunnels under the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus (who were responsible for murdering and tearing apart Robert Cox in 1848).
And of course, the Queen St mall emos, who could be spotted any time, any day, hanging out the front of the Hungry Jacks Mall – also known as Brisbane’s most prolific landmark, ‘the meeting place.’
But now The Advocate can confirm, that the emos have been spotted again!
One eagle eyed onlooker, who was quiet so as not to scare them, reports that a small group of emos were seen skulking into the CBD now that the coast is clear, and there are no more natural predators.
“It was beautiful to see, real genuine emos, not this new age ‘alt’ kind”, says Sharon, owner of the Gold and Diamond Exchange in the mall, “it was nice seeing them in their natural habitat.”
Sharon says they unfortunately got a whiff of her perfume and eventually left, but says she sincerely hopes they come back.
“Next time I might try feeding them.”
More to come.
