Cafe on the Goodwill Bridge

Cafe on the Goodwill Bridge Serving Brisbane's Best Bridge based Merlo Coffee to the discerning Coffee Connoisseur.. I urge you to call in and give us a SHOT..!! All the Best... Brendan
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The Cafe on the Goodwill Bridge takes pride in delivery an exceptional beverage of choice, whether it be a fabulous Merlo Coffee, Twinning Tea accompanied by one of our deliciously home-made Cakes, Brownies, Muffins or Slices..

19/02/2022

Very grateful to Channel 7 Queenslandfor their amazing coverage of our sad situation..
To reporter Alex Lewis and Camerman Jamie, for taking so much time out to accurately capture all the emotions of the day... not only for us but for all that called Cafe on the Goodwill Bridge an extension of their home...

All the Best.. Brendan

Feeling incredibly blessed amongst a period of great sadness for not only us but

End on an Era Chapter: 7The Team...Kleenex at the Ready...!Another week gone... another closer to the cart lowering her ...
31/01/2022

End on an Era Chapter: 7

The Team...
Kleenex at the Ready...!

Another week gone... another closer to the cart lowering her wheel and rolling her way down the bridge...
(Yes, she's definitely a she/her ...!)

Remembering all of those that have woken ridiculously early, carted milk, removed waste, lugged furniture up and down, collected stock, wheeled 'Wheelie-Bins to and fro and walked the bridge in earnest to find the nearest open bathroom...

Endured rain and wind, the very cold and stinking humid exhausting heat...

These are the boys and girls that came to us, where embraced by you, encouraged to do their best, extended themselves well beyond their respective comfort zones and have become articulate, engaging, entertaining, beautiful, contributive humans in the community...

They have learnt the art of espresso, the art of conversation, the art of compassion, the art of comradely, the art of commitment, the art of ethic..!

But mostly the joy they are capable of giving.. the art of CARE.. for not only themselves but those around....

Truly beautiful souls that will go forward and spread the joy through their chosen art ...

Yoshi Hiro Yamamoto
Harry Ritchie
Ian Dreadlox
Saxon Harris
Aaron Hall
Sam aka Sven
Nick Pettigrew
Wilna ten Cate
Max Glasson
Machlan Scott
Haydn Richardson
Pasquale
Joel Morrison
Harry Mitchell
Max Carelton
Nash Mackay
Matt Beresford
Sam Bayford
Marcus
Demi Reichardt
Joel Sandford
Joshua Coombes
Mason Taylor
Ben Markey
Nelson Baker
Chris Bass
Mitchell
Ben Carleton
Jack Gallagher
Benjamin Myer
Jack Johnson
Gus Pursey
Mayukh Verna
Edwina Kelly
Matt Pettigrew
Jarryd Cox
Stirling Gallagher
Jackson
Scott Taavale
Janindu Samarasekera
Ben Dodds
Laksh Bhalla
Selina Cavaiuolo
Lucien McKnight
Xavier Olsen
Trent Wildman
Callum Fitzgerald
Andy Russell
Jack Hewson
Flinn McHugh
Haydn Lynch
Bill Bennett
Cooper Whitting
Jacob Doyle
Zen O'Shea

Just to name a few.... sadly not images of them all.., only the few the gram will allow to post and my heart before it crashes... 🖤

All incredible... All left their mark... All will be missed... 😊

End of an Era: Chapter 6Those Sky High Parties...Positive experiences happen to us every day... True joy is when you hav...
18/01/2022

End of an Era: Chapter 6

Those Sky High Parties...

Positive experiences happen to us every day...
True joy is when you have the opportunity to share them with others..

Welcome to our 'Sky High Cocktail Parties'

For any of you lucky to witness a sunset from the bridge, with a glass of champagne in one hand, an oyster in another and your loved one by your side, you've been truly blessed.

For me, my family and my team, we were so incredibly lucky to have had the honour of bringing this joy to others...

It wasn't without its dramas... remember EVERYTHING we needed had to be dragged up the bridge, and then removed at the end of the night... Tables, Chairs, Plants and Turf, kitchens, trestles, Cloths and curtains... lights, candles

Inevitably, at 4:30 pm, the clouds would gather the sky would blaze with lightening the thunder would crack and we'd huddle under the shutters of the cart... the heavens would open.. we would all be drenched...

But with smiles on our faces, laughter in our hearts and a silly amount of enthusiasm we'd greet our guests at 5:30PM, who, blissfully unaware of the mini cyclone that just prevailed would soak up the last of the evening sun, watch the city lights come to life, eat , drink and be ridiculously merry losing themselves in all the glory a perfect Brisbane summer evening can provide...

These were the evenings...

All the Best.. Brendan

End of an era #4Christmas.. comes but once a year.. But when it does... we shine The end of our first year needed to be...
16/01/2022

End of an era #4

Christmas.. comes but once a year..

But when it does... we shine

The end of our first year needed to be acknowledged..

Although we had become quite the place to meet, find new friends, and learn from others... The Cafe had actually saved us too

We wanted to say thank you for all that everyone had done to make our first year such a success..

So, we had our first 'Regulars's Christmas Party' it was to be on Christmas Eve Tuesday 24th December 2013
Kelly baked cakes and rolled rum balls, I baked a ham and served some bubbles.. and our lads made coffees, lots of coffees.
We had a customer of ours offer to dress as Elvis and sing Christmas carols, and Lucia put up Christmas stars with all our regulars names on them in their favorite spot to sit.
We invited about 50.. and more than five times that amount turned up..
They brought their family and friends and as such our community grew stronger..

We laughed, we sang, we ate and we drank, but most of all our hearts were filled with joy. We were so very very grateful

These parties grew.. some years, pre Covid, we had as many as 1200 people turn up. Bikes stretched the length of the bridge, Duncan returned every year as Elvis and sang his heart out .. The staff entertained, Kelly baked for days to prepare and I got up even earlier to bake hams to feed the crowds.. for many it would be the only family Christmas party they would attend...

What celebrations... they will be missed...!

All the Best.. Brendan 🎄 xo

End of an era #3What have we created...Not one to ever shy away from hard work, and keen to make the absolute most of a...
13/01/2022

End of an era #3

What have we created...

Not one to ever shy away from hard work, and keen to make the absolute most of anything, it was time to move the boundaries, expand our horizons & continue to count our blessings...

Who ever said it was just a coffee cart..

We became a chapel, a restaurant, a party place, a place to celebrate, to propose, to entertain, to teach and to train...

We hosted birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, corporate events, hens nights, and baby showers, painting classes, beer and wine tastings, art exhibitions and installations.. we launched reality shows and amazing races, charity fundraisers and dinner parties...

We welcomed prime ministers and international guests during the G20 of 2014 artists, movie stars and thespians, celebrities and special forces, singers, dancers, stilt walkers and famous goats, yes a very famous goat... Doctors, Professors, and famous lawyers, movers and shakers from all over town, the country and the world.. we even featured on CNN.. you know you've made it then...
Oh, and every now and then... I was a bit of a celebrity too...

All the Best.. Brendan

Address

Goodwill Bridge
Brisbane, QLD
4000

Opening Hours

Monday 5:30am - 2:30pm
Tuesday 5:30am - 2:30pm
Wednesday 5:30am - 2:30pm
Thursday 5:30am - 2:30pm
Friday 5:30am - 12:30pm
Saturday 5am - 2:30pm
Sunday 5am - 2:30pm

Telephone

+61 434 640 556

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