Every city, Brisbane included, has a secret life bubbling away just below the surface (and at times even on the surface) that the majority of residents go about their everyday business without noticing.

And it is what goes on behind the scenes in a city – the unexpected finds, the different and quirky places - that adds a richness and texture to its life that the in-scene can only dream about.

Yellow Cab cafe

While it may come as some surprise to many to hear that Brisbane is in possession of a host of interesting little (and big) places, tucked away and populated by characters that are far removed from the usual suspects, it is absolutely true.

You only have to scratch below the surface to find the cheese factory in a suburban house, an unofficial taxi museum on an industrial back street, a wetland in the middle of suburbia, the remnants of historic graveyard behind a sports stadium.