Location 23 Parker Street Newmarket, Brisbane QLD 4051
Only a stone's throw from Enoggera Creek and green parklands, Soul Space Brisbane is an urban sanctuary perfectly nestled just 5kms from the heart of Brisbane city.
The elegantly restored hall stands nobly amidst beautiful old Queenslanders and immediately upon arrival stirs feelings of kinship and community.
"The combination of location and space evoke a felt sense of
stillness and calm without the need to leave the city"
At the entrance a cottage style garden buzzes through the seasons and a stone pathway winds out to catch your first foot fall immediately grounding that sense of arrival and fading the humdrum of the city into the background.
The combination of location and space evoke a felt sense of stillness and calm without the need to leave the city - individual and community merge with sincerity and simplicity. An old kind of magic unfolds itself.
Getting Here
BUS
450m to main bus stop on Enoggera Road.
TRAIN
2.8km to Windsor train station, 1.2km to Newmarket train station
PLAN YOUR TRIP
Use Qld Transport's Translink Journey Planner
PARKING
All parking is free, on-street parking on either Parker St, Foster St or Kelvin St. We are not in a heavily built up area so parking is generally easy, available and very close by.
LOCAL EATERIES
We are located just 350m from Newmarket Village. Here you will find a huge range of food options as well as Coles supermarket. Also, close by is Market Organics.
ACCOMMODATION
3.8km to Ibis Budget Windsor (10 min drive or 30min walk along Enoggera Creek bikeway). 5km to Brisbane City or South Bank. AirBNB is another popular option.
"A few steps from the door we also have some beautiful parkland. This is a great place to take lunch. Some facilitators also use this space as a breakout area for certain activities within their workshops."
History
Soul Space Brisbane acknowledges the Turrbal people as the traditional custodians of the Country on which Soul Space Brisbane stands.
A small history of the building in which Soul Space resides:
2013 - present
Soul Space Brisbane
Renovations saw a transformation of the hall space as well as a reshaping of the little mezzanine balcony into a breathtaking private consultation room.
Images photographed by Jodie de Rome, 2021
2006 - 2013
Yoga on Parker
Yoga on Parker was owned and operated by a local business woman who built her own business focusing on Iyengar Yoga as well as hiring the space to many other facilitators running community events, classes and workshops.
Images photographed by Jodie de Rome, 2013.
1985 - 2006
Norwegian Club of Queensland
The Norwegian Club of Qld purchased the hall in 1985 for their first clubhouse not only in Queensland but in Australia. The building was purchased for their meetings and community events.
'The club's savings stood at well over $20,000 - mainly due to the magnificent efforts and organisation by Solveig Hove and others over the many years since the club was established. It was a dogged effort by the club's women members - each year selling craft at their annual Christmas Bazaar. Even though not the largest Norwegian Club, it was the only Norwegian Clubhouse in Australia! A milestone!'
Reference: Williams, Berit E. A Norwegian Outpost Down Under: Commemorating the Norwegian Club of Queensland's first 25 years 1969-94. (Norwegian Club of Queensland, 1994
1887
M.U.I.O.O.F Hope of Enoggera Lodge
(Manchester Unity Independant Order of Odd Fellows)
The Hope of Enoggera Lodge was the 74th lodge to be established in Queensland as part of the Queensland branch of M.U.I.O.O.F. It was established 12 September 1887.
The M.U.I.O.O.F operated as a mutual benefit society that provided social and financial support to its members. The society provided aid to members in times of sickness and unemployment; these benefits were obtained through joining fees and ongoing contributions. Prospective members had to apply and be voted in by local lodge members.
The image above was taken in 1985 just after the hall had been purchased by the Norwegian Club.
Image source: Williams, Berit E. A Norwegian Outpost Down Under: Commemorating the Norwegian Club of Queensland's first 25 years 1969-94. (Norwegian Club of Queensland, 1994