I have been Ziggabalis a number of times and it never fails to please. There is a wide variety of choices, the food is delicious and it's excellent value for money. I know better than to order a large size of most of their pastas as they are just HUGE, but they are happy to give you a 'doggy bag' to take home.

Approximate cost: $25

After seeing Milko profiled on Brisbane Extra my husband and I decided to try it. It felt like we had stepped back in time - the milkshakes are delicious and served in enamel containers, and they have all the lollies that we used to be able to buy when we were kids like rosy red apples, musk sticks and even choo choo bars!!! Can't wait to go back!

Approximate cost: $12

We had recently sold our home and needed to find a place to rent while our new home was being built. After visiting several agents, as well as looking online, I contacted Chris at Harcourts. She was terrific and found us the most beautiful place to rent - no hard sell, just great service. July 2010...Unfortunately Chris left Harcourts and was replaced with a very rude and unhelpful property manager. When we left the rental property to move into our new home, she treated us very poorly. We are a middle aged couple with no children left at home, so the rental house was in pristine condition when we left. However, in an effort to keep as much of the bond as Harcourts could, this property manager listed some of the most ludicrous reasons for not returning our total bond. Water marks on the glass of the showers, cobwebs on the outside entry way (which were cleaned but, spiders being spiders, reconstructed their cobwebs each day, dust on the garage door etc etc She was so very rude and treated us like we were filthy people - a very stressful time. The RTA was very supportive during this time and we were able to get the majority of our bond back, but it left a very bitter taste in our mouths and I would not recommend Harcourts at North Lakes to anyone.

Our friends invited us to coffee at the Mustard Plum about six months ago. We were so impressed that we have been back several times for breakfast and for lunch. Now we are working on dinner! What a great find this place is.

I'm totally addicted - each day at noon I log on to see what today's 'Catch' is. Always good value but not always what I need or want - but then every now and then there is something that I just can't resist! Recently I bought a vacuum cleaner for less than $70 and it's brilliant.

It's so easy to upload your photos to Snapfish, choose what size you want and pay for them. Within a couple of days you can either collect them or have them posted to you. They are always excellent quality and they regularly email you with some great offers like discounts on canvas prints, calendars etc

One of our treats each week is to enjoy a cup of coffee and a donut before going in to do our grocery shopping. We have found the coffee at Donut King to be delicious and the donuts are always lovely and hot.

Since moving to North Lakes, we have started to use this library. Their online service is brilliant and, once you set yourself up with your preferred choices, you can receive regular emails of new books/DVDs/CDs and reserve them on line. The library itself is spacious, well set out and the staff are very helpful.

We have had a HUGE amount of trouble with our Courier Mail newspaper delivery and couldn't get satisfaction in dealing with the Courier Mail. So in desperation we contacted Kallangur Newsagency - Maria from the newsagency was incredible. She talked us all through it, got our account up to date and we now only deal with them and have had no more problems. They have a great range of products as well.

I have used the Flight Centre on a number of occasions when organising my overseas travel. We have never had any issues and they always respond to any follow up emails that I send.