Wake up in the morning feel like.... a hot flu-ey mess. Yeah, doesn't quite have the same rhymes…read morebut when you wake up feeling less than brilliant having a chemist in such close proximity is a welcome thing. As well as being saving graces for allowing you to purchase cold & flu tablets with the good stuff, there's cosmetics, handy travel size products, vitamins, and all other kind of chemist-y things lining the shelves. Having popped in on several occasions from needing something to hit a flu on the head, filling scripts or an ointment to clear up a severe reaction to a face cream - the staff at the Brookside Terry White Chemist are generally cheerful and eager to help (yes you'd think this is a given but one should never assume those in retail are willing to help!).

This is quite a decent pharmacy, and not small in size or range for a pharmacy chain, particularly…read moreones not strictly within the inner city. Indeed you can spend quite a lot of time here waiting for your script just looking at the goods on display (there's aisles and aisles of stuff). For me, I like to check out the make-up, hair accessories and jewellery - and there's an ample supply of that here. People waiting for scripts can also pass time by browsing through Brookside Shopping Centre, the home of this Terry White Chemist. Generally I haven't had to wait on scripts for too long here, however, despite the fact that it seems to be always bustling with customers. However there are enough pharmacists and stuff employed at the chemist to make sure that everyone pretty much has their needs served to as soon as they approach the counter. It's a well-oiled machine, and you can tell. I also found the staff here to be very friendly in a genuine way. (The sort of people that foreigners appreciate and return home saying, "Australians are so NICE. Even the people working in shops are nice to you.") This level of high respect and friendliness is at odds with some of Brisbane's pharmacies where you feel like you're getting the third degree for asking to purchase nasal decongestant or cold and flu tablets. I understand that pharmacists can ask these questions, but there's asking and then there's the third-degree. All in all this is quite a gem of a pharmacy, including a wide range of household staples such as dental care products (I love my White Glo toothbrush and toothpaste pack) at prices below the chemist average.