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The Breakaway is what happens when you ditch the predictable group outing and replace it with a four storey drop, bottomless cocktails and an open air rooftop above Brisbane.

Quite the upgrade. The escape from the ordinary begins at the dropline, where your team heads four storeys up and gets an entirely new perspective on the city below. Suddenly nobody is thinking about the usual day. Attention is firmly fixed on the ledge, the drop ahead and which member of the group is going to volunteer to go first.

This experience has a wonderful way of rearranging expectations. The loudest teammate might become suspiciously quiet. Someone nobody expected to volunteer could step straight up. Others will be offering encouragement from the sidelines until they realise their own turn has arrived. As each person completes the drop, the atmosphere builds. Reactions are immediate, celebrations are genuine and the team quickly becomes invested in seeing everyone make it through. There is no need to manufacture enthusiasm when the whole group is watching their teammates tackle something this exhilarating.

Eventually, everyone returns to solid ground with elevated heart rates and considerably more material for future storytelling.

Time for the reward. The Breakaway continues at our sophisticated dining destination, where pastel hues, alfresco energy, plush booths and an intimate indoor space create an entirely different kind of buzz. The adrenaline can finally settle while everyone slides into their seats and starts dissecting the highlights. Share plates arrive for the table, creating an easy feast everyone can dig into together. No complicated formalities, just plenty to pass around while the group talks, laughs and starts rewriting the previous hour in increasingly heroic terms.

Alongside the food comes a particularly welcome change of pace. Bottomless spritzes, martinis and breezes. Glasses start arriving, favourites emerge and the whole session settles into that sweet spot where there is nowhere else anyone needs to be. The venue does the atmosphere beautifully, the food keeps travelling around the table and the cocktails give the team every reason to stay comfortably switched out of everyday mode.

When you are ready for one last change of scenery, The Breakaway heads upwards again. A trendy open air rooftop becomes your final destination, with sweeping skyline views and reserved seating waiting for the group. There is no challenge attached to this particular height. Your only responsibility is finding a comfortable spot and deciding who gets to pour. A bottle of bubbly is ready for the team, giving everyone one final reason to raise a glass together as Brisbane stretches out beyond the rooftop.

By now, the ordinary day feels a very long way away. That is the point of The Breakaway. It gives your team permission to disappear from routine for a while and do something with actual personality. You start with a shared challenge that instantly gets everyone engaged, move into colourful dining with bottomless drinks and finish somewhere above the city with nothing left to accomplish except enjoying yourselves.

No awkward team exercises. No predictable night that could have happened anywhere. Just one very good reason to break away from the usual.