Places, past and present
Everything happens in a time and a place, and every place is a bridge between the present and the past.
Gregory Park
A public park in Rosalie and the historic locus of Red Jacket Swamp, perhaps the most notorious stretch of Western Creek.
Dunmore Bridge
The bridge on Coronation Drive passing over the mouth of Western Creek.
Milton Drain
The modern incarnation of Western Creek’s lower reaches.
Norman Buchan Park
A park in Rainworth built over and around the original path of Western Creek.
Fernberg
More commonly known today as Government House, and the official residence of Queensland’s Governor.
Fernberg Pond
A natural pond at the lowest portion of the Government House grounds.
John Oxley Centre
A collection of buildings over the last section of Western Creek before it meets the river.
Frew Park
A large park between Milton Road and Haig Road, previously the Milton Tennis Centre.
Couldrey Street Clearing
A small, low-lying grassy area that divides the two sides of Couldrey Street in Rainworth. There was a waterhole here up until the 1970s.
University of Queensland
Brisbane’s oldest and largest university, located in St Lucia on the Brisbane River.
Birdwood Terrace
A road forming the southern boundary of the Western Creek catchment and the northern boundary of the Langsville Creek catchment.
Rainworth Park
A small park on the path of Western Creek between Haining Street and the Magdalene Court retirement village.
Milton Distillery
Operating from 1871 to 1889 on Cribb Street, this was claimed by some to be Queensland’s first rectifying distillery.
Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens
Botanical Gardens managed by the Brisbane City Council. Part of the Langsville Creek catchment.
Boundary Road
A road through Bardon that divides two major subcatchments of Western Creek.
Miskin Street
A road passing through part of Toowong. Stubbornly straight despite the formidable hills it traverses.
Suncorp Stadium
Home of the Broncos! More affectionately known as Lang Park, and the site of one of Brisbane’s earliest burial grounds.
Mount Coot-tha Quarry
A huge quarry next to the Mount Coot-tha Gardens, and part of the Langsville Creek catchment.
Anzac Park
A large park in Toowong across the freeway from the Botanic Gardens. It was gazetted as part of the Toowong Cemetery in 1861, then as a rifle range in 1887, and converted to a memorial…
Faulkner Park
A large public park, and flood zone, adjoining the Brisbane River in Graceville.
Milton Lagoon
A historic water feature in the Milton area near the Brisbane River.
Perrin Park
A park in the lower reaches of Toowong Creek.
Milton Road
A major road running from Petrie Terrace to Toowong.
Milton Village Commercial Complex
A complex of offices and retail businesses on Lang Parade.