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Bellbird Grove is a fabulous picnic place in Brisbane Forrest Park. There are plenty of picnic tables, gas barbeques and even fire rings available. Presently the place is so serene that it is hard to imagine miners roaming the hills during the 1860s looking for gold.
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The majority of the time we are blessed with near perfect weather in Brisbane. However, for a few days a year it can either be too hot or too wet/cold to venture outside. Panic not, as there are plenty of indoor options available for the fun to continue.
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Maiala is part of D’Aguilar National Park, situated inside Brisbane Forest Park. There are two very scenic routes to Maiala. You can travel via the Gap onto Waterworks Road and through the villages of Mount Nebo and Mount Glorious. Maiala is situated just outside the village of Mount Glorious.
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Boombana is a lovely secluded picnic spot between the town of Mt Nebo and Jolly’s Lookout. It offers barbeques, toilets and picnic tables. It also has two very different walking tracks.
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These wetlands are Brisbane’s largest and cover more than a thousand hectares.
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There is just something special about an island – gentle breezes, laid back attitudes, cocktails and refreshing dips in the ocean. It is the stuff of daydreams, because island holidays often cost an arm and a leg and are simply not something the average man can afford on a regular basis.
Unless you live in Brisbane! The beautiful river city is in close proximity to a variety of islands. You merely have to catch a ferry to reach your dream destination.
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We were disappointed by this garden. Maybe we expected too much of Brisbane’s original botanic garden. I would describe it rather as a huge inner city park than a botanic garden, but that was before I realised that the gardens have been flooded 8 times between 1870 and 1974.
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The centre offers the opportunity to see koalas up close and to learn what we could do to protect not only the species but also their habitat. About 130 koalas call the surrounding bushland home.
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Fort Lytton was not only used as a defensive position but also as a training camp till the end of World War II. The fort fell into disrepair until Ampol took over the site in 1963. It became a national park in 1988 which today not only protects Fort Lytton but also Lytton Quarantine Station.
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Flinders Plum and Harding’s Paddock Areas are the two base points from which to explore the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate. The Estate offers a range of recreational activities like hiking, mountain biking and horse riding. It covers more than 1900 hectares incorporating forests as well as rugged volcanic peaks like Flinders Peak, Mount Blaine, Mount Catherine and Mount Goolman.
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Aside from enjoying a picnic at one of the sheltered barbeque areas, the area also caters for bushwalking, horse riding and mountain biking. If hiking is your thing, you can embark on a short bush tucker trail or hike to Rocky Knoll or Goolman Lookout.
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Just half an hour north of Brisbane CBD you can still wander through a pocket of remnant rainforest. This beautiful piece of nature used to be the Bunya Park Wildlife centre. It closed down in 1994 and was zoned for redevelopment.
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This park got its name from the noisy miner (Manorina melanophrys) that is found here. The Morelia walking track leaves from the car park.
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Mount Coot-tha is probably the best known outlook in Brisbane. On a clear day it renders panoramic views of the city and Moreton Bay and the Glasshouse Mountains to the West.
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situated 7km from the CBD on 52 hectares! There are more than 20 000 plants representing about 5 000 species from around the world. As you can see, not something you can cover in one day. This was our second attempt at seeing all of it, but we will have to go back for the section on Australian Plants.
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We were dying to see the latest addition. In 2015 four more hectares were developed as part of the Legacy Way tunnel project. It includes a conservation walk, kitchen garden, new lagoon and children’s playground. What an ambitious and big job this development was – they planted 31,000 new individual native plants covering more than 1,100 varieties.
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Osprey house is an environmental centre situated on the Pine River on Dohles Rock Road, Griffin. It is named after fish-eating hawks (ospreys) which frequent the area.
It is a great place for young and old. The Osprey House building has an abundance of information, educational displays and touch tables.
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Queen Street Mall is situated in the heart of Brisbane city. This huge complex is always bustling but as Christmas draws closer there is an added excitement in the air.
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An absolute gem we found in this reserve is the Downfall Creek Bushland Centre. It is a resource centre offering a big range of programs for the community. We utilized one of these programs (Get Wild) and went along on a bird watching walk. It departed from the centre at 7.30am on a Saturday morning. We really recommend it.
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After seeing they hype about this development on television, we knew we wanted to experience it firsthand. As soon as the first heatwave of the season struck, we grabbed the esky, sunscreen and towels and headed towards Robelle Domain.
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This park offers an unbelievable display of subtropical plants, picture perfect vistas and very unique artwork. It covers 16 hectares and used to be a railway yard. I have read somewhere that it is the world’s largest subtropical garden in a city centre.
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A vibrant riverside parkland with a variety of options like markets, picnic areas, restaurants, shops, museums, galleries, entertainment venues and walking/running/cycling tracks. We are just highlighting a few, but promise to explore more in the near future.
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In the main exhibition hall you’ll find a gun barrel in the form of a dragon that was recovered from the Great Barrier Reef. In this same hall we marvelled at the beautiful wooden furniture on board Lucinda. I also have to mention the intricate detail of the various model ships on display.
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This wetland lies between Pine River and Bald Hills Creek and is home to more than 200 species of birds. It is an important resting and feeding ground for migratory birds. The park covers roughly 380 hectares and is part of a chain of coastal wetlands.
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The vegetation of this forest is typical of the forests that once covered Brisbane. Along the creeks and gullies you’ll find vine forest and closed scrub and in pockets along Mimosa Creek you’ll find rainforest species. At night look out for tawny frogmouths, sugar gliders, squirrel gliders, bats, flying foxes, ringtail possums and brushtail possums.
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White Rock has been on our bucket list for a long time. I came across the name in a book about the “wild places” of the greater Brisbane area. This book states that “White Rock has no signage to assist visitors negotiate the numerous tracks and people have become disorientated while seeking White Rock. It is suggested that visitors be accompanied by someone who knows the area.”
Not very inviting is it? However, this weekend we could no longer resist the call of White Rock. I am happy to rep
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This circuit leads you past manicured lawns and patches of native plants to a bird hide overlooking a roosting site of migratory and shore birds. During spring migratory birds on the Asia-Pacific flight path rest here, so be on the look out for eastern curlews and bar-tailed godwits.
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The park is located off Jolimont Street, Sherwood. It has two fairly big ponds with a walkway in between. The walkway is very handy when observing the big variety of birds. Birds commonly seen on the ponds include Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, White Ibis, Pacific Black Duck, Mallard, Magpie Geese and Little Pied Cormorant.
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This jewel is located just 12 kilometres from Brisbane CBD. If you are looking for a stunning venue for you wedding reception or a beautiful setting for your next conference, this could be just the place you are looking for.
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If you like to go for a drive on the beach, you’ll love White Patch. Is it much closer than Rainbow Beach if you leave from Brisbane, but just as beautiful.
You can access the beach directly from Woorim or take the long way round via White Patch. The Northern access road is a sandy track that will lead you to the beach. It is rough going at times with very loose sand and is recommended for 4wds with high clearance.