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The Brisbane River (Turrbal: Maiwar) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley , the first European to explore the river, named it after the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Thomas Brisbane in 1823.
A bridge downstream of the Victoria Bridge was part of a larger plan, devised by Professor Roger Hawken of the University of Queensland in the 1920s, for a series of bridges over the Brisbane River to alleviate congestion on Victoria Bridge and to divert traffic away from the Brisbane central business district.
Ithaca Intact is a project by Save Our Waterways Now to restore the whole creek from Mount Coot-tha to Red Hill by building partnerships with business and government, informing and involving the community, reducing key weed species on private and public land, improving water quality, increasing flora and fauna and providing a peaceful and safe environment for enjoyment and relaxation.
It is bounded to the south by the Warrego Highway and to the south-west and west by the Brisbane Valley Highway. [ 3 ] Worlds End Pocket is a pocket of the Brisbane River in the easternmost part of the locality.( 27°31′16″S 152°45′30″E / 27.5211°S 152.7583°E / -27.5211; 152.7583 ( Worlds End
Kholo is an outermost locality of the City of Brisbane, located 42.3 kilometres (26.3 mi) by road WSW from the Brisbane CBD, [4] but only 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) by road west from the Ipswich CBD. [5] The locality is bounded to the south and west by the Brisbane River and to the north by the Dandy Range and to the north-east by the D'Aguilar ...
At the base of the cliff, next to the Brisbane River, is a narrow strip of parkland. The park contains electric barbecues, tables and chairs, sculptures, toilets and ample views of the Captain Cook Bridge, Story Bridge, mangroves, the City Botanic Gardens and downtown buildings across the river. Native vegetation has been redeveloped into ...
Former commercial wharves and associated on-shore industrial facilities along the Brisbane River are frequently redeveloped into residential and leisure facilities. While Hamilton Reach has seen a number of such re-developments e.g., Portside and Northshore Hamilton, unlike many other parts of the river, it has retained some commercial shipping ...
Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane River. [6] Indooroopilly is connected to Chelmer on the southern bank of the river by four bridges, consisting (from east to west) of a pedestrian/cycling bridge (Jack Pesch Bridge), two rail bridges (Albert Bridge and Indooroopilly Railway Bridge), and one road bridge (Walter Taylor Bridge