Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Brisbane River. 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.
The geography of Brisbane is characterised by its coastal location in the south eastern corner of the Queensland state of Australia. It is located halfway up the Australian east coast with longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of 27.5° south and 153° east. The city resides within the Moreton Bay Floodplain, stretching from Caboolture to ...
The Brisbane River, running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by fifteen major bridges, from the Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges downstream to the Centenary upstream. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 2,562,000 people. There are two smaller crossings in the west of Brisbane City in the suburb of Mount Crosby ...
Satellite image of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area. Centred on the City of Brisbane, it captures from the Redcliffe Peninsula in the north, D'Aguilar National Park to the west, east to Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, and Logan City in the south. Brisbane Central Business District seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland ...
River name Length Source km miles Australian Capital Territory: Murrumbidgee River 59 37 [2] New South Wales: Murray River: 1,808 1,123 Northern Territory: Victoria River: 510 317 Queensland: Flinders River: 1,004 624 South Australia: Murray River: 700 435 Tasmania: South Esk River: 245 152 Victoria: Goulburn River: 654 406 Western Australia ...
Lamb House is a heritage-listed villa at 9 Leopard Street, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Alexander Brown Wilson and built from c. 1902 to c. 1908. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. [1]
Goodwill Bridge. The Goodwill Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge which spans the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The bridge connects the South Bank Parklands in South Brisbane to Gardens Point in the Brisbane CBD. The Goodwill Bridge was opened on 21 October 2001 and takes its name from the Goodwill Games, which were ...
Holman Street ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf located on the southern side of the Brisbane River in Kangaroo Point, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is served by RiverCity Ferries ' CityHopper and the Cross River service to Riverside wharf. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2004. [ 4]