Some 44 years ago a small group of us set off from Sunnybank ( near banoon) & walked to Chandler in the bush ( to a family property ). There were 5 of us & we set off at about 4am & even that was great but challenging with some adventure on the way .
My grandparents Harold & Ruby Roach had their home relocated after 74 floods originally located Rocklea stones throw from Rocklea McDonald's. Relocated to Middle St 1975 . No. 31 still there today. They both lived there till their passings. I had no idea about the road and it twists and turns to its end..fascinating. I remember Middle St before QE11 Hospital. Robertson suburb didn't exist . The old drive- in theatre on Troughton Rd was still open..
Another excellent presentation Rob love watching your videos please keep making them ,hey I also had a 4 door LJ torana for my first car they were great wish I still had it al the best mate
My goodness Rob, a 7 and a half hour walk in January... that's insane! 😆 I often complain about the drive being too long haha...you must be incredibly fit. Well done 🙌 I did not know that Garden City used to be a pineapple plantation. I really love your videos and learning about the history of Brisbane and surrounds 💕
@A Malczewski thank you, appreciate your feedback. I also cycle and jog. My toughest walk was from Beenleigh to Southport and that took 10 hours. Thanks again! Hope you like my next video which will be about Stapylton.
During the early 1960’s dad would drive mum and I down old roads and dirt tracks. For some reason we were fascinated by where they ended up. No 4Wd ‘s back then. We ended up doing the “track” from Mt Gravatt to Capalaba, the road you walk down in this video. Not sure which end we started from for the first time but I know the Capalaba end was pretty bad and basically consisted of two wheel ruts to indicate where the road was. It was fun.
Great little walk - At 6:50 was where I grew up on a Poultry Farm, my Father purchased there in 1944 I still have envelopes marking the mail address as Redlands Rd Mt Gravatt Upper. The little park at Broadwater Rd junction is the Dray Rd memorial which the Mt Gravatt Historical Society installed. Mt Petrie is to the north of the Chinese Church at 10::30 . Ross Ck is named after William Davidson ROSS one of my ancestors. used to love going out on the jetty at Oyster Point - Old Courthouse.
@Malcolm knowles thanks for your very interesting feedback. Do you have any photos of the old poultry farm? I recall back in the 80's going rollerskating at a rink in this area. I wonder if the building is still there (I forgot to look as I went by).
Thanks so much for sharing your walks. I grew up in Rochedale in the 80s and 90s, and have been living overseas for 20 years. It is great to be able to revisit some old stomping grounds with you (even if I never walked over all of them like you seem to have...).
Wow Richard if you got to see how Rochedale has been developed with new housing estates along Miles Plating Road to Rochedale Road, and along Gardner Rd its so different to the previous huge big land blocks of lush greens growing from the red dirt. Was always great to see goats cows and sheep, the plant nursery along the way, but thats mostly gone. Modern Houses are cramped together like big sardines on narrow streets leading to a very nice though Coles supermarket.. Rochedale Road Fruit market on that big land block was doing great last time I looked with the increasing population, including traffic from the schools and the new child daycare center across the road.
That is quite a hike. You finished in my general area. During a king tide the waves break over that wall where you finished and they even splash over the cars. In a cyclone it is recorded the waves went right across that narrow piece of land out to Cleveland Point. There is some very interesting history on Peel Island just east of there where there used to be a leper colony. The buildings are still there apparently. It was closed because of the development of a drug for leprosy called Dapsone I believe. Leprosy is now called Hansen's Disease and its quite safe for people with the disease to live in the community generally so long as they take the drug. That is great. Good to see places I usually just drive past. That is probably why there are so few footpaths. I walk about 11,000 steps most days. Good video. Many thanks Rob.
Cleveland was my stomping ground when I was young, we used to slide down the hill on pieces of cardboard behind the Grand View Hotel. My parents and older brothers used to live in the Doctors house beside the RSL club. Some notes I Found. 1. Cleveland was called 'Emu Point' by the squatters who knew the district in the 1840s. Then Assistant Surveyor Warner named it in honour of the Duke of Cleveland (also known as Baron Raby) in July 1851.
Work out in the Renaissance. Laughed at that one. Very knowledgeable and loved the memories of the Red House and the pie van. You made really good time.
@cavangie thanks so much for watching! I try to inject some humour here and there :-) My next video is being edited right now and is about the old boundary roads that surround Brisbane.
Thanks for your insight Rob - I loved learning about the areas as you passed through. There's so much I don't know about these areas I grew up in and travel through frequently, and am fascinated by what you revealed on your walk :)
When I was a kid, I lived in Bosworth St (named after the builder who developed this little area, and who lived on Ipswich Road near Yeronga Park), Coopers Plains. This would have been the last street you crossed before the Library. At that time, there was no library. Instead there was a house where the 'Pollocks' lived. He was a cabinet maker and worked in a shed out the back. The remainder of the land was their field where I could often be found playing with my younger brother, and some of the Pollock's 5 children. A creek (which is still there), formed a border for the property. This was really 'out-in-the-sticks' back in 1966. I also remember that the butcher's shop in the (much) smaller strip of shops there, still had sawdust on the floor, and a sign that said - "No Expectorating! Fine of 5 Pounds.
Most of Coopers Plains was built in the 1950s. There was still a small plot of farmland in Banoon in the early 2000s. Stable Swamp Creek runs through Acacia Ridge rail yards south of that on the way to Oxley Creek. The GMH Holden plant was on the east side of the North Coast Railway at Acacia Ridge from 1966 onwards.
My brother and I used to work at the Grand View Hotel on Cleveland Point in the late 90s and eairly 2000s. Oldest licensed hotel in QLD! It was rumoured that it was haunted. Locking up, late at night, up stairs, turning the lights off, when the breeze was making the windows rattle was a bit creepy! That's pretty good going walking all that way in that much time and some really interesting history that I previously knew nothing about!
Great stuff Rob, I’m very impressed with what you did here mate. Any more interesting walks coming up? I am severely vision impaired so can’t necessarily walk very far off road however back in July, I walked from Thorneside to my partners place in Salisbury, about 26 km. Most enjoyable way to spend a Sunday morning. I agree with your comments on the footpaths of Redland city. Not enough of them and the ones we do have a badly maintained! Thanks for sharing a great video.
@Peter Black thank you for your very kind and supportive comment. Yes indeed, I finished a new walk two days ago and am currently editing it right now. In it I explore the old boundary roads from the mid 19th century that surround Brisbane. Was only a 15 k walk but I found lots of interesting stuff.
@@walkaboutwithrob Great stuff Rob and I am looking forward to your next video mate. How many Boundry roads are there? I know there are a lot. I think they used to serve as the Boundry between white settlement and the aborigines living outside, is that correct? Cheers mate and keep up your great work. PS, as has already been asked in someone else’s comment, have you walked any of the rail trails? I did the one from Caboolture to Wamuran and back in August with a couple of mates, it is 10 km each way and a very nice walk with the starting point near Caboolture station. Cheers again mate.
Wow that's a long walk in the heat. I haven't been through Mt Gravatt for a long time. I used to go to the Mt Gravatt skateway back in the mid 80's...good times 😊
Really!! That's around the time when I used to go there...what a small world we live in. I used to go to the Argonaut skating rink on Kingston Road back in the day, too.
@@shellebelle53 Very small world. I probably tried to buy you drink (soft drink) but would have been rejected. I didn't know there was once a rink at the Argonaut centre. That's interesting
@walkaboutwithrob I was always terribly shy and quiet, so I would have died if that had been the case and wondered why in the world you would want to talk to me 😁...yes it was behind the Foodworks etc
I'm 3:20 in, and following your journey using Google Maps (as I do...it's a hobby, leave me alone...I do it on the NFSA videos too lol), and I'm thinking, "you're just a few kilomtres from the site of the caravan park that we lived in from1968 until about 1970(?) before we moved to Perth. It was the 'Seven Pines' Caravan Park. It was on the South East corner of the Turton Street/Station Road intersection, and on that same corner was an Ampol service station. The old-school type with a resident mechanic and workshop. Dad often helped out there. On the Southwest corner was a row of shops; bakery, small grocery store, chemist, fish and chip shop, newsagent. On the North West corner was the 'Centenary' pool if memory serves correctly. On the North East corner was 'The Oasis', some sort of 'resort-style swimming complex. It was the 'rich people's' swimming pool, as opposed to the Centenary where we locals swam at. It was also one of the sites that the Queen visited in 1969 for some odd reason. My mum took us there but I was only three feet tall with platform shoes, so I didn't see anything.
I know the road well and I got tired just watching. I remember the rickerty old timber bridge that used to cross Bulimba creek. If you followed the old road toward where the reservior is now just past where you turned left to Capalaba there used to be amazing grass tree forests. They rivalled the grass tree forests you see on Nth Straddie. You're lucky to see even a single grass tree along that road these days as people have slowly taken them one by one. It's a shame as they were majestic.
Great video. At Tingalpa creek you can see the rock crossing from the bridge at low tide. On a king tide you can motor up over there to the wall of the dam and that's an interesting run as well.
I've enjoyed watching your walks and its made me want to do something similar with my channel. I know of a street in logan where an Australian musician grew up and was thinking of doing the walk he would of done as a kid going to the local shops and also to where an old music shop he had been good friends with the now deceased owner.
@@walkaboutwithrob yes it is, i also found out where the other member used to live aswell. once i do some more research ect ill go and check it all out.
5:12 I think that's the M3. Once across there you head past Garden City I think. Yes, I'm Google Map stalking. My Aunty has lived on Creek Road at Mt Gravatt since I was born basically.
@@walkaboutwithrob The Belmont Line could be a good one. There's nothing left of the railway, but the right of way is about 95% still accessible by the public. The line was a lightly built single track built by the Belmont Shire Council (which used to be based in Carina). They built it hoping to spark the kind of development that the neighbouring Balmoral Shire had experienced after QR had built the Cleveland line. It was served (for most of it's history) by steam trains from South Brisbane. The idea of building a light line was that QR would want to take it over and rebuild it for heavier traffic. History here: echo-news.com.au/memorbilla-restoration-reveals-an-intriguing-history/ www.kstwx.net/belrwy.html www.ryanmurphy.com.au/news/historic-tramway-signs Walking route: The railway ran alongside the existing line from Norman Park Station to the end of Acfold Street. You can walk off the north end of the inbound platform to Myall Street, then up Bennetts Road towards Fitzgerald Street. At Fitzgerald Street, the railway crossed Bennetts Road and ran through the Bennetts Road Bushland park. You can walk through this park, there's quite a few paths, none of them follow the exact railway route though. The railway then ran along the north side of Darcy Road. The route is now a wide footpath that you can walk along. Crossing Kensington Ave, the railway then ran along the median of Oateson Skyline Drive. At the roundabout on Ferguson Road, the railway ran straight down the eastern edge of the bowls club green, then diagonally through the current houses to the corner of Wiles Street and Halland Terrace (you can see a couple of diagonal fences on Google Earth that hint at the route). You'll need to go around this section on Wiles Street. At Halland Terrace, the line crossed Wiles Street and ran diagonally across the primary school oval, then along the oddly diagonal boundary between the school and the energex substation. I'm not sure what the rules for accessing primary school ovals are, but you might be able to walk this part of the route. Beyond this, the line curved east onto Old Cleveland Road somewhere between Clara and Margaret Streets - property boundaries again hint at the route. The line then ran alongside the original northern edge of Old Cleveland Road as far as Adelaide Street. At this point, OCR used to deviate along the route of what is now Narracott Street. It then turned south and ran almost parallel to Creek Road almost as far as the intersection with Millennium Boulevard. Then OCR due east and rejoined the existing alignment around the intersection with Carindale Street. The railway line hugged the north edge of this route, except in the vicinity of the PCYC, where it was in a cutting that was closer to Creek Road than the original OCR route. You can walk the original OCR route, but the cutting is underneath the current PCYC building. After exiting the cutting, the railway returned to the north edge of OCR and followed this route all the way to the terminus across from the Belmont State School tennis courts. A few interesting (to me) tidbits: Naming. You'll often see the line referred to as the Belmont Tramway, or the Belmont Steam Tram. This is because it used to be the case that anything called a "railway" needed to be individually authorized by their own acts of parliament. In the 1880s, the Queensland colonial parliament passed a law that permitted private rail lines to be built without this sort of specific act of parliament provided they didn't compete with a "railway". This law didn't however allow these private lines to be called railways, so they were officially referred to as something else - in this case a tramway. Belmont Electric Tram. Confusingly, there was also a Belmont Electric Tram, which wasn't the same thing at all. In 1948, the council extended the Cavendish Road tram from a new junction at Coorparoo to Carina. This new line was called the Belmont Electric Tram. About 700m of the Belmont Electric Tram ran along Old Cleveland Road in the vicinity of the old railway corridor. As part of this conversion, OCR was widened. Between the Camp Hill State School and East St, the railway corridor was set back from the original road, and is now under the outbound lanes, not under the tram tracks. From East Street to Anzac Road, the railway corridor was hard up against the OCR alignment and is now underneath the tram tracks / wide median. Past Anzac Road, the railway alignment gradually veered away from the OCR alignment. Moved Tram Terminus. Originally the Belmont Electric Tram continued to a terminus at Mayfield Road. This original terminus would have included a crossover to allow trams to switch tracks when reversing. In 1966, the terminus was moved about 100m closer to the city (to allow traffic to turn right in and out of Jones Road). This involved demolishing the final 100m of track including the crossover. You can still see where the remaining track was modified to create a replacement crossover. Various OCR routes: OCR has had at least three different alignments through Carina Heights over the years. You can still see remnants of all three near the Carina IGA. The original route is today marked by the dead end section of road just south of OCR that gives access to about 8 houses and the IGA carpark. The original road then continues as a rough track along the top edge of the current road cutting before descending steeply down to Creek Road. This alignment was bypassed in the late 19th century by a new alignment along Narracott Street as described above. The asphalt pavement along this alignment is still present and publicly accessable. The final alignment was built in the late 70s and involved cutting right through the hill. This is obviously the current alignment. Brick gates on Narracott Street: I can't find anything out about these. Nothing at all. But I will note that they face the old OCR alignment (meaning that the current Narracott Street actually passes by the inside of the gates). They are located in what would have been the South West corner of the Belmont Shire Hall property (ie the block of land where the Belmont Shire council meetings were held). I don't know if they have anything to do with that though. They might be associated with something that was built later. Map of the line here upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Belmont_Tramway_map.png
@@AudioTones67 No preferred brand, however I'm currently liking the Merrell Walking shoes with the Vibram soles. Seems to work well on these long journeys.
Was originally called Cowpers plains, you missed the 18 century cobbled road just near old original bridge and billiards creek has a vita ring up near industrial site.
I spent my childhood around the area, glad I pissed off decades ago, and got the hell out there. I haven't looked back, I still visit regularly, back allways glad to see Brisbane in the rearview mirror. Hate the place, too busy and full of fuck heads. Yeah, I know it's full of history, but so is any town in Qld.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I didn't know there was a convict station at Coopers Plains. I grew up in the area and don't remember learning that when we did the history of the area. What street did you start on? My g-grandparents had a property on Daisy St that my grandfather grew up on. And I grew up around the corner from the Coopers Plains railway crossing on Beenleigh Rd. I would love to take my kids on a trip of that route. Would you be able to share a link to where I can find the exact route? Except, I'll do it in winter!
@Tina Jenkins thanks for your comment, glad you liked the video. I began my journey on Sway Street as that seemed to be the closest to where the convict station was at Cowper's Plains. (At least, where we can best place its location). I don't have a link to the route because I worked it out myself based on various maps and descriptions. The old map I featured in the video can be found at the Queensland State Archives.
@@walkaboutwithrob thanks, I did some research of my own last night, and that sounds like the correct location. It was around the vicinity of Stable Swamp Creek. My g-grandparents property was just a little further along in Daisy street from 1919. In fact, if you look on the map you see SS creek widening a bit around that point. That is where it ran through the back of the property and my g-grandfather dug the creek out to make it wider for his kids to swim and row a boat across.
Just an advice. Brisbane is not very walkable city. When walking along a road without shoulders, I choose the right side whenever possible to see the oncoming traffic.
@Sandra Watkins I've only ever walked on my own; never thought of bringing others along for the journey. I also jog every second day... recently turned 50 so exercise is very important. Thanks for watching!
Hey rob IF you took Brightveiw Rd that would be still going along the original route till of course you end up in the drink and it actually meets back up on the the original road, but you needed to turn right and follow the Morton Bay Express way
Some 44 years ago a small group of us set off from Sunnybank ( near banoon) & walked to Chandler in the bush ( to a family property ). There were 5 of us & we set off at about 4am & even that was great but challenging with some adventure on the way .
Your videos are never boring 👍👍
@@WilliamGuild-gw3tb thanks!
My grandparents Harold & Ruby Roach had their home relocated after 74 floods originally located Rocklea stones throw from Rocklea McDonald's. Relocated to Middle St 1975 . No. 31 still there today. They both lived there till their passings. I had no idea about the road and it twists and turns to its end..fascinating. I remember Middle St before QE11 Hospital. Robertson suburb didn't exist . The old drive- in theatre on Troughton Rd was still open..
Another excellent presentation Rob love watching your videos please keep making them ,hey I also had a 4 door LJ torana for my first car they were great wish I still had it al the best mate
Thanks! I miss my Torana
Hey walkabout Rob . I really enjoy walking around vicariously with you . Very informative. True blue .
Thank you!
My goodness Rob, a 7 and a half hour walk in January... that's insane! 😆 I often complain about the drive being too long haha...you must be incredibly fit. Well done 🙌 I did not know that Garden City used to be a pineapple plantation. I really love your videos and learning about the history of Brisbane and surrounds 💕
@A Malczewski thank you, appreciate your feedback. I also cycle and jog. My toughest walk was from Beenleigh to Southport and that took 10 hours. Thanks again! Hope you like my next video which will be about Stapylton.
Walk more you lazy bastard.
During the early 1960’s dad would drive mum and I down old roads and dirt tracks. For some reason we were fascinated by where they ended up. No 4Wd ‘s back then. We ended up doing the “track” from Mt Gravatt to Capalaba, the road you walk down in this video. Not sure which end we started from for the first time but I know the Capalaba end was pretty bad and basically consisted of two wheel ruts to indicate where the road was. It was fun.
Great little walk - At 6:50 was where I grew up on a Poultry Farm, my Father purchased there in 1944 I still have envelopes marking the mail address as Redlands Rd Mt Gravatt Upper. The little park at Broadwater Rd junction is the Dray Rd memorial which the Mt Gravatt Historical Society installed. Mt Petrie is to the north of the Chinese Church at 10::30 . Ross Ck is named after William Davidson ROSS one of my ancestors. used to love going out on the jetty at Oyster Point - Old Courthouse.
@Malcolm knowles thanks for your very interesting feedback. Do you have any photos of the old poultry farm? I recall back in the 80's going rollerskating at a rink in this area. I wonder if the building is still there (I forgot to look as I went by).
Thank you for making these videos Rob. Appreciate all the research, detail and effort you put into making them.
Awesome walk, Rob. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks so much for sharing your walks. I grew up in Rochedale in the 80s and 90s, and have been living overseas for 20 years. It is great to be able to revisit some old stomping grounds with you (even if I never walked over all of them like you seem to have...).
Wow Richard if you got to see how Rochedale has been developed with new housing estates along Miles Plating Road to Rochedale Road, and along Gardner Rd its so different to the previous huge big land blocks of lush greens growing from the red dirt. Was always great to see goats cows and sheep, the plant nursery along the way, but thats mostly gone. Modern Houses are cramped together like big sardines on narrow streets leading to a very nice though Coles supermarket.. Rochedale Road Fruit market on that big land block was doing great last time I looked with the increasing population, including traffic from the schools and the new child daycare center across the road.
@@margareth1504 That all sounds a bit horrific, to be honest.
Long walk. Love your work.
You must go through an amazing amount of socks great walks and great videos thankyou
That is quite a hike. You finished in my general area. During a king tide the waves break over that wall where you finished and they even splash over the cars. In a cyclone it is recorded the waves went right across that narrow piece of land out to Cleveland Point. There is some very interesting history on Peel Island just east of there where there used to be a leper colony. The buildings are still there apparently. It was closed because of the development of a drug for leprosy called Dapsone I believe. Leprosy is now called Hansen's Disease and its quite safe for people with the disease to live in the community generally so long as they take the drug. That is great. Good to see places I usually just drive past. That is probably why there are so few footpaths. I walk about 11,000 steps most days. Good video. Many thanks Rob.
Cleveland was my stomping ground when I was young, we used to slide down the hill on pieces of cardboard behind the Grand View Hotel. My parents and older brothers used to live in the Doctors house beside the RSL club.
Some notes I Found.
1. Cleveland was called 'Emu Point' by the squatters who knew the district in the 1840s. Then Assistant Surveyor Warner named it in honour of the Duke of Cleveland (also known as Baron Raby) in July 1851.
3:37 What a special place to invoke memories, Rob. It's those things that give us history.
Thanks Rob. I am interested in the old convict roads and enjoyed 'walking' with you.
Great video Rob! Love your work.
Work out in the Renaissance. Laughed at that one. Very knowledgeable and loved the memories of the Red House and the pie van. You made really good time.
@cavangie thanks so much for watching! I try to inject some humour here and there :-) My next video is being edited right now and is about the old boundary roads that surround Brisbane.
Thanks for your insight Rob - I loved learning about the areas as you passed through. There's so much I don't know about these areas I grew up in and travel through frequently, and am fascinated by what you revealed on your walk :)
Thanks Rob, a most informative walk. You walked close to my place at Mackenzie.
When I was a kid, I lived in Bosworth St (named after the builder who developed this little area, and who lived on Ipswich Road near Yeronga Park), Coopers Plains. This would have been the last street you crossed before the Library. At that time, there was no library. Instead there was a house where the 'Pollocks' lived. He was a cabinet maker and worked in a shed out the back. The remainder of the land was their field where I could often be found playing with my younger brother, and some of the Pollock's 5 children. A creek (which is still there), formed a border for the property. This was really 'out-in-the-sticks' back in 1966. I also remember that the butcher's shop in the (much) smaller strip of shops there, still had sawdust on the floor, and a sign that said - "No Expectorating! Fine of 5 Pounds.
Most of Coopers Plains was built in the 1950s. There was still a small plot of farmland in Banoon in the early 2000s. Stable Swamp Creek runs through Acacia Ridge rail yards south of that on the way to Oxley Creek. The GMH Holden plant was on the east side of the North Coast Railway at Acacia Ridge from 1966 onwards.
My brother and I used to work at the Grand View Hotel on Cleveland Point in the late 90s and eairly 2000s. Oldest licensed hotel in QLD! It was rumoured that it was haunted. Locking up, late at night, up stairs, turning the lights off, when the breeze was making the windows rattle was a bit creepy! That's pretty good going walking all that way in that much time and some really interesting history that I previously knew nothing about!
Hi Rob.. I hope one day you can do a video on Redcliffe qld. Great history with first settlement etc.
Anyways finders crossed …
Great stuff Rob, I’m very impressed with what you did here mate. Any more interesting walks coming up? I am severely vision impaired so can’t necessarily walk very far off road however back in July, I walked from Thorneside to my partners place in Salisbury, about 26 km. Most enjoyable way to spend a Sunday morning. I agree with your comments on the footpaths of Redland city. Not enough of them and the ones we do have a badly maintained! Thanks for sharing a great video.
@Peter Black thank you for your very kind and supportive comment. Yes indeed, I finished a new walk two days ago and am currently editing it right now. In it I explore the old boundary roads from the mid 19th century that surround Brisbane. Was only a 15 k walk but I found lots of interesting stuff.
@@walkaboutwithrob Great stuff Rob and I am looking forward to your next video mate. How many Boundry roads are there? I know there are a lot. I think they used to serve as the Boundry between white settlement and the aborigines living outside, is that correct? Cheers mate and keep up your great work. PS, as has already been asked in someone else’s comment, have you walked any of the rail trails? I did the one from Caboolture to Wamuran and back in August with a couple of mates, it is 10 km each way and a very nice walk with the starting point near Caboolture station. Cheers again mate.
great content, that's a hell of a walk. shame we don't have a nice beach for a refreshing swim.
Walking. You need sweet drinks for energy. Thankyou for your videos.
The car accident was almost like walking through a movie set.
40000+ steps is awesome too
Enjoyable to journey with you Rob!
@Julie Schipplock thanks Julie! Just finished another walk today and hope to have it ready within a few days...
04:50 We used to ride billy carts & skateboards at night at the Mobil Petrol Station in the mid 70’s
Wow that's a long walk in the heat. I haven't been through Mt Gravatt for a long time. I used to go to the Mt Gravatt skateway back in the mid 80's...good times 😊
@shelleigh5993 I used to skate there as well back in 86 and 87 when I was at high school. Maybe I accidentally tripped you over...
Really!! That's around the time when I used to go there...what a small world we live in. I used to go to the Argonaut skating rink on Kingston Road back in the day, too.
@@shellebelle53 Very small world. I probably tried to buy you drink (soft drink) but would have been rejected. I didn't know there was once a rink at the Argonaut centre. That's interesting
@walkaboutwithrob I was always terribly shy and quiet, so I would have died if that had been the case and wondered why in the world you would want to talk to me 😁...yes it was behind the Foodworks etc
Great video imazing what you notice when you slow down and walk it rather than drive it, thanks for the Vid mate.
@Newtolds your'e welcome!
The "conference centre" is the alex hills pub
I'm 3:20 in, and following your journey using Google Maps (as I do...it's a hobby, leave me alone...I do it on the NFSA videos too lol), and I'm thinking, "you're just a few kilomtres from the site of the caravan park that we lived in from1968 until about 1970(?) before we moved to Perth. It was the 'Seven Pines' Caravan Park. It was on the South East corner of the Turton Street/Station Road intersection, and on that same corner was an Ampol service station. The old-school type with a resident mechanic and workshop. Dad often helped out there. On the Southwest corner was a row of shops; bakery, small grocery store, chemist, fish and chip shop, newsagent. On the North West corner was the 'Centenary' pool if memory serves correctly. On the North East corner was 'The Oasis', some sort of 'resort-style swimming complex. It was the 'rich people's' swimming pool, as opposed to the Centenary where we locals swam at. It was also one of the sites that the Queen visited in 1969 for some odd reason. My mum took us there but I was only three feet tall with platform shoes, so I didn't see anything.
Great video
Walking anywhere near that far in that weather = sunstroke. Braver and fitter man than I.
I know the road well and I got tired just watching.
I remember the rickerty old timber bridge that used to cross Bulimba creek. If you followed the old road toward where the reservior is now just past where you turned left to Capalaba there used to be amazing grass tree forests. They rivalled the grass tree forests you see on Nth Straddie.
You're lucky to see even a single grass tree along that road these days as people have slowly taken them one by one. It's a shame as they were majestic.
@Ceedeekaytee yes those forests would have been quite a sight. I wonder if plant nurseries sell them. Wouldn't mind having one for my back yard.
Great video. At Tingalpa creek you can see the rock crossing from the bridge at low tide. On a king tide you can motor up over there to the wall of the dam and that's an interesting run as well.
you were so close to those farms at Rochedale. Theyve got to be some of the last around bris
Looks like a very nice day!
I've enjoyed watching your walks and its made me want to do something similar with my channel. I know of a street in logan where an Australian musician grew up and was thinking of doing the walk he would of done as a kid going to the local shops and also to where an old music shop he had been good friends with the now deceased owner.
@Davey Mack Music is it the guy from Savage Garden? By all means, get your walking shoes on and see what you find.
@@walkaboutwithrob yes it is, i also found out where the other member used to live aswell. once i do some more research ect ill go and check it all out.
Still a long way to go for coopers plains and acacia ridge. Lots of potential in that area. Other areas seem to be booming
struth, remind me never to sponser you in a walkathon!
5:12 I think that's the M3. Once across there you head past Garden City I think. Yes, I'm Google Map stalking. My Aunty has lived on Creek Road at Mt Gravatt since I was born basically.
interesting brother. ever thought of walking some old rail lines? i live in bris im keen... cool content mate
@Jordan Slack I actually don't know much at all about old railway lines. What are some good ones?
@@walkaboutwithrob The Belmont Line could be a good one. There's nothing left of the railway, but the right of way is about 95% still accessible by the public.
The line was a lightly built single track built by the Belmont Shire Council (which used to be based in Carina). They built it hoping to spark the kind of development that the neighbouring Balmoral Shire had experienced after QR had built the Cleveland line. It was served (for most of it's history) by steam trains from South Brisbane. The idea of building a light line was that QR would want to take it over and rebuild it for heavier traffic.
History here:
echo-news.com.au/memorbilla-restoration-reveals-an-intriguing-history/
www.kstwx.net/belrwy.html
www.ryanmurphy.com.au/news/historic-tramway-signs
Walking route: The railway ran alongside the existing line from Norman Park Station to the end of Acfold Street. You can walk off the north end of the inbound platform to Myall Street, then up Bennetts Road towards Fitzgerald Street. At Fitzgerald Street, the railway crossed Bennetts Road and ran through the Bennetts Road Bushland park. You can walk through this park, there's quite a few paths, none of them follow the exact railway route though. The railway then ran along the north side of Darcy Road. The route is now a wide footpath that you can walk along. Crossing Kensington Ave, the railway then ran along the median of Oateson Skyline Drive. At the roundabout on Ferguson Road, the railway ran straight down the eastern edge of the bowls club green, then diagonally through the current houses to the corner of Wiles Street and Halland Terrace (you can see a couple of diagonal fences on Google Earth that hint at the route). You'll need to go around this section on Wiles Street. At Halland Terrace, the line crossed Wiles Street and ran diagonally across the primary school oval, then along the oddly diagonal boundary between the school and the energex substation. I'm not sure what the rules for accessing primary school ovals are, but you might be able to walk this part of the route. Beyond this, the line curved east onto Old Cleveland Road somewhere between Clara and Margaret Streets - property boundaries again hint at the route. The line then ran alongside the original northern edge of Old Cleveland Road as far as Adelaide Street. At this point, OCR used to deviate along the route of what is now Narracott Street. It then turned south and ran almost parallel to Creek Road almost as far as the intersection with Millennium Boulevard. Then OCR due east and rejoined the existing alignment around the intersection with Carindale Street. The railway line hugged the north edge of this route, except in the vicinity of the PCYC, where it was in a cutting that was closer to Creek Road than the original OCR route. You can walk the original OCR route, but the cutting is underneath the current PCYC building. After exiting the cutting, the railway returned to the north edge of OCR and followed this route all the way to the terminus across from the Belmont State School tennis courts.
A few interesting (to me) tidbits:
Naming. You'll often see the line referred to as the Belmont Tramway, or the Belmont Steam Tram. This is because it used to be the case that anything called a "railway" needed to be individually authorized by their own acts of parliament. In the 1880s, the Queensland colonial parliament passed a law that permitted private rail lines to be built without this sort of specific act of parliament provided they didn't compete with a "railway". This law didn't however allow these private lines to be called railways, so they were officially referred to as something else - in this case a tramway.
Belmont Electric Tram. Confusingly, there was also a Belmont Electric Tram, which wasn't the same thing at all. In 1948, the council extended the Cavendish Road tram from a new junction at Coorparoo to Carina. This new line was called the Belmont Electric Tram. About 700m of the Belmont Electric Tram ran along Old Cleveland Road in the vicinity of the old railway corridor. As part of this conversion, OCR was widened. Between the Camp Hill State School and East St, the railway corridor was set back from the original road, and is now under the outbound lanes, not under the tram tracks. From East Street to Anzac Road, the railway corridor was hard up against the OCR alignment and is now underneath the tram tracks / wide median. Past Anzac Road, the railway alignment gradually veered away from the OCR alignment.
Moved Tram Terminus. Originally the Belmont Electric Tram continued to a terminus at Mayfield Road. This original terminus would have included a crossover to allow trams to switch tracks when reversing. In 1966, the terminus was moved about 100m closer to the city (to allow traffic to turn right in and out of Jones Road). This involved demolishing the final 100m of track including the crossover. You can still see where the remaining track was modified to create a replacement crossover.
Various OCR routes: OCR has had at least three different alignments through Carina Heights over the years. You can still see remnants of all three near the Carina IGA. The original route is today marked by the dead end section of road just south of OCR that gives access to about 8 houses and the IGA carpark. The original road then continues as a rough track along the top edge of the current road cutting before descending steeply down to Creek Road. This alignment was bypassed in the late 19th century by a new alignment along Narracott Street as described above. The asphalt pavement along this alignment is still present and publicly accessable. The final alignment was built in the late 70s and involved cutting right through the hill. This is obviously the current alignment.
Brick gates on Narracott Street: I can't find anything out about these. Nothing at all. But I will note that they face the old OCR alignment (meaning that the current Narracott Street actually passes by the inside of the gates). They are located in what would have been the South West corner of the Belmont Shire Hall property (ie the block of land where the Belmont Shire council meetings were held). I don't know if they have anything to do with that though. They might be associated with something that was built later.
Map of the line here upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Belmont_Tramway_map.png
@@p1mason ok wow, that's some serious research. Thank you indeed for sharing it with me. I'm certainly intrigued...
i once walked from the kurby hotel to the hype market in aspley i still have no idea why
What an interesting idea. You know there's a very popular book in this. Maps of walks and drives along old trade routes around SE Queensland.
@David Dayus thanks for your comment, what's the book called?
Walk About wit Rob?
very interesting Rob, I liked the little red house, I wonder what that story is?
@Megan Luhrs I intend to find out!
Fascinating walk, thank you. That was a huge effort in that heat! (need to change the title from Coppers to Coopers, or Cowpers)
@Anthony Bowe thanks for watching and the note about the title. I've gone and changed it.
@@walkaboutwithrob Rob, thanks so much for the entertaining journeys. You are certainly a very fit person. Love that hat. Where did you get it?
@@walkaboutwithrob I’ve watched several of your videos now, just wondering if you have a preferred brand of shoe?
@@AudioTones67 No preferred brand, however I'm currently liking the Merrell Walking shoes with the Vibram soles. Seems to work well on these long journeys.
Thanks Rob.
Was originally called Cowpers plains, you missed the 18 century cobbled road just near old original bridge and billiards creek has a vita ring up near industrial site.
I spent my childhood around the area, glad I pissed off decades ago, and got the hell out there. I haven't looked back, I still visit regularly, back allways glad to see Brisbane in the rearview mirror. Hate the place, too busy and full of fuck heads. Yeah, I know it's full of history, but so is any town in Qld.
Great video, thanks for sharing. I didn't know there was a convict station at Coopers Plains. I grew up in the area and don't remember learning that when we did the history of the area. What street did you start on? My g-grandparents had a property on Daisy St that my grandfather grew up on. And I grew up around the corner from the Coopers Plains railway crossing on Beenleigh Rd. I would love to take my kids on a trip of that route. Would you be able to share a link to where I can find the exact route? Except, I'll do it in winter!
@Tina Jenkins thanks for your comment, glad you liked the video. I began my journey on Sway Street as that seemed to be the closest to where the convict station was at Cowper's Plains. (At least, where we can best place its location). I don't have a link to the route because I worked it out myself based on various maps and descriptions. The old map I featured in the video can be found at the Queensland State Archives.
@@walkaboutwithrob thanks, I did some research of my own last night, and that sounds like the correct location. It was around the vicinity of Stable Swamp Creek. My g-grandparents property was just a little further along in Daisy street from 1919. In fact, if you look on the map you see SS creek widening a bit around that point. That is where it ran through the back of the property and my g-grandfather dug the creek out to make it wider for his kids to swim and row a boat across.
I had to install the PA system in the Chinese church about 20 years ago
My question is how to you get back home ?
Either train or a lift.
Just an advice. Brisbane is not very walkable city. When walking along a road without shoulders, I choose the right side whenever possible to see the oncoming traffic.
That was really interesting; do you ever lead walks in areas where there are pathways? You must be fit!
@Sandra Watkins I've only ever walked on my own; never thought of bringing others along for the journey. I also jog every second day... recently turned 50 so exercise is very important. Thanks for watching!
Great video, where did you source the maps shown?
@sully290 from the Queensland State Archives.
I just have one thing to ask you. Do you have someone to pick you up after a walk after a pre-arranged S.O,S, call on your batphone?
Yes, someone picks me up at the end.
11:54 fun fact about Gisler's - he's a complete prick and used to bully me and many others in school
Hey rob IF you took Brightveiw Rd that would be still going along the original route till of course you end up in the drink and it actually meets back up on the the original road, but you needed to turn right and follow the Morton Bay Express way