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Metroad 5 (Brisbane)
M5/A5/Metroad 5 is one of Brisbane's road routes, running from Yamanto to Kedron, Queensland, Kedron and the Inner City Bypass, Brisbane, Inner City Bypass. It is the main western bypass of the Brisbane central business district. Route * Legacy Way Mount Coot-tha to Inner City Bypass, Brisbane, Inner City Bypass * Variously named roads through Toowong (Mount Coot-tha Road, Fredrick Street), Bardon, Queensland, Bardon (Rouen Road, Boundary Road, Macregor Terrace, Jubilee Terrace), Ashgrove, Queensland, Ashgrove,(Jubilee Terrace, Stewart Road, Wardell Street) Everton Park, Queensland, Everton Park, Stafford, Queensland, Stafford and Kedron, Queensland, Kedron. It takes a different course from the northern half of M5, going directly through the northwestern suburbs, hence may appear as the legacy 'business route' alternative. * Western Freeway, Brisbane, Western Freeway: Moggill Road (Indooroopilly) to Milton Road, Toowong * Centenary Motorway: Moggill Road (Indooroopilly) to Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland, an urban agglomeration with a population of over 4 million. The Brisbane central business district, central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Brisbane's metropolitan area sprawls over the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Moreton Bay penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, Queensland, Redcliff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everton Park, Queensland
Everton Park is a northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Everton Park had a population of 10,111 people. Geography Everton Park is about eight kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD. It is predominantly residential; in 2011, more than a quarter of the population lived in semi-detached and higher-density dwellings. History The suburb takes its name from the Everton Park Estate subdivision. ''Everton'' was the name of the residence of pioneer settlers William James McDowall and Ambrose McDowall, which was named after Everton, a suburb of Liverpool, England. In the 1890s, the town of Bunyaville () was located north of South Pine Road in the present-day suburbs of Everton Hills and Everton Park. Until 1891, it was known as Kedron after Kedron Brook which flows through the area. Bunyaville Baptist Church opened on Saturday 2 July 1932. It was on Timms Road (now in Everton Hills) on land donated by Arthur Timms with some financial assistance fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moggill Road
Moggill Road is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It commences at High Street at Toowong and terminates at the Moggill Ferry in Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It is part of State Route 33. The road carried an average of 39,305 vehicles per day between July and December 2014. It passes through the Brisbane suburbs of Toowong, Queensland, Toowong, Taringa, Queensland, Taringa, Indooroopilly, Queensland, Indooroopilly, Chapel Hill, Queensland, Chapel Hill, Kenmore, Queensland, Kenmore, Pullenvale, Queensland, Pullenvale, Pinjarra Hills, Queensland, Pinjarra Hills, Bellbowrie, Queensland, Bellbowrie and Moggill, Queensland, Moggill. It stretches . $14 million worth of road works started in 2010, $32 million in 2009, following a further $27 million completed in 2008. History The original Mogg-hill Road was a dirt track running from the convict settlement along the route known as Coronation Drive, through the village of Toowong and on to the ferry at Mogg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centenary Motorway
The M5 (Centenary Motorway) is a motorway in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It starts at the terminus of the A5 Centenary Highway at Springfield, and ends at Kenmore where it changes its name to the M5 Western Freeway. It features eight interchanges, the major ones being with the M7 Ipswich Motorway (formerly Metroad 2 / M2) in Darra, the M2 Logan Motorway at Ellen Grove (formerly Metroad 4 / M4), and another at Sinnamon Park. It is the main route from Brisbane to Ipswich, Toowoomba, and Warwick. In October 2012, it was announced that the planned bikeway from Springfield to the existing bikeway along the Motorway would not proceed. Instead the existing two lane road would be expanded by two lanes. History Moggill Road to Darra: This section was opened as a two-lane arterial road in 1964. It included a new crossing of the Brisbane River, known as the Centenary Bridge. The first section to be duplicated was from the Western Freeway to a proposed Kenmore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Road
Milton Road is an arterial road in Brisbane, Australia. It is currently signed as State route, State Route 32 for its entire length. Milton Road is a major corridor for traffic between the Brisbane central business district and the western suburbs. It carried an average of 50,954 vehicles per day between July and December 2014. Milton Road's western end is at the northern terminus of the Western Freeway, Brisbane, Western Freeway at the base of Mount Coot-tha in the suburb of Toowong, Queensland, Toowong and progresses in a north-easterly direction through the suburbs of Auchenflower, Queensland, Auchenflower and Milton, Queensland, Milton before terminating at Petrie Terrace in Brisbane City. 250 metres west of Petrie Terrace is an interchange with the Hale Street, Brisbane, Hale Street expressway which allows access to and from the Inner City Bypass, Brisbane, Inner City Bypass. Milton Road closely parallels the Ipswich railway line. Attractions along Milton Road include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indooroopilly
Indooroopilly ( , colloquially Indro ) is a riverside suburb south-west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 13,622 people. Geography Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane River. 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, ). The suburb is designated as a regional activity centre. Indooroopilly has significant commercial, office and retail sectors and is home to Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in Brisbane's western suburbs. The suburb is popular with professionals and a large number of university students from the nearby University of Queensland campus in St Lucia. The housing stock consists of a mix of detached hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Freeway, Brisbane
The Western Freeway is a freeway in western Brisbane that runs from Milton Road in Toowong to the western side of Indooroopilly where the freeway becomes the M5 Centenary Motorway. The freeway bears the symbol and forms part of Metroad 5. There is one interchange, at Indooroopilly onto Moggill Road. A bicycle path runs the length of the freeway, allowing commuting to Toowong and onto Brisbane by bicycle. History The Western Freeway was constructed in two stages. The first stage was a single carriageway that stretched from Milton Road at Toowong south to Taringa Parade at Taringa, which opened to traffic on 31 August 1970. Construction of the dual carriageway second stage (Taringa Parade to Moggill Road) commenced in early 1973, but was halted later that year. However, construction restarted in 1976, and the section was opened on 24 May 1979. Later construction began on a direct link to the Centenary Highway, and the dual carriageway extension was opened to traffic on 19 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stafford, Queensland
Stafford is a northern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stafford had a population of 6,978 people. Geography Stafford is predominantly a residential suburb, including some original Queenslander (architecture), Queenslander-style homes and a significant number of post-war Queensland Housing Commission homes on quarter-acre blocks built around the 1940s and 1950s. Stafford lies to the west of Lutwyche Road, along the banks of Kedron Brook. Being an area of that age, many of Stafford's residents are elderly, but younger families are increasingly moving there. Sparkes Hill () is in the south-west of the suburb and is above sea level. The water reservoir on the top of the hill holds , which 16% of Brisbane's water supply. History Stafford was originally called Happy Valley. It is possible that the name originates from the fact that Sir Thomas Brisbane for whom the city is named was an officer in the Staffords ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashgrove, Queensland
Ashgrove is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ashgrove had a population of 13,450 people. Geography Ashgrove is located approximately by road north-west of the Brisbane GPO. Ashgrove is known for its Ashgrovian houses built in the 1920s and 1930s, a type of Queenslander (architecture), Queenslander architecture characterised by an asymmetrical pyramid roof, multiple Gable, gables, Veranda, verandahs and batten skirts. Dorrington (originally named the suburb of Oakleigh until 1946) and St Johns Wood, Queensland, St Johns Wood were suburbs in their own right until they were absorbed into Ashgrove in 1975. To this day these neighbourhood names are still in common use, as many residents still associate their residence locations with these former names. History Ashgrove's native name is 'Kallindarbin' and was originally inhabited by the indigenous 'Turrbal' or 'Duke of York clan'. The main thoroughfare, Waterw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamanto
Yamanto is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yamanto had a population of 4,971 people. History The origin of the suburb is from a former 1860s cotton plantation which was originally spelt as 'Yamahanto', the property jointly owned by Queensland's first government medical officer Henry Challinor (1814–1882) and his cousin George Miles Challinor (1832–1888). Previous names used for this area were Mine Accident, Loamside and Yahmahnto. The names were given to the railway station in the Yamanto area on the now-defunct Dugandan railway line. Since 1847, Darby McGrath had operated private schools in and around Ipswich. In 1861, he arranged for the Queensland Government to take over his school at Warrill Creek and provided land in Green Lane for a new school building. Warrill Creek State School opened on 22 May 1862. In 1888, the school moved to a new location at Sandridge, which was flooded in 1893. In 1903, the school was renamed Amb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bardon, Queensland
Bardon is a western Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately north-west of the Brisbane CBD. Bardon is a leafy residential suburb, much of which nestles into the foothills of Mount Coot-tha, Queensland, Mount Coot-tha. It includes the neighbourhood of Rainworth, Queensland, Rainworth. In the , Bardon had a population of 10,153 people. Geography Bardon is located in the foothills on the eastern side of Mount Coot-tha, and is characterised by ridges separated by steep gullies. Some major streets generally follow the ridgelines, including Simpsons Road and Macgregor Terrace. The side streets connecting to these ridge-line roads are among Brisbane's steepest. Ithaca Creek, a tributary of Enoggera Creek, drains the eastern side of Mount Coot-tha and flows through the suburb in a generally north-easterly direction. As at 2011, the suburb is characterised by stand-alone houses on separate lots, which make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowong
Toowong ( ) is a riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 12,556 people with a median weekly household income of $1,927. Geography Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha, Queensland, Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills with little flat land. Since European settlement most of the land has been cleared for residential and commercial use with the exception of some park land and bushland near the Western Freeway, Brisbane, Western Freeway. At the centre of Toowong is a commercial precinct including Toowong Village, and several other commercial and office buildings. The western side of the suburb is predominantly residential with a mix of medium density dwellings and detached Queenslander (architecture), Queenslander houses, extending to the foothills of Mount Coot-tha. Toowong borders the Brisbane River. Along the riverside are a number of tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
