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Bulimba Reach is a reach of the
The Bulimba Branch railway line was built in 1897 to support the wharves and industries located on the western bank of the Bulimba Reach in Newstead, Teneriffe and New Farm.
Former wharves in the Bulimba Reach include:
* Brisbane Stevedoring Company wharf (western bank)
* Dalgety's Wharf (western bank)
* Mercantile Wharf (western bank)
There are three ferry terminals on Bulimba Reach (from upstream to downstream):
* Hawthorne ferry wharf (eastern bank)
* Teneriffe ferry wharf (western bank)
* Bulimba ferry wharf (eastern bank)
The
There are many landmarks along the Bulimba Reach, including (from upstream to downstream):
* the heritage-listed
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River 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 G ...
in Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
, Queensland
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, Australia.
Geography
Bulimba Reach flows from south (upstream) to north (downstream). The suburbs of Hawthorne andBulimba
Bulimba is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulimba had a population of 6,843 people.
Geography
Bulimba is located north-east of the CBD on the southern bank of the Brisbane River, but it is by road.
Topon ...
are on its eastern bank. The suburbs of New Farm
New Farm is an inner northern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , New Farm had a population of 12,542 people.
Geography
The suburb is located 2 kilometres east of the Brisbane CBD on a large bend of the ...
, Teneriffe and Newstead lie to the west. Breakfast Creek
The Breakfast Creek ( Aboriginal: ''Barrambin'') is a small urban stream that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Rising as the Enoggera Cre ...
joins the Brisbane River from the north-east at the northern end of Bulimba Reach.
History
The Bulimba Branch railway line was built in 1897 to support the wharves and industries located on the western bank of the Bulimba Reach in Newstead, Teneriffe and New Farm.
Former wharves in the Bulimba Reach include:
* Brisbane Stevedoring Company wharf (western bank)
* Dalgety's Wharf (western bank)
* Mercantile Wharf (western bank)
Transport
There are three ferry terminals on Bulimba Reach (from upstream to downstream):
* Hawthorne ferry wharf (eastern bank)
* Teneriffe ferry wharf (western bank)
* Bulimba ferry wharf (eastern bank)
The CityCat
RiverCity Ferries is a public transport company which commenced operating ferry services in Brisbane on 4 November 2020. It is a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group.
RiverCity Ferries operates 32 vessels serving 21 wharves on the Brisbane River un ...
services all of these ferry terminals along the Brisbane River
The Brisbane River 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 G ...
. A cross-river ferry service also operates between Bulimba and Hawthorne ferry wharves.
Landmarks
There are many landmarks along the Bulimba Reach, including (from upstream to downstream):
* the heritage-listed Brisbane Powerhouse
Brisbane Powerhouse is an arts and cultural hub located in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of performing arts, visual arts, festivals, and free community events.
The fir ...
, New Farm (western bank)
* Lourdes Hill College, Hawthorne (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed former CSR Refinery, New Farm (western bank)
* the heritage-listed house Amity
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, New Farm (western bank)
* the heritage-listed Australian Estates No. 2 Store, Teneriffe (western bank)
* the heritage-listed Hawthorne ferry wharf, Hawthorne (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed former Mactaggarts Woolstore, Teneriffe (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed Newstead Air Raid Shelter (western bank)
* the heritage-listed Bulimba ferry wharf (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed Newstead House within Newstead Park (western bank)
Historically there were many wharves in the Teneriffe area and there remain a large number of associated warehouses on Macquarie Street which faced the river along the Bulimba Reach. However, urban renewal
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of bligh ...
projects have replaced the wharves with residential apartments and those warehouses are now separated from the river. Similarly on the western bank, the heritage-listed Bulimba House once occupied all the land down to the riverfront at the Bulimba Reach, but subdivision of the estate over the years has resulted in Bulimba House no longer being a riverbank property.
References
External links
{{coord, -27.449, 153.05, type:river_region:AU-QLD, display=title Reaches of the Brisbane River