Enoggera Creek is a creek which flows through the
City of Brisbane
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in
South-East Queensland, Australia.
Geography
Enoggera Creek rises in the suburb of
Enoggera Reservoir on the
D'Aguilar Range and flows into the
Brisbane River
The Brisbane River (Turrbal language, Turrbal: ) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the ...
(becoming
Breakfast Creek
The Breakfast Creek ( Aboriginal: ''Yawagara '') 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 ...
in the final stage). The creek's headwaters form on the southern slopes of
Mount Nebo
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in
Brisbane Forest Park.
Within the suburb of Enoggera Reservoir, the creek is dammed by
Enoggera Dam ( (). After which, it meanders in a south-easterly direction, leaving the undisturbed parkland and flowing through the
Brisbane
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suburbs of
The Gap,
Ashgrove (where it separates the neighbourhood of
St Johns Wood from the rest of the suburb),
Alderley,
Newmarket,
Red Hill,
Kelvin Grove,
Wilston,
Herston,
Windsor and
Bowen Hills
Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bowen Hills had a population of 4,898 people.
Geography
Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane centr ...
.
Ithaca Creek
Ithaca Creek is a waterway in the Enoggera Creek catchment, in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It arises in the Taylor Range at the Mount Coot-tha forest with two streams, one arising at J C Slaughter Falls, the other ...
flows from
Mount Coot-tha
Mount Coot-tha is a mountain and a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Visible from much of the city, Mount Coot-tha is a popular bushland tourist destination including the Mount Coot-tha Lookout, Brisbane Botanic Garden ...
and joins Enoggera Creek from the south at the intersection of the suburbs of Ashgrove, Red Hill and Newmarket ().
The creek officially becomes ''Breakfast Creek'' from the railway bridge at the intersection of the suburbs of Windsor, Bowen Hills, and
Albion
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, which then flows into the Brisbane River.
The creek is being rehabilitated and restored by the community organisation called
Save Our Waterways Now.
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History
Significant flooding occurred along the creek during the major floods, including 1893 and 1974 Brisbane flood resulting in a number of houses being washed away.
File:StateLibQld 1 112380 Flooding around Enoggera Creek, Windsor, 1893.jpg, Flooding around Enoggera Creek, Windsor, 1893
File:StateLibQld 1 111336 Fishing and boating parties at Enoggera Creek, Brisbane, ca. 1900.jpg, Fishing and boating parties at Enoggera Creek, circa 1900
File:A House crosses the Creek.jpg, Relocating a house from St Johns Wood to Ashgrove, 1934
See also
* Kedron Brook
The Kedron Brook is a creek that flows through the northern suburbs of Brisbane in the South East Queensland, south-east region of Queensland, Australia.
Course and features
Kedron Brook arises from the confluence of Kedron Creek and Cedar Cree ...
* List of rivers of Australia
Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Although the Murray River forms much of the bor ...
* Moggill Creek
References
External links
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Rivers of Brisbane
Rivers of Queensland
South East Queensland