Does anyone know much about it? There an abandoned bridge and trails liek This through the bush. Im really interested in what the trail used to be, it’s pretty overgrown in areas and stuff.
Also found a Nephila Pilipes golden orb weaver there. They pretty rare here in Brisbane
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I used to ride through there a lot. The private school nearby used to run their cross country races through there. The trail goes all the way through to the fields near Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road.
We used to do orienteering through there as part of PE. Gee that’s brought back some memories.
When I was 6 to10yo we used to run round playing there. So many tracks going everywhere
Orb Weavers rare in Brisbane?! Literally see dozens (if not hundreds) of them every season.
I was down there not too long ago
On 1966 sattelite image you may see that the area was aligned really different when current park. I don’t what it was, but you may see some trails in this area that is now covered by trees. You may also see that the road was aligned differently and old bridge was a bit north from the current bridge (I am pretty sure that parts of the old bridge are visible in the creek)
Here is the image I am talking about.
[https://soaratlas.com/maps/oceania-brisbane-in-1966-australia-usgs-declassified-imagery-9809?basemap=Google+Satellite&pos=-27.54477408393521%2C153.11332616799083%2C17.08](https://soaratlas.com/maps/oceania-brisbane-in-1966-australia-usgs-declassified-imagery-9809?basemap=Google+Satellite&pos=-27.54477408393521%2C153.11332616799083%2C17.08)
I went through a lot as a kid in the 90s. It used to be very well maintained and there were large pebblecrete stepping stones that crossed a creek — so it was very intentional. I went back as a teen in the later 2000s and found it choked with weeds to the point of being unusable. No idea when it changed but it was sometime between 99 and 08.