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Park Ridge Transit
Park Ridge Transit is an Australian operator of bus services in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It operates nine urban services and nearly 70 school runs under the contract to Translink, Queensland Government. History In 1988, Park Ridge Transit was purchased from Greyhound owners the Penfold family by the Pulitano Group. In 2008 the Woodhill Coaches was purchased and integrated into Park Ridge Transit. Routes The company currently operates nine urban routes across Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ... cities. They are: * Fleet As at June 2020, the fleet consists of 94 buses. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemilang Coachworks
Gemilang Coachwork Sdn Bhd ("GML") is a manufacturer of commercial vehicles including but not limited to buses and coaches. Based in Malaysia, GML specialises in designing and manufacturing bus bodies and the assembly of buses. GML is also one of the first companies in Malaysia to assemble fully electric buses. GML is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemilang International Limited, which issued shares are listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 6163 HK). History Gemilang Coachwork was founded on 23 September 1989 to assemble wooden bodies for bus and truck chassis. Today, GML is a reputable bus body builder with a track record of exporting more than 3,000 buses to the United States, Australia, Singapore, UAE, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Vietnam and other countries for a wide range of international chassis manufacturers and bus operators. GML first export their products by entering the Australian market and exported over 100 units in 1999. Other notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagstone, Queensland
Flagstone is a suburban locality in the Greater Flagstone district of the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In 2018, the estimated population of Flagstone was 5,651 people. History Flagstone is situated in the Bundjalung traditional Indigenous Australian country. Towards the north of Flagstone is the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions. The suburb is named after Flagstone Creek which flows into the Logan River just south of Chadwick Drive in South Maclean. Suburban development started in Flagstone in 1996, with the development of nearby infrastructure and roads. On 24 April 1997, Flagstone was named by the Minister for Natural Resources as a neighbourhood within the Undullah and Jimboomba areas, though is now a bounded suburb and district in its own right, along with the Greater Flagstone district suburbs and developments of Flinders Lakes, Monarch Glen, Silverbark Ridge, Riverbend and Glenlogan. Flagstone St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsden, Queensland
Marsden is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Marsden had a population of 14,071 people. Geography Most of the area has been developed into housing estates. Marsden once extended further south to include the area now known as Crestmead, Queensland, Crestmead. The northern boundary of the suburb roughly runs parallel to the Logan Motorway. History The suburb was named after Violet Marsden, a member of a pioneer family, associated with the Kingston Park and Districts Progress Association. Marsden State School opened on 23 January 1978. Marsden State High School opened on 27 January 1987. The school is now within the boundaries of neighbouring Waterford West. Burrowes State School opened on 27 January 1987. St Francis' College opened on 8 February 1988. The school is now with the boundaries of neighbouring Crestmead. The Marsden Library opened in 2006 with a major refurbishment in 2015. Demographics In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden City Bus Station
Garden City bus station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt and Westfield Garden City. It opened on 22 April 1999. It became a junction station when the South East Busway opened with Upper Mount Gravatt busway station Upper Mount Gravatt busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt. It opened on 30 April 2001 when the South East Busway was extended from Woolloongabba to Eight Mile Plains. It was built beneath th ... built below it. ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 3 May 2011 References External links Garden City Interchange Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regents Park, Queensland
Regents Park is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the Regents Park had a population of 10,962 people. Geography The suburb is approximately 5 km² (476 hectares) in area, 12% of which is taken up by five parks. History Regents Park was originally part of Browns Plains. It was subdivided for residential housing in the early 1974.The first name for this area was Emerald Hills hence Emerald Drive The name ''Regents Park'' was proposed by the land developer. St Bernardine's Catholic School opened on 27 January 1982. Yugumbir State School opened on 28 January 1986. The name 'Yugumbir' is an Aboriginal word for the district. Regents Park State School opened on 1 January 1994. In the 2011 census, Regents Park had a population of 10,657 people; the population was 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Regents Park population was 30 years, 7 years below the Australian average. Children aged under 15 years made up 25.3% of the population a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage Park, Queensland
Heritage Park is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Heritage Park had a population of 4,976 people. History The area was first settled by Joseph Shirley and William George in the area of the present landfill; at that time it was part of Browns Plains. Suburban development commenced in 1985. The suburb name ''Heritage Park'' was proposed by the land developer and formally adopted in 1991. In the , Heritage Park recorded a population of 4,874 people, 50.1% female and 49.9% male. The median age of the Heritage Park population was 32 years, 5 years below the national median of 37. 70.1% of people living in Heritage Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.6%, England 4.5%, Scotland 1.3%, Philippines 1.1%, South Africa 0.9%, South America 0.1%. 83.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% Samoan, 0.9% Arabic, 0.7% Punjabi, 0.6% Hindi, 0.6% Serbian, 0.1% Spanish. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronia Heights, Queensland
Boronia Heights is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Boronia Heights had a population of 7,862 people. Geography Boronia Heights lies to the west of Park Ridge. History Boronia Heights was known as the Logan Ridges through to the early 1890s. Boronia Heights State School opened on 29 January 1990. Boronia Heights was gazetted as a suburb in October 1991 and was named after the first residential housing estate in the area. Demographics In the , Boronia Heights recorded a population of 7,604 people, 51.6% female and 48.4% male. The median age of the Boronia Heights population was 30 years, 7 years below the national median of 37. 71.4% of people living in Boronia Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 3.4%, Philippines 1.1%, India 0.9%, Fiji 0.7%. 83.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Samoan, 0.8% Urdu, 0.8% Hindi, 0.7% German, 0.5% Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenbank, Queensland
Greenbank is a rural residential suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Greenbank had a population of 7,694 people. Geography Once divided between the Shire of Beaudesert and Logan City, the Queensland Government's amalgamation of local government resulted in Greenbank becoming entirely within Logan City, since 15 March 2008. The suburb is surrounded by farmland and includes the forested Greenbank Military Range (), which is on the Commonwealth Heritage List. A strip of parkland and a watercourse originally named The Platypus Pools and Bracken Way is a natural habitat for a number of species of flora and fauna including platypus, the rare black cockatoo, kookaburra, the blue wren, kingfisher, honeyeaters, owls, kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, possums, bearded dragons, legless lizards and water monitors up to 2.5 metres in length. Many more species have been sighted living in this natural habitat. The watercourse and natural forest are fed by torrential r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimboomba
Jimboomba is a town and locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Jimboomba had a population of 13,201 people. Geography Jimboomba is situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway, by road south-east of Logan Central and by road south of Brisbane central business district. The western part of Jimboomba is bordered by the new suburb of Glenlogan and the Logan River; the only bridge within the locality is Payne Bridge on Cusack Lane (). There is a low-level older bridge immediately to the north of Payne Bridge but this cannot be used by vehicular traffic. The Queensland Government's current plan is that Jimboomba will become a major residential and business area within the Brisbane metropolitan region, as part of the Greater Flagstone Priority Development Area, which will house up to 150,000 additional residents in coming decades. Although historically a rural area, as at 2021, the land use in Jimboomba is almost entirely residential. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodhill, Queensland
'Woodhill is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the Woodhill had a population of 723 people. History Townsvale National School opened on 2 June 1873. On 1 January 1874 it became Veresdale State School. In 1899 it was renamed Woodhill State School. Woodhill railway station () was on the disused Beaudesert railway line from Bethania, Queensland, Bethania to Beaudesert, Queensland, Beaudesert. The line opened on 16 May 1888. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, Woodhill became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008. In the , Woodhill had a population of 423. In the Woodhill had a population of 723 people. Geography The ''Logan River'' forms the western boundary. Road infrastructure The Mount Lindesay Highway runs through from north to south. Education Woodhill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6027 Mount Lindesay Highway (). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veresdale, Queensland
Veresdale is a locality split between the City of Logan and the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Veresdale had a population of 392 people. Geography The ''Logan River'' forms part of the western boundary. Mount Lindesay Highway runs through from north to south. History Robert Towns established a cotton plantation called ''Townsvale'' in the area now known as Veresdale and Gleneagle. In 1863, he imported 73 Melanesians (locally known as Kanakas) to work on the plantation. St Joseph's Catholic Church was the first Catholic church in the Logan River district and was opened in 1876 on a site (), then known as ''Tullamore Hill'', later as Veresdale, and now within Gleneagle. The site for the church was donated by William Rafter, whose residence was called ''Tullamore'' after his home town Tullamore in Ireland. Tullamore was the major centre of the district (prior to the rise of Beaudesert as the major centre). A cemetery was established behind the church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleneagle, Queensland
Gleneagle is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gleneagle had a population of 1,877 people. Geography The Logan River and the Mount Lindesay Highway pass through eastern parts of locality. Large sections of land are rural with some parts used for irrigated agriculture. A housing estate was established to the east of the highway. In the centre of Gleneagle is a large man-made dam called Lake Brabazon. The western boundary follows the Sydney–Brisbane railway line.Gin Gin, Queensland. History The locality takes its name from a cotton farm called ''Glen Eagles'' established in the 1860s by William Tutin Walker (1833-1920). Walker began as a manager on ''Townsvale'' established by Robert Towns who pioneered cotton growing in the Logan River valley. Townsvale was in the area of the present-day localities of Gleneagle and Veresdale. After Towns' death, Walker took over ''Townsvale''. St Joseph's Catholic Church was the first Catholic churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
