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Bulimba Reach is a reach of the Brisbane River in
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):
*
There are many landmarks along the Bulimba Reach, including (from upstream to downstream):
* the heritage-listed
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
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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.
Topo ...
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
Hawthorne ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne in Queensland, Australia. It is served by RiverCity Ferries' CityCat services. It was added to ...
(eastern bank)
*Teneriffe ferry wharf
Teneriffe ferry wharf is located on the northern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Teneriffe in Queensland, Australia. It is served by RiverCity Ferries' CityCat service and a Cross River service to Bulimba
Bulimb ...
(western bank)
*Bulimba ferry wharf
Bulimba ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf at Oxford Street, Bulimba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. It is served by Rive ...
(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 u ...
services all of these ferry terminals along the Brisbane River. 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, New Farm (western bank)
* the heritage-listed Australian Estates No. 2 Store, Teneriffe (western bank)
* the heritage-listed Hawthorne ferry wharf
Hawthorne ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Hawthorne in Queensland, Australia. It is served by RiverCity Ferries' CityCat services. It was added to ...
, Hawthorne (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed former Mactaggarts Woolstore, Teneriffe (eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed Newstead Air Raid Shelter
Newstead Air Raid Shelter is a heritage-listed former air raid shelter at Commercial Road, Teneriffe, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frank Gibson Costello and built by the Brisbane City Council. It was added to t ...
(western bank)
* the heritage-listed Bulimba ferry wharf
Bulimba ferry wharf is a heritage-listed ferry wharf at Oxford Street, Bulimba, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River serving the Brisbane suburb of Bulimba. It is served by Rive ...
(eastern bank)
* the heritage-listed Newstead House
Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia.Trent Dalton, "Grand residence", ''Brisbane News'', ...
within Newstead Park
Newstead House is Brisbane's oldest surviving residence and is located on the Breakfast Creek bank of the Brisbane River, in the northern Brisbane suburb of Newstead, in Queensland, Australia.Trent Dalton, "Grand residence", ''Brisbane News'' ...
(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 blighte ...
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
Bulimba House is a heritage-listed detached house at 34 Kenbury Street, Bulimba, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by Andrew Petrie from 1849 to 1850. It is also known as Toogoolawah. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Regis ...
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
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