McDowall, Queensland
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| McDowall Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Population: | 6578 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4053 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 4.4 km² | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $405,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 13 km from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Aspley, Everton | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Petrie | ||||||||||||
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McDowall is a northern suburb within the city of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
It features the Raven Street Reserve. Raven Street Reserve is a 24.3 hectare bushland area surrounded by urban housing and busy roads. It is part of a long stretch of forest and green areas going from the mountains in the west to the mangove areas on the coast.
It has many species of wildflowers and grass trees (see image below) which when in flower have a long central flowering stem that attracts bees.
Trees include Weeping Myrtle and Native Blueberry Ash with creek fauna such as water dragons, turtles and native fish including the crimson spotted rainbow fish. There are also squirrel gliders, possums and scrub turkeys with occasionally a swamp wallaby being sghted. The bird life is abundant and in keeping with its name has a significant crow or raven population.
History
The first white settlers appeared in the mid 1800s. As the area was hilly and full of gullies, there was little scope for farming and was later used as a cattle holding yard, slaughterhouse, and rubbish dump. The bushland was protected by Greenbelt designation in 1950s when the local area was subdivided, and has been managed by council since 1972.
Features
A Bushland Centre was created in 1988 which features displays, playground, educational lectures, night walks and regular functions.
Sheltered picnic tables, BBQ, toilets, playground, basketball court, many walking trails and bikeways.
The walks include a short senses trail and walks through banksias , heath land, grass trees and groves of Cauarinas.
[edit] External links
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
- ourbrisbane.com - McDowall
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