I found your video absolutely wonderful and very entertaining. I'm 64 years old and now live in Toowoomba. I was born in Brisbane and I can still very clearly remember the river lined on both sides with wharves and many ships loading and unloading goods. I also remember when I was only a boy, the only bridges across the river were, the Storey bridge, the steel Victoria bridge with trams running across it to South Brisbane, and the William Jolly bridge. I can recall the building of the riverside expressway and the opening which was on the evening news. It didn't connect up with the pacific highway though, it only went as far as West End to the South and onto Coronation Drv in the West. The old red brick building that was once the QLD museum - which I spent many hours roaming around the exhibits - was in fact built as the original entrance to the RNA showgrounds and filled with many exhibits and fair attractions. It became the QLD museum in the 70's and eventually replaced with the ridiculously small current museum. Most of its original exhibits are still housed in storage, no doubt, never to be seen again. Amazing things you could find, from ancient Egypt to historical music pieces. Such is progress to ignore history. I love the history of Brisbane and several years ago I went on a private and personal pilgrimage I guess you could say to document almost everything I could remember of my youth. I didn't finish it but I did cover quite a bit. The water you saw coming from the rock face near the John Oxley memorial is in fact the fresh water creek that Oxley stopped at and replenished their water supplies. As it's illegal to cover or block natural water ways and springs, the creek was piped to allow it to run its natural course. I have, when it was accessible, drank the water from that source, it is as cool and refreshing as natural water can be. The last gas lit lamp in Brisbane used to be in George street, I don't know it it's still there. I remember the gas lamps in the city and the man that came around on sunset to light them. As well as the huge hanging baskets of ferns that hung from the street posts around city hall. I remember when Brisbane was a magical, historical place where dancing at Cloudland ballroom was a great night out. Thank you for bring back some other memories that I will always love. Cheers
These videos reminding me of many things I'd forgotten, one incident, walking through the inside of Victoria Bridge from side to side just before the opening. Seemed like a good idea at the time but now wonder why on earth we did it. Swimming in the river, crossing to the Botanical Gardens etc, it was a teenagers paradise. I lived in the area down in Lower River Tce on the south side in the days of the trains at Woolloongabba. It was a bit of an adventure growing up there, lots of time and room for mischief to be had. Thanks for the memories.
As a police officer, I had business at the Morgue where you described in the 1970's and also worked at the South Brisbane Watchouse across the river in the old wineries building prior to the Expo and subsequent Southbank development.
Sometime in the 70's I installed some security stuff in the watchhouse. We had to use a Ramset, that used a 22 calibre charge. Great consternation followed.
Another great video Rob. Watching your content has opened my eyes to how little I know about the city I've lived in all of my life and inspired me to get out for a few walks myself. Thanks 👍
Hi Rob, The outlet of water below the John Oxley plaque is an outlet for the enclosed Wheat Creek. The creek became an open sewer running through the city and was buried.
Yes, Wheat Creek is fascinating, though it was never an open sewer. It was instead the main source of water for the settlement. Though of course rubbish and waste did find its way into it.
Fascinating, I returned to QUT as an adult doing a Masters degree. I sometimes enjoy walking around the river bank pondering what was once there. There are areas near QUT that you can see old brick walls and other old building materials in the sand/mud. I had a thought, it might have been better to do that walk at low tide.
Hi Rob, Toombul shopping centre is about to be demolished. This was such an important part of the northside during the 70s and 80s (my childhood). It would be great if you were able to document it's rich history now that it's ... well, history. One of your awesome videos would really do it justice!
Very interesting to hear the mangroves are new to Brisbane since the construction of Wivenhoe dam. I would have loved to swim in the fresh water river and beaches.
never thought id be interested in a video like this but I sat through all 17 minutes and 52 seconds of it and was engaged and loving it, definitely worth a like and subscribe.
Brisbane’s history is rich and full of interesting info. I’ve been fond of finding historical things here in Brisbane. Thanks for finding so many interesting places and events Rob.
My theory (with zero proof) had always been that the monument for John Oxley being in such an unlikely position was that he stopped at that location due to a natural spring coming out of that rock. I know people have said it is now a drain, but the location of the creek that filled Roma St and Creek st starts at the top of Makerston St, which aligns (I think) with the "spring" and the monument. It seems likely that the drain was put in to follow the natural water course. Putting a highway on riverfront land was not a good idea in hindsight.
WEW. 1:02:2024. What a great walk. I have walked all along there BUT never delved into it's character, thank you Rob for sharing. Living now in Ballarat for the last four and a half + years you have brought back some fond memories. Again thank you. I lived in Brisbane from the age of 8 to 64 years. I do miss her but not her humidity!
I had the pleasure of working on the riverside expressway between 1974and 1976😊 Part my job was bolting the concrete parapets on to the roadway (sides)
Thanks for this really fascinating historical tour. As necessary a piece of infrastructure as it is, the Riverside Expressway is a blight on the river and the City. I hope one day is might be transformed to an under-river tunnel system and the northern bank of the river restored to use.
Good one Rob, interesting to see what's underneath the Riverside Expressway. So much work going on around there. Loved the old photo of the men doing the original retaining wall at 16.30. Great old photo.
Hey Rob, apologies if you've already done it, but any chance you'd be interested in covering the history of why Kedron and upper Kedron and miles apart for no apparent reason? Loving the content, thanks mate!
My guess is Kedron is a much older suburb than Upper Kedron, and was the first suburb named after Kedron Brook, meanwhile Upper Kedron is a lot further up the brook and was named after the upper reaches when it was built later. That's just my 2 cents though
A very informative video as always Rob. Thank you for all your hard work to produce such excellent content and it was fantastic to meet you just after you completed this walk - cheers Steve
Offtopic slightly, but seeing the Captain Cook bridge reminded me of growing up in Holland Park West in the 70s, and being 12, with racing bikes and having the freshly paved, unopened freeway to use whenever we wanted, from Gaza Rd to the city in ten minutes without a care in the world. Love your work, Rob.
Great Video Rob, the early reports of the Brisbane river and its environments are so fascinating. Amazing and maybe a bit sad how much can be lost in such a short time.
I distinctly remember the Helipad, the Hayles wharves and the fountain in that area. All gone. Great video, Rob. If you do decide to come out our way (Tamborine) well you can add the Christmas Day tornado to the history.
Excellent walk Rob, im afraid ive become one of them circling above from the express way and forgetting whats below. Its been 20 years since i use to frequent that area to get to QUT GP thanks for reminding me we shall see about this revivial most of brisbane like hanging out in the sun at Southbank not under the shadow of a road.
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed. Personally id love to see traffic diverted from the city, the expressway removed and the land returned to parkland, similar to southbank. The expressway really is an eyesore. Do you think this will ever happen?
There has been some talk about doing that, but if it does happen it'll be many, many years from now. And they'd need very expensive tunnels to take their place which would take billions to afford.
The morgue used to be incorporated within the QIT, then QUT grounds. Most people didn't know what the building was, it was tucked away. I used to see the chimney working in the early morning before work.
@16.40 the beautiful viewing of the little iron fencing above the retaining wall. Well, as a little girl, every time we passed that sweet looking metal work in our vehicles I would think just how special our city was, to have such decorative metal work alongside our river. Funny how much I loved that pretty metal as a little girl. Brisbane girl. 🦘🇦🇺
The shot you showed of the old morgue on the riverside is just the foundation, there was a building on top of that. Oddly, it was reused as a ferry terminal for boat trips to Lone Pine Sanctuary in the 50-60's but I'm sure they didn't tell the passengers the previous use of the building.
The 70s decision to build a motorway on top of the waterfront and get rid of trams seems utterly mad in 2024. I’m afraid the queens wharf construction is going to be a monument to capitalism/greed and also age badly but hey 🤷♀️ can’t stand in the way of progress right? Loved the vid and the history!
i do love Brisbane but as I'm getting older i just fund it harder to cope with the humidity 🥵🥵 Thankyou for enduring the humidity for another great vid 😊
I remember the opening of the Riverside Expressway as they had an open day when I was one of thousands of people who actually walked along the Riverside Expressway and accross the Captain Cook Bridge, something you can't do today.
The Riverside Expressway works and is not ugly, as seen, say, from South Bank . In my opinion. I remember the comment by the late tennis player Ken Fletcher who thought that it was pretty cool that you could travel directly via it to the Gold Coast. That level of connectivity, apparently was not common. But, of course, there is always the ever-increasing traffic density.Now that is universally common.
That's city design in the 1970's for you. Sure, Build a highway through the middle of our city! Funnel 1000's of cars into city centers every workday turning the entire place into a loud, polluted and congested place. Brisbane gutting it's tram network was the worst thing Clem Jones did. But hey at least we have 🥰Buses✨
Great video.. I remember talking with a friend before they built the clem7 tunnel.. that they should have built it under the Expressway, then recalmed the river bank back
Worked at the old Government Printing office . All the wash out from lead plate making and litho pkate making was simply drained into the river there . Acid lead etc. I wonder how much lead is in the silt there.??
Great video Rob, But missed out on important place to me. The Government Motor Garage in Alice Street. The Garage goes back to the horse and and cart days. It was out the back of Parliament House. I remember watching the freeway being constructed while I did my apprenticeship. I wrote a xy Falcon off once on road test on the south east freeway.Also had a girded tour of the morgue up the road. Not so good.
When I was a kid in the late 60s we used to jump off the old warfs and they were 5 m high and the river water was very clean and clear I lived at west end we had sandy beaches along the south Brisbane side a different place then 😂
Hi Rob. I love your walks. May I suggest while your talking about things you leave pauses and sit on the images your showing for 2 seconds longer or more. Just to allow for image absorption. It's fascinating what you talk about and gives Brisbane a soul.cheers
Love your vids and particularly love the volume of your vids, we can actually hear and understand them very clearly. Well done. Brisbane like a lot of towns or cities, did not value their river, it was nothing more than a dumping ground for chemicals and tallings, so the building of the expressway was probably not seen as anything too bad by the majority of Brisbanites, but now particularly after Expo'88 Brisbane finally started to value our river for it's views, the inclusion of public watercraft etc. May I suggest you may like to do a vid on an incident which happened during the 1974 floods, which happened at Evans Deakin Dry Dock when the ship, the oil tanker the Robert Miller, was in for repair, the ship was torn from its moorings in the dock and floated out into the river, it nearly caused a further catastrophe by nearly "damming up" the already fast moving and flooded Brisbane river. There is footage and pictures out there of the event, I am sure you could find it, if interested. It was quite eventful and very brave divers had to go down between the hull of the ship and tugs to secure what was necessary to wrangle the ship back into the dock.
Love watching Rob then going to sites. Great knowledge. Thank you. I’d love to see you talk about the history of the Masonic Grand Lodge and all the masonic lodges in Brisbane.
The water coming out at North Quay is indeed directly underneath the Oxley Memorial. The way I understand the early maps there was no outfall there until the BCC let out a contract to build the Sewer contract No 1.using egg shaped drains completely bricked to drain the no longer needed dam for water supply in Roma St and the Horse Pond. Due to the construction iof the Enoggera Reservior and Spring Hill Reserviors and adjioning gravity fed pipework. Along North Quay under the Grey St Bridge was where the pump house was to supply water to flush the Cities streets and the Tramways Power Station located where the Busway station is today in Countess St opposite Victoria Barracks and the old Police Horse stables. They had to remove this pump house when the bridge construction started. The wall along from there also has a brick post and Iron fence above it on North Quay with James Hopwood Mayor 1887 inscribed on stone on 3 posts,. A walk along there also at low tide reveals the older Victoria Bridge pylons and am currently looking at why they have remotely operated surveying equipment attached to Victoria Bridge northern abutment.
That was so interesting, thanks man, I grew up in brissy, worked at the Neville Bonner building when it opened, I had no idea it’s not there anymore, I’m a Radelaidian now so it’s nice having a walk through my old stomping grounds with you and really interesting knowledge along the way :)
@@assassinofoz we loved that place, it was open plan and made everyone feel like one, the outdoor area was brilliant also for lunch breaks, so thank you!
And right in front of the Commissariat store was the old convict ferry that went straight across to Sth Brisbane where one of the soldiers swore he saw the ghost of captain Logan waving from his horse to come pick him up. The large rock feature jutting out further down where the homeless people is directly under the plaque to the original pioneers and was a small soldiers and their children’s grave site.
Really enjoyed the history Rob, that hidden plaque you found for the opening of the Expressway was a nice find. I've endured the riverside expressway daily, during peak hour, like many others. It always baffled me how there is only ONE single lane going to the northern suburbs (that exit at Suncorp) that lane always gets jacked up for the whole expressway and people always cut in last minute. Classic.
Legend has it, shortly following its completion, a small collective of homeless underbridge dwellers cast a chilling curse upon the expressway. This curse would render all drivers to enter the confines of the bridge mentally handicapped for the duration of travelling the bridge.
Another well done video on our cherished Capital, Rob. Spot on with your view that the only remnant of our earliest colonial riverside history, is the Commissariat Store. Our historical areas along the River bank, were literally ruled through by the harsh concrete lines of the South-East Freeway (from The Captain Cook Bridge to the William Jolly Bridge). The character giving trams were ruled out too by the Freeway. Even the QUT Buildings deplete the Botanical Gardens area significantly, when the first Government House should be the only building in the Gardens. In all, because of the SE Freeway and other concrete constructions, Brisbane lacks the historical charm it could have, compared to other Australian Capitals like Melbourne. Melbourne has a depth of history, including the Trams which help preserve the moving history of the Victorian Capital. PS If you were to pressure hose the porphyry stone blocks which form the Commissariat Store cobblestone courtyard, you would be delighted by the wide ranging colours across the stones. These were likely quarried from the Kangaroo Point cliffs cobblestone
We are slowly binge watching your many videos. Very enjoyable, full of information, you must work very hard on your research. We finally subscribed. 👏😀 Hope your channel does well. Amusing that people in the street recognise you now and call you Walkabout Rob. 👍
Yes, people always call me walkabout, instead of Rob. Oh well, it's cool. Thanks for watching the shows and for subscribing. The earlier videos aren't that great but it was all part of the learning process.
I remember when routine maintenance found a "crack" in the Turbot street off ramp and they shut down the riverside expressway.....4-5 hours to get home and into city....LOL
Thanks, great to learn a a bit about a path I have run along many times. Also loved to see the artworks which where done by the company I work for also an little known part of Brisbane.
Thanks, very informative. I go running this exact strip 2-3 times a week before work, past the homeless an the "wages of sin is death". I will keep my eyes open for the other things youve shown....
Thank You Rob for another great video. I used to ride my bike or even skateboard to Uni at QUT GP along that path. Might be time to check it out again.
Hey Rob....my name is Ric...an ex Beenleigh/Eagleby resident...I totally love your videos and can tell you I lived in the area when perrys was the only shop in town. All those trees you see in and around the bmx track and the duck pond were planted by me and the crew as a punishment for being a naughty boy...on my community service for drinking and driving.. You are such a breath of fresh air and have a wicked sense of humour...keep up the great work and thanks for the memories....😢
Amazing - brought back memories from late 60’s loved it. Even in the 70’s when the area was used as a car park for QIT students and public servants, it was a dark “Cave”.
@Noname-rj8pq In general my videos are about going for a long walk and discussing the history on the way. Just doing one building doesn't really lend itself to a long walk. Of course I have broken that rule when I did City Hall. If I were to do the Masonic lodge it would need to be part of a larger journey.
I found your video absolutely wonderful and very entertaining. I'm 64 years old and now live in Toowoomba. I was born in Brisbane and I can still very clearly remember the river lined on both sides with wharves and many ships loading and unloading goods. I also remember when I was only a boy, the only bridges across the river were, the Storey bridge, the steel Victoria bridge with trams running across it to South Brisbane, and the William Jolly bridge. I can recall the building of the riverside expressway and the opening which was on the evening news. It didn't connect up with the pacific highway though, it only went as far as West End to the South and onto Coronation Drv in the West. The old red brick building that was once the QLD museum - which I spent many hours roaming around the exhibits - was in fact built as the original entrance to the RNA showgrounds and filled with many exhibits and fair attractions. It became the QLD museum in the 70's and eventually replaced with the ridiculously small current museum. Most of its original exhibits are still housed in storage, no doubt, never to be seen again. Amazing things you could find, from ancient Egypt to historical music pieces. Such is progress to ignore history. I love the history of Brisbane and several years ago I went on a private and personal pilgrimage I guess you could say to document almost everything I could remember of my youth. I didn't finish it but I did cover quite a bit. The water you saw coming from the rock face near the John Oxley memorial is in fact the fresh water creek that Oxley stopped at and replenished their water supplies. As it's illegal to cover or block natural water ways and springs, the creek was piped to allow it to run its natural course. I have, when it was accessible, drank the water from that source, it is as cool and refreshing as natural water can be. The last gas lit lamp in Brisbane used to be in George street, I don't know it it's still there. I remember the gas lamps in the city and the man that came around on sunset to light them. As well as the huge hanging baskets of ferns that hung from the street posts around city hall. I remember when Brisbane was a magical, historical place where dancing at Cloudland ballroom was a great night out. Thank you for bring back some other memories that I will always love. Cheers
Thank you for sharing your memories, I can just imagine how wonderful it was.
So glad the sniper from TF2 is showing me around my local city.
"Sniper's a good job mate, challenging work..."
The shortsightedness of covering the riverside with concrete and cars, rather than cafes and parks.
These videos reminding me of many things I'd forgotten, one incident, walking through the inside of Victoria Bridge from side to side just before the opening. Seemed like a good idea at the time but now wonder why on earth we did it. Swimming in the river, crossing to the Botanical Gardens etc, it was a teenagers paradise.
I lived in the area down in Lower River Tce on the south side in the days of the trains at Woolloongabba. It was a bit of an adventure growing up there, lots of time and room for mischief to be had.
Thanks for the memories.
I have never walked along there. It's now on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing this history. Fascinating.
As a police officer, I had business at the Morgue where you described in the 1970's and also worked at the South Brisbane Watchouse across the river in the old wineries building prior to the Expo and subsequent Southbank development.
Sometime in the 70's I installed some security stuff in the watchhouse. We had to use a Ramset, that used a 22 calibre charge. Great consternation followed.
Another great video Rob. Watching your content has opened my eyes to how little I know about the city I've lived in all of my life and inspired me to get out for a few walks myself. Thanks 👍
Go for it! Lets us know how it goes...
Hi Rob, The outlet of water below the John Oxley plaque is an outlet for the enclosed Wheat Creek. The creek became an open sewer running through the city and was buried.
Yes, Wheat Creek is fascinating, though it was never an open sewer. It was instead the main source of water for the settlement. Though of course rubbish and waste did find its way into it.
Creek St in the city was the original natural water course thru the rainforest... wow 250 years..
@@walkaboutwithrob civilised... makes ya wonder.
@@MadMasterNeil It was originally known as Wheat Creek.
I believe this is the stream that gives Spring Hill its name
Thanks Rob. The combination of archival research and looking at the world from street-level is an excellent way to learn about this whole place!
Hi Rob, the cafe and coffee shop inside the ground floor of 1WS is called Short Street Espresso - a small homage to this history!
Fascinating, I returned to QUT as an adult doing a Masters degree. I sometimes enjoy walking around the river bank pondering what was once there. There are areas near QUT that you can see old brick walls and other old building materials in the sand/mud. I had a thought, it might have been better to do that walk at low tide.
Lots of interesting facts I had no idea about our City, great research , I worked in the Neville Bonner building for a while, cant say I miss it
Hi Rob, Toombul shopping centre is about to be demolished. This was such an important part of the northside during the 70s and 80s (my childhood). It would be great if you were able to document it's rich history now that it's ... well, history. One of your awesome videos would really do it justice!
Crazy how it's been 2 years since the flood
Very interesting to hear the mangroves are new to Brisbane since the construction of Wivenhoe dam. I would have loved to swim in the fresh water river and beaches.
never thought id be interested in a video like this but I sat through all 17 minutes and 52 seconds of it and was engaged and loving it, definitely worth a like and subscribe.
Brisbane’s history is rich and full of interesting info. I’ve been fond of finding historical things here in Brisbane. Thanks for finding so many interesting places and events Rob.
My theory (with zero proof) had always been that the monument for John Oxley being in such an unlikely position was that he stopped at that location due to a natural spring coming out of that rock. I know people have said it is now a drain, but the location of the creek that filled Roma St and Creek st starts at the top of Makerston St, which aligns (I think) with the "spring" and the monument. It seems likely that the drain was put in to follow the natural water course.
Putting a highway on riverfront land was not a good idea in hindsight.
WEW. 1:02:2024. What a great walk. I have walked all along there BUT never delved into it's character, thank you Rob for sharing. Living now in Ballarat for the last four and a half + years you have brought back some fond memories. Again thank you. I lived in Brisbane from the age of 8 to 64 years. I do miss her but not her humidity!
Another great documentary, your videos are fantastic. Keep going ❤
I had the pleasure of working on the riverside expressway between 1974and 1976😊 Part my job was bolting the concrete parapets on to the roadway (sides)
Thanks for this really fascinating historical tour.
As necessary a piece of infrastructure as it is, the Riverside Expressway is a blight on the river and the City.
I hope one day is might be transformed to an under-river tunnel system and the northern bank of the river restored to use.
Thanks Bob very informative. I really appreciate historians prepared to dive under the weight of modernity to share their knowledge.
That water you spotted is out of a headwall which is one (if not the) oldest man made features in Brisbane
Excellent adventure to share with you, Rob. Thanks for sharing.
Good one Rob, interesting to see what's underneath the Riverside Expressway. So much work going on around there. Loved the old photo of the men doing the original retaining wall at 16.30. Great old photo.
Hey Rob, apologies if you've already done it, but any chance you'd be interested in covering the history of why Kedron and upper Kedron and miles apart for no apparent reason? Loving the content, thanks mate!
My guess is Kedron is a much older suburb than Upper Kedron, and was the first suburb named after Kedron Brook, meanwhile Upper Kedron is a lot further up the brook and was named after the upper reaches when it was built later. That's just my 2 cents though
Loved the bicycles speeding in the 10kmh zones. 😂
Another interesting video. ❤
A very informative video as always Rob. Thank you for all your hard work to produce such excellent content and it was fantastic to meet you just after you completed this walk - cheers Steve
Offtopic slightly, but seeing the Captain Cook bridge reminded me of growing up in Holland Park West in the 70s, and being 12, with racing bikes and having the freshly paved, unopened freeway to use whenever we wanted, from Gaza Rd to the city in ten minutes without a care in the world. Love your work, Rob.
I keep flicking between yours and Trocks' docos - this is another outstanding historic doco - thank you Rob
got a link for Trocks?
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Love your work. Would also love it if you could do a video about Petrie if possible . I know there’s lots of history here
Been suggesting petrie for months..
I’ll keep suggesting till he does a video on it 😂
Great Video Rob, the early reports of the Brisbane river and its environments are so fascinating. Amazing and maybe a bit sad how much can be lost in such a short time.
I distinctly remember the Helipad, the Hayles wharves and the fountain in that area. All gone. Great video, Rob. If you do decide to come out our way (Tamborine) well you can add the Christmas Day tornado to the history.
Excellent walk Rob, im afraid ive become one of them circling above from the express way and forgetting whats below. Its been 20 years since i use to frequent that area to get to QUT GP thanks for reminding me we shall see about this revivial most of brisbane like hanging out in the sun at Southbank not under the shadow of a road.
Thanks for this Rob. As a Brisbane local for over 50 years I really appreciate your research and detail!
Great video, thoroughly enjoyed. Personally id love to see traffic diverted from the city, the expressway removed and the land returned to parkland, similar to southbank. The expressway really is an eyesore.
Do you think this will ever happen?
There has been some talk about doing that, but if it does happen it'll be many, many years from now. And they'd need very expensive tunnels to take their place which would take billions to afford.
The morgue used to be incorporated within the QIT, then QUT grounds. Most people didn't know what the building was, it was tucked away. I used to see the chimney working in the early morning before work.
and the wonderful aroma of an Aussie barbecue.
Such a great video. Thanks for uploading this.
@16.40 the beautiful viewing of the little iron fencing above the retaining wall. Well, as a little girl, every time we passed that sweet looking metal work in our vehicles I would think just how special our city was, to have such decorative metal work alongside our river. Funny how much I loved that pretty metal as a little girl. Brisbane girl. 🦘🇦🇺
Ah times have changed from when 1960s consultants recommended ripping out light rail in favour of monstrous concrete expressways.
Another excellent video Rob. Look forward to the next one.
Thanks heaps Rob, this area fascinated me as well... cheers as always, Rach.
8:40 A fun fact about the Old Queensland Museum, it's the filming location of Jackie Chan's famous ladder fight scene in First Strike (1996).
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Thanks Rob, Another fact filled walk, great content and delivery. Loved the historic photos of Bridges and Brisbane. 😊
The shot you showed of the old morgue on the riverside is just the foundation, there was a building on top of that. Oddly, it was reused as a ferry terminal for boat trips to Lone Pine Sanctuary in the 50-60's but I'm sure they didn't tell the passengers the previous use of the building.
The 70s decision to build a motorway on top of the waterfront and get rid of trams seems utterly mad in 2024. I’m afraid the queens wharf construction is going to be a monument to capitalism/greed and also age badly but hey 🤷♀️ can’t stand in the way of progress right? Loved the vid and the history!
I'm really happy that they were forced to build out the cycling/walking infrastructure at least, but God I hate that it's a casino.
Try to lure rich gambling sharks from Asia
@@imakevideos5377 but they ruined an existing bikeway by making it shared between pedestrians and cyclists!! Everything about it has been frustrating
@@joshuasanderson7359as a pedestrian I would have to disagree
i do love Brisbane but as I'm getting older i just fund it harder to cope with the humidity 🥵🥵
Thankyou for enduring the humidity for another great vid 😊
Oh WOW! Just looking now. Can't believe you're doing this!
I remember the opening of the Riverside Expressway as they had an open day when I was one of thousands of people who actually walked along the Riverside Expressway and accross the Captain Cook Bridge, something you can't do today.
The Riverside Expressway works and is not ugly, as seen, say, from South Bank . In my opinion. I remember the comment by the late tennis player Ken Fletcher who thought that it was pretty cool that you could travel directly via it to the Gold Coast. That level of connectivity, apparently was not common. But, of course, there is always the ever-increasing traffic density.Now that is universally common.
That's city design in the 1970's for you. Sure, Build a highway through the middle of our city! Funnel 1000's of cars into city centers every workday turning the entire place into a loud, polluted and congested place. Brisbane gutting it's tram network was the worst thing Clem Jones did. But hey at least we have 🥰Buses✨
Great video once again on Brisbane!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for showing the attractions of Brisbane.
Brisbane always has fantastic scenes to show.
Homelessness in Brisbane has gotten so much worse the last few years :/
Love Sunday watching Rob. Might go for a walk around afternoon check out some of the places.
I really enjoyed this one. I’m a sucker for Victoria Bridge history so this had me rewinding & pausing on your photos. Loved it!
Cool, glad you enjoyed it!
Good video, mate, waiting for one about Ascot/ Hamilton?
Great video.. I remember talking with a friend before they built the clem7 tunnel.. that they should have built it under the Expressway, then recalmed the river bank back
Worked at the old Government Printing office . All the wash out from lead plate making and litho pkate making was simply drained into the river there . Acid lead etc. I wonder how much lead is in the silt there.??
Well done Rob. I learned a lot that I didn't know. I've never been along that path under the expressway.
It's definitely worth a walk or cycle along it. Easy to navigate despite the massive works going on.
Fantastic , drive on that motorway everyday. Thanks Rob !
Great video Rob, But missed out on important place to me. The Government Motor Garage in Alice Street. The Garage goes back to the horse and and cart days. It was out the back of Parliament House. I remember watching the freeway being constructed while I did my apprenticeship. I wrote a xy Falcon off once on road test on the south east freeway.Also had a girded tour of the morgue up the road. Not so good.
Very interesting Rob, well done!
huh , i don't know how many times i walked and drove over that victoria bridge , but its all been amazing about brisbane
Great video. I walk the section between Victoria bridge and 1 William street every day. Great to know some of the history of the area.
When I was a kid in the late 60s we used to jump off the old warfs and they were 5 m high and the river water was very clean and clear I lived at west end we had sandy beaches along the south Brisbane side a different place then 😂
Hi Rob. I love your walks. May I suggest while your talking about things you leave pauses and sit on the images your showing for 2 seconds longer or more. Just to allow for image absorption. It's fascinating what you talk about and gives Brisbane a soul.cheers
Love your vids and particularly love the volume of your vids, we can actually hear and understand them very clearly. Well done. Brisbane like a lot of towns or cities, did not value their river, it was nothing more than a dumping ground for chemicals and tallings, so the building of the expressway was probably not seen as anything too bad by the majority of Brisbanites, but now particularly after Expo'88 Brisbane finally started to value our river for it's views, the inclusion of public watercraft etc. May I suggest you may like to do a vid on an incident which happened during the 1974 floods, which happened at Evans Deakin Dry Dock when the ship, the oil tanker the Robert Miller, was in for repair, the ship was torn from its moorings in the dock and floated out into the river, it nearly caused a further catastrophe by nearly "damming up" the already fast moving and flooded Brisbane river. There is footage and pictures out there of the event, I am sure you could find it, if interested. It was quite eventful and very brave divers had to go down between the hull of the ship and tugs to secure what was necessary to wrangle the ship back into the dock.
Love watching Rob then going to sites. Great knowledge. Thank you. I’d love to see you talk about the history of the Masonic Grand Lodge and all the masonic lodges in Brisbane.
Your work to create this channel is pretty cool.
The water coming out at North Quay is indeed directly underneath the Oxley Memorial. The way I understand the early maps there was no outfall there until the BCC let out a contract to build the Sewer contract No 1.using egg shaped drains completely bricked to drain the no longer needed dam for water supply in Roma St and the Horse Pond. Due to the construction iof the Enoggera Reservior and Spring Hill Reserviors and adjioning gravity fed pipework. Along North Quay under the Grey St Bridge was where the pump house was to supply water to flush the Cities streets and the Tramways Power Station located where the Busway station is today in Countess St opposite Victoria Barracks and the old Police Horse stables. They had to remove this pump house when the bridge construction started. The wall along from there also has a brick post and Iron fence above it on North Quay with James Hopwood Mayor 1887 inscribed on stone on 3 posts,. A walk along there also at low tide reveals the older Victoria Bridge pylons and am currently looking at why they have remotely operated surveying equipment attached to Victoria Bridge northern abutment.
That was so interesting, thanks man, I grew up in brissy, worked at the Neville Bonner building when it opened, I had no idea it’s not there anymore, I’m a Radelaidian now so it’s nice having a walk through my old stomping grounds with you and really interesting knowledge along the way :)
I was on the original construction crew. Crazy to think a building I spent 2 years constructing is gone already.
@@assassinofoz1 William st was the first construction job I worked on Neville bonner gone not long after 2016
@@assassinofoz we loved that place, it was open plan and made everyone feel like one, the outdoor area was brilliant also for lunch breaks, so thank you!
Brilliant story once again, thank you Sir
And right in front of the Commissariat store was the old convict ferry that went straight across to Sth Brisbane where one of the soldiers swore he saw the ghost of captain Logan waving from his horse to come pick him up. The large rock feature jutting out further down where the homeless people is directly under the plaque to the original pioneers and was a small soldiers and their children’s grave site.
Yes, I passed the memorial to the unknown pioneers in this video, and I discussed it and the graves in my video about the founder of Brisbane.
Your best video yet!!
Thanks!
Really enjoyed the history Rob, that hidden plaque you found for the opening of the Expressway was a nice find.
I've endured the riverside expressway daily, during peak hour, like many others. It always baffled me how there is only ONE single lane going to the northern suburbs (that exit at Suncorp) that lane always gets jacked up for the whole expressway and people always cut in last minute. Classic.
Legend has it, shortly following its completion, a small collective of homeless underbridge dwellers cast a chilling curse upon the expressway. This curse would render all drivers to enter the confines of the bridge mentally handicapped for the duration of travelling the bridge.
Another well done video on our cherished Capital, Rob. Spot on with your view that the only remnant of our earliest colonial riverside history, is the Commissariat Store. Our historical areas along the River bank, were literally ruled through by the harsh concrete lines of the South-East Freeway (from The Captain Cook Bridge to the William Jolly Bridge). The character giving trams were ruled out too by the Freeway. Even the QUT Buildings deplete the Botanical Gardens area significantly, when the first Government House should be the only building in the Gardens.
In all, because of the SE Freeway and other concrete constructions, Brisbane lacks the historical charm it could have, compared to other Australian Capitals like Melbourne. Melbourne has a depth of history, including the Trams which help preserve the moving history of the Victorian Capital.
PS If you were to pressure hose the porphyry stone blocks which form the Commissariat Store cobblestone courtyard, you would be delighted by the wide ranging colours across the stones. These were likely quarried from the Kangaroo Point cliffs cobblestone
Excellent historical coverage. Subbed.
Welcome aboard!
We are slowly binge watching your many videos. Very enjoyable, full of information, you must work very hard on your research. We finally subscribed. 👏😀 Hope your channel does well. Amusing that people in the street recognise you now and call you Walkabout Rob. 👍
Yes, people always call me walkabout, instead of Rob. Oh well, it's cool. Thanks for watching the shows and for subscribing. The earlier videos aren't that great but it was all part of the learning process.
Peeling back the layers, some you just want to rip the scab off quickly, others not so much and enjoy, just as Rob has delightfully explained.
I remember when routine maintenance found a "crack" in the Turbot street off ramp and they shut down the riverside expressway.....4-5 hours to get home and into city....LOL
Awesome. I remember the 1974 floods. And I remember the opening of the river side express way.
Thank you Rob for another informative video.
I really enjoyed this... Thank you very much :-)
Very interesting 🧐 fun facts about Brisbane city Wharf!!
Another good video Rob. I enjoy your videos and history.
Thanks, great to learn a a bit about a path I have run along many times. Also loved to see the artworks which where done by the company I work for also an little known part of Brisbane.
Walk this route a lot. Thanks for telling me the finer points of things.
Thanks, very informative. I go running this exact strip 2-3 times a week before work, past the homeless an the "wages of sin is death". I will keep my eyes open for the other things youve shown....
Very interesting! Its a part of the world I know well.
Great video love these historic videos
Facinating!
Rob I have an old Edison tube cable joint from that area laid in 1880s. It’s now displayed up at ergon energy depot at Gladstone QLD!
Fantastic. Great video mate.
Thank You Rob for another great video. I used to ride my bike or even skateboard to Uni at QUT GP along that path. Might be time to check it out again.
Hey Rob....my name is Ric...an ex Beenleigh/Eagleby resident...I totally love your videos and can tell you I lived in the area when perrys was the only shop in town.
All those trees you see in and around the bmx track and the duck pond were planted by me and the crew as a punishment for being a naughty boy...on my community service for drinking and driving..
You are such a breath of fresh air and have a wicked sense of humour...keep up the great work and thanks for the memories....😢
Amazing - brought back memories from late 60’s loved it. Even in the 70’s when the area was used as a car park for QIT students and public servants, it was a dark “Cave”.
I walk this path every day at the moment. Nice work
Love these videos Rob!
Thanks Rob, please can you cover the Brisbane masonic lodge building and the chief mason who's wife coincidently died in the year of its opening?
@Noname-rj8pq In general my videos are about going for a long walk and discussing the history on the way. Just doing one building doesn't really lend itself to a long walk. Of course I have broken that rule when I did City Hall. If I were to do the Masonic lodge it would need to be part of a larger journey.
@@walkaboutwithrob I obviously enjoy all your vids and hope you get into some more historiy and human storys similar to your Logan coverage.