NOTE: I this video I say that the Indigenous trackway that later became Waterworks Road led to Mt. Coot-Tha. While this is still correct, as many trackways led off from it, the track mostly went all the way to the Bunya Mountains.
Myself & a mate drove up to jolly's lookout to experience that storm . I sat on the handrail, until a bolt of lightning hit the tree about 7-10 meters away . We ran to the car .( his mums little Toyota corolla ). When it got really bad , we drove to the centre of the ( small ) carpark . Hoping no tree's would fall on us . Next morning was beautiful , we drove out onto waterworks rd . The carnage! It just occurred to us what we just witnessed. Tree's down everywhere, birds out in force , jumping on all of the bugs & insects. Lots of lizards on the streaming rd . There was a small - medium sized feral sow , just walking around . After that night, my football mate's called me Lieutenant Dan !
The bottom of the gap hill coming from Keperra on the right was where we tipped thousands of tonnes of granite from the Keperra quarry when Wagner's took over. Fun fact the rock at the gap site is the same as the backfill at the Newstead Gasworks. Wagner's won the contract and a shit load of cubic metres went from Keperra quarry to Newstead. When they were stockpiling it would go to the gap. Another fun fact you could medium boulders and large garden rocks every weekend. I personally ran rock out of Keperra over the hill to the gap for about year to give an idea of how much got moved
The 2008 weather event was truly incredible, I was part of the swift water rescue teams and I will never forget the shear volume of water flowing in the creeks. Great video.
i grew up here, basically all the houses on your left around the @15:00 were all farm land still when i was a kid. I was home for the gapapocalypse. It really was something else. sideways rain with crazy winds and every tree in my yard being snapped in half, the deafening sound of hail hitting the roof and garage doors and smashing windows , couldn't see more than 2 meters out a window. I will never forget the mountains after it. they looked like they had been shelled.
Hello, enjoy your Vid as a Gap resident and sent it to my son living in the UK to watch and remember. We were at home during the storm and being in an elevated block saw our two neighbours houses basically disintegrate, while parts of our roof disappeared,.. The tree you were looking for is probably as found on the corner of Payne and Patten roads. There are also some history that can be found such as very hidden convict marked stone walls, a gold mine, and even more importantly a supposed private pipe line from the dam directly to the xxxx plant so they could use clear clean water 😂 Enjoy all your walk arounds.
Hey mate been watching some of your videos from 3-4yrs ago when you used to go on the epic 30km long walks like.. the whole gold coast... all of scrubby creek.. shorncliffe to redcliffe. Inspied me this weekend to do my own walk from southport to coolangatta 32km! Love it mate.
Nice to have our little slice of heaven documented. 10km from the city but teeming with bird, reptile & animal life; abundant trees, creeks & green spaces and for the most very peaceful. Formerly a very working & middle class area but now somewhat gentrified and with a 7 figure median home price, though still full of great people with community spirit.
I've known The Gap for over 50 years, never really been affordable for the working class in that time - that was more Bardon,, Redhill, Rainworth etc. I was one of the povo spec kids that used to get the bus to the high school from that side of the hill.
My dad and his brothers and their friends lived at Ashgrove and used to go shooting hares for food in the Gap in the 1940s. Years later he took me and my brothers for hikes around the reservoir - good memories.
Another great video Rob! Thanks heaps again for your hard work. The Gap has some memories for me as a nipper back to the 1960s. An Uncle and Aunt lived near the base of Mount Cootha and their house did not have power connected so they used kerosene lanterns for lighting, two Charles Hope (a Brisbane based company) kerosene refrigerators and a wood stove for cooking. I also remember the kitchen floor was rammed earth. Still today when I smell kerosene burning it reminds me of their place. I also went to the Gap State school for a while. Great memories!
Great video Rob. I lived in The Gap for over 30 years so it was great to see your outside in perspective. I attended both the local Primary and High School, Scout group etc. Saw a lot of changes in that time. Just a few things to add if I may… Walton Bridge is the oldest continuous poured concrete bridge in Australia. Enoggera Creek used to flow a lot more and was populated with extremely large lung fish , turtles, eels, and the odd platypus. We would run from school across the Enoggera Dam wall and along the creek as part of our cross country sports days. Waterworks road was only two lanes wide and Gap Creek Road was still dirt. I’m not sure if you met with The Gap Historical Society (assume you did) however they have a very good book outlining the history of The Gap and the notable families that created the suburb (that while mostly now gone, remain in the road signs and park names). Paten, Payne, Dillon, Hilder to name a few. And we were there in the 2008 storm, which not only got classified as a State Emergency, but a National Disaster, with both the Premier and Prime minister visiting, along with the Army - it was really, very bad (my photos are still haunting). Before the Gap Tavern was built the quarry looked like a ghost ride or a movie set of old buildings. And across the road was a jam factory. The late 80s and 90s was when the Brisbane City Council changed the zoning of The Gap and also reduced the minimum land size for a house lot. The result was that a lot of natural bushland was developed into housing and townhouses. There was a petition to council to get a standard for development, but even with thousands of signatures it was ignored. There was also a push from developers to extend houses right up to the TV towers in the 1980s, thankfully that didn’t get up and the bushland remains. The community garden you visited used to be the local Pony and Equestrian club. As horse paddocks were sold for housing and horse families moved, the club closed and it was turned into the garden and Men’s shed. We’ve since moved further out to Samford but have many fond memories.
I used to do riding lessons at Mrs.Walkers "Pony Club" and ride horses around The Gap when there were still horse paddocks in the late 70's/early 80's. It was a great place to grow up. I lived on Jevons St, went to The Gap Primary and High school and went roller skating at The Red Hill Skating Arena every Saturday. Thanks for adding the extra info.
Great video Rob and pleased you mentioned the storm of Nov 2008. My company was doing enviro restoration work on part of Kedron Brook in the Gap at the time. In my 32 years working in nature I’ve never experienced the effects of a storm like the one that hit that afternoon at The Gap. The devastation was like nothing I’d seen before or since. Keep up the great work mate 👍
Thanks Rob. The Gap State High School had a small rifle range on the school oval with a brick wall as a back stop. I was in a Army Cadet shooting competition there in the early seventies. We were from Indooroopilly High Cadets shooting against The Gap High Cadets. Great memories!
Was still there, though unused, when I attended the school in the 80s. Used to be able to find rimfire casings near it. Good spot for jumping the fence to get to the escape route down the creek.
Thank you for this great Walk About video Rob. I grew up at The Gap (Jevons Street) in the 1980's, so this was an interesting and wonderful trip down memory lane.
I lived in The Gap about 15 years, and in one of the streets (Weemala) hit by that storm you mentioned, they left some roofs laying on the road blocking us in for an extra day because the PM was flying in to inspect, ha ha.
@@walkaboutwithrob you never disappoint. We’re of the same age-ish and neighborhoods, so you often bring back memories as well as create new interests.
Many thanks. I enjoyed the video very much. Lots of memories. We lived in Weemala St The Gap for several years. Weemala means "distant views" and we sure had them right on top of a large hill in The Gap. We could see the Gateway Bridge from our bedroom window. Its a nice area.
I went to Enoggera Dam for the first time about a month ago. I had a wonderful time hiking the Araucaria Track. Unfortunately I didn't have time to explore The Gap and only saw what was visible from the bus window. I must go back for a better look around. Thanks Rob!
Another great video thanks! I didn't know much about The Gap so learnt a lot. That big solid bridge and the reason behind it was very interesting, I love stuff like that. Really enjoyed the theatrical performance too! I can't even remember where i left my phone, but you can quote whole passages from memory- very impressive!
@thehousedetective Thanks Marianne! It was one of those shows I've had on my to do list for ages, so when someone suggested I make it, I thought I may as well. I played the role of Henry V, and directed the play, back in 1999 - the 400th anniversary of the play.
My very first visit to Brisbane started on the evening of the 17th November 2008. It was a strange time when the lead story in the news was the storm and flooding. The second story was about thw drought.
they have been seeding the clouds over Brisbane for decades. hardly anyone notices it. 😔 I've filed a dozen reports with crime stoppers in the last few months with photographical evidence.
Great video Rob. Rented there years ago and it's stayed one of our favourite places. You can still see make out the strip the storm carved out SW-NE. The trees on the ridge line to the left of settlement road looking north never came back the same (22:06 across the road over the roofs).
As someone who grew up in the gap from the age of 12 to 22, 1996- 2002 this was pretty interesting to watch and recognise where you are at each point like when you were walking past the high school i was think yep i went to high school there
Thanks for making this video! It's nice knowing the history of the area I live in! PS what was that strange cockatoo sound up in the tree? It didn't sound like a normal cockatoo sound, hence your puzzled face Lol!
Excellent video, Rob. The Gap was my old childhood suburb and it brings me a lot of joy seeing more people tell its story. We'll be releasing our next video on The Gap on September 22, which will include an interview with the late Richard Speechley of The Gap Historical Society (just in time for his birthday). I hope you (and anyone reading this) enjoy it.
Given how you document the gap in your videos, I had the feeling you might've spent your childhood in The Gap (just like myself). Fondest memories were spent there, and while I've lived in other parts of Brisbane ever since (typically remaining inner west), I always find myself reminiscing over the greenery and community charm that The Gap carried with it
That one was fun. I'll often pop up through the Gap if heading up to the Sunny Coast of up Mount Nebo / Glorious for a day trip. Had mates that lived there when I was at Uni but that was an unimaginable amount of time ago. The rock underneath is very very cool info though. I know I'm going to bore the family with that next time I go up that way. I like finding out that sort of stuff so I have a list of oddments I find out from shows like this. Very cool. Thanks.
@notanengineer The sign at 7:44 is near the carpark on Waterworks Road, near where Mt Nebo Road begins. This sign forbids dogs and cats. However, the sign at the Walkabout Centre only specifies dogs, hence my comment.
Keen to watch this one as I grew up in The Gap!..... my dad used to work for Channel 7 up on Mt Cootha building the sets for Jill n Agro / Boris's breakfast club. Now live in Adelaide and don't miss Brisbane haha, too many assholes and their assholes moved there. I remember as a child the BIG tree that was sadly cut down where the Coles carpark / McDonalds now stands. I also remember "Jack the slasher" over at the Brookside shopping center.
We used to call the headmaster of the high school 'Jack the Slasher' partly because he looked like the bloke in the ad, partly because he was called Jack, and partly because of his technique when doling out the cuts
Your Dad used to drive your brother and me up to channel 7 and we played tennis on the court while he worked. I moved up the coast and had to come down and collect my Dad after the storm wiped out his nursing home at Keperra.
Going to The Gap was meant to be a steep learning curve for me too - that's my old high school. Used to explode our bolt bombs on the big boulders in the creek. Wonder if the hole in the fence between the science block and the shops has been patched?? There was a BMX track on the far side of the golf course - probably multi million dollar houses now.
I was just saying to my friend the other day that I hope Rob will visit The Gap and other suburbs nearby. So thank you so much! Is there any chance you can do say, from Samford to Enoggera? And then from there to Wilston/ Windsor? Not all in one go of course!! It's a lot of suburbs I know, yet I'm sure a lot of people would be interested. Anyway, thanks again for another great video. 😊🌈
@georgiemoon9990 Thank you very much! Actually a walk from Samford to Windsor would be a piece of cake. However, I've already done videos on Samford and Windsor, so I'd probably be repeating much of the information.
I was working in Brisbane at the time of that storm. I remember it well. People always latch on to these events. Being originally from UK we have a similar storm event that those around always remember. The hurricane of October 87. 100mph gusts. Total devastation of many areas, and I managed to sleep through it. Not classified as a hurricane, despite the wind velocity, because apparently England isn't in a hurricane zone. And another event, you would never mention in Australia, but news worthy in England. We had a Summer in 1976. Full on drought and everything. They turned all our water off, and put up standpipes in the streets. No rain in England, just imagine that. Enjoyable witty tour of the Gap. Seems a lot busier than I remember.
i have friends in england that send me pictures of evidence of weather modification every day. they dont hide it in england like they often do in brisbane carrying out the cloud seeding after dark and before dawn.
Good to see a vlogger making HISTORY OF brisbane. Tv's in australia are lack and poorly in making australian documentries about Australia all they do is show a hotel or a cottage next to a boring wineyard in the fields of NSW and all they care is show the delicate same shit as other areas in a farm. How about they show show Brisbane is growing on tv programed rather then bull shit like todays programs how about they educated all australians what brisbane was ? I bet hardly anyone rememebrs expo 88 and before that. Go out there and hardly NO one talks about history of brisbane and how much it has change and when they do all they know is how much brisbane has change since the year 2000 but the 90s and 80s and 70s and 60s dont exist... they only care to talk about todays major news instead....... all they care is american bull shit programes like the voice. You doing good and i also support another young vlogger who does videos of brisbane as well similar to you but he does the walking videos and streaming while yours is more just based on history. Both are good from the past and whats on present of todays in time. Stay well.
So i like todays walking videos that has nothing to do with history at all. But also i like videos where u make history. Both you and the other cool vlogger are 100% the best. I cant handle vloggers who just stream by seating down. I like people like you people walking outside and start filming.
Thanks Rob, I love your work. I grew up in Logan village, I would love to see a walk about with Rob there. Forgive my ignorance if you have already done one there Neil.
Thanks Rob, great vid. I I'm not sure why Torana guy is trolling a channel like yours but I find it amusing. Have you toured the Rocklea area yet? I was at the markets on Saturday and was pondering its history.
@joeldalton473 Thanks indeed. Yes I'm not sure why that Torana guy chose to have a go at me. It's just the reality of being a content creator, one has to expect such strange, sometimes aggressive comments. He/she may have been upset because I don't believe in their religion. Who knows? But yeah, Rocklea could be a good topic.
Speaking of The Gap.....ok, not really but nearish enough, anyone know what the deal is with St John's Wood? It's not really a suburb but seems to be a bit of an enclave in Ashgrove? Kind of doesn't appear officially on maps but it's definitely there if you zoom into Google maps and has a funky little island roundabout thing with shops!
It's one of those odd places in Brisbane that is either a former suburb, or just a name on a map. Rosalie is kinda the same. There's actually a lot of them around.
Thanks Rob for your video. Yes, it is alternatively noisy and quiet... but it, and the creek itself are special. The rainforest along the creek you mention is unique to The Gap and there has been a booklet published by SOWN ( our local Bushcare group) about it. The rainforest type is not found anywhere else in Qld apart from small patches behind the Sunshine Coast. The tree you were looking for is upstream of where you crossed. There is an even older one downstream which is around 500-550 yrs old. In the area you crossed there is also a canoe tree/ scar tree. You're right about the people of The Gap- we seem quite taciturn, almost rural in our outlook. We don't see ourselves as a suburb but more of an outside- the - city place. We have pretty well everything we need from schools to shops to sports clubs. We are also pretty resilient as well, as we experience bushfire and flood events that most suburbs don't experience. We have a large range of animals here, birds in particular and even rarer species of mammals not found in the Greater metropolitan area - including the Mountain Bobuck or Mountain Possum- usually only found in The Border Ranges. Our proximity to forest and national parks creates a wildlife corridor. You mentioned Walton Bridge. It was the first concrete bridge built in Qld. The first school building in The Gap, on School Rd, now a Creche and Kindergarten, is still in use today. And the Miss Paten you mentioned planted a tree in the early 1900s which is still there today, in the middle of what was the school playground but now School Rd.. We have so much history, both natural and social, that we are so proud of. Thanks for sharing some of it with everyone.
St John's Wood. Not a suburb but considered part of Ashgrove. Like several suburbs or places in Brisbane, named after places in England. Judge Harding built his magnificent stone house there in the 1880s -and it still stands today. Named for his home in England. As was the name of suburbs like Bardon, Rainworth and Auchenflower- all of them houses still standing today in suburbs named after them.
It makes me so happy to know that someone out there has the same warped sense of humour as me. "Pretending to be going somewhere, didn't really forget my camera" that's hilarious 😂
Hi Rob, can you point me towards where you sourced the information of Irene Anna Paton? I tried to look her up and have found no information about her being the first female law graduate or being in the High Court of Australia.
An interesting snapshot of The Gap. I always find it disappointing however, when the long custodianship by First Nations people is not acknowledged. The path that became Waterworks Rd was not used to go to Mt Coot-tha - it was part of the track that led to the Bunya Mountains and the Bunya gathering - a very important cultural event. The tree he was looking for is at the other end of Payne Rd.
@michellepeile8442 Actually, I have acknowledged the Indigenous peoples in many of my videos in the past, and nearly always I have received contempt, abuse, and even a couple of threats. And yes, the trackway through The Gap was used by the local Indigenous peoples to get to Mt Coot-Tha, as several other trackways also did. This was particularly true for peoples heading east from the Bunya Mountains.
Custodianship? As you say they transited the area en route to gathering places. As far as we know there are no sacred sites or culturally significant places within The Gap. No need to make inferences to the contrary.
@Torana1974 You haven't provided any facts or evidence. Despite me asking you to do so, you keep failing to do this. The only fact you HAVE provided is that you have no evidence to back up your claims. So we come right back to the start. Do you have anything even remotely intelligent to provide?
@Torana1974 I think it's safe to assume that you have no evidence and are instead just mouthing-off. Many people such as yourself have done that, and then they simply fade back into the ether because they know full well they cannot substantiate their claims. If you had the evidence, i.e. if you had bothered to do even a tiny amount of work, you would have something to offer. As such, it has all been rather a waste of your time, and mine.
Sorry to upset your bogus history lessons you should talk your the one talking about a time 280 million years ago and then showing some picture of what it looked like your throne wasting peoples time haha joker bro kidding yourself
@Torana1974 Good, now you're trying to have a conversation. That's some form of progress on your part. So, which civilisations are you referring to, and what documents of theirs say that the earth is 6000 years old?
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Don't be silly. Obviously yt premium isn't going to remove sponsors. Yt premium gives money to yt so they don't need ads, not directly to the youtubers tho. Unless you want to send rob some cash, don't complain about sponsors
There is a difference between sponsors and ads. You stupidly pay for no ads. Sponsors are the YT content creators speaking about the sponsor, not an actual ‘ad’. Just tap forward like everyone else if you don’t want to watch it, instead of the drama.
TH-cam ads really do not pay enough. It only takes 3 seconds to skip a minute long sponsorship, and that money could be putting food on the table. This is a site-wide practice and Rob is fully justified to include a sponsorship.
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NOTE: I this video I say that the Indigenous trackway that later became Waterworks Road led to Mt. Coot-Tha. While this is still correct, as many trackways led off from it, the track mostly went all the way to the Bunya Mountains.
I spent the first 20 years of my life at The Gap, we lived in 3 different houses, brilliant place to grow up!
Myself & a mate drove up to jolly's lookout to experience that storm .
I sat on the handrail, until a bolt of lightning hit the tree about 7-10 meters away . We ran to the car .( his mums little Toyota corolla ).
When it got really bad , we drove to the centre of the ( small ) carpark . Hoping no tree's would fall on us . Next morning was beautiful , we drove out onto waterworks rd . The carnage!
It just occurred to us what we just witnessed.
Tree's down everywhere, birds out in force , jumping on all of the bugs & insects.
Lots of lizards on the streaming rd . There was a small - medium sized feral sow , just walking around .
After that night, my football mate's called me Lieutenant Dan !
The bottom of the gap hill coming from Keperra on the right was where we tipped thousands of tonnes of granite from the Keperra quarry when Wagner's took over. Fun fact the rock at the gap site is the same as the backfill at the Newstead Gasworks. Wagner's won the contract and a shit load of cubic metres went from Keperra quarry to Newstead. When they were stockpiling it would go to the gap.
Another fun fact you could medium boulders and large garden rocks every weekend.
I personally ran rock out of Keperra over the hill to the gap for about year to give an idea of how much got moved
35 years ago we used to find a a great deal of gold tops in The Gap.
To old for that sort of thing today but as a 19 year old, good times.
The 2008 weather event was truly incredible, I was part of the swift water rescue teams and I will never forget the shear volume of water flowing in the creeks. Great video.
i grew up here, basically all the houses on your left around the @15:00 were all farm land still when i was a kid. I was home for the gapapocalypse. It really was something else. sideways rain with crazy winds and every tree in my yard being snapped in half, the deafening sound of hail hitting the roof and garage doors and smashing windows , couldn't see more than 2 meters out a window. I will never forget the mountains after it. they looked like they had been shelled.
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Nice video Rob !! As a Paten myself it was great to see my family get a mention 👍
Hello, enjoy your Vid as a Gap resident and sent it to my son living in the UK to watch and remember. We were at home during the storm and being in an elevated block saw our two neighbours houses basically disintegrate, while parts of our roof disappeared,.. The tree you were looking for is probably as found on the corner of Payne and Patten roads. There are also some history that can be found such as very hidden convict marked stone walls, a gold mine, and even more importantly a supposed private pipe line from the dam directly to the xxxx plant so they could use clear clean water 😂 Enjoy all your walk arounds.
Hey mate been watching some of your videos from 3-4yrs ago when you used to go on the epic 30km long walks like.. the whole gold coast... all of scrubby creek.. shorncliffe to redcliffe. Inspied me this weekend to do my own walk from southport to coolangatta 32km! Love it mate.
@robg9256 what a wonderful journey. Those mega walks are addictive and makes one want to do more.
Nice to have our little slice of heaven documented. 10km from the city but teeming with bird, reptile & animal life; abundant trees, creeks & green spaces and for the most very peaceful. Formerly a very working & middle class area but now somewhat gentrified and with a 7 figure median home price, though still full of great people with community spirit.
I've known The Gap for over 50 years, never really been affordable for the working class in that time - that was more Bardon,, Redhill, Rainworth etc. I was one of the povo spec kids that used to get the bus to the high school from that side of the hill.
My dad and his brothers and their friends lived at Ashgrove and used to go shooting hares for food in the Gap in the 1940s. Years later he took me and my brothers for hikes around the reservoir - good memories.
I grew up in ashgrove in the 80s and 90s
Another great video Rob! Thanks heaps again for your hard work. The Gap has some memories for me as a nipper back to the 1960s. An Uncle and Aunt lived near the base of Mount Cootha and their house did not have power connected so they used kerosene lanterns for lighting, two Charles Hope (a Brisbane based company) kerosene refrigerators and a wood stove for cooking. I also remember the kitchen floor was rammed earth. Still today when I smell kerosene burning it reminds me of their place. I also went to the Gap State school for a while. Great memories!
Thanks, and am so glad you enjoyed the show. Your comment was most interesting indeed.
@@walkaboutwithrob the wife was annoyed that you filmed near our house (and where she works) but we were way that weekend :) Bummer ...
Great video Rob. I lived in The Gap for over 30 years so it was great to see your outside in perspective. I attended both the local Primary and High School, Scout group etc. Saw a lot of changes in that time. Just a few things to add if I may… Walton Bridge is the oldest continuous poured concrete bridge in Australia. Enoggera Creek used to flow a lot more and was populated with extremely large lung fish , turtles, eels, and the odd platypus. We would run from school across the Enoggera Dam wall and along the creek as part of our cross country sports days. Waterworks road was only two lanes wide and Gap Creek Road was still dirt. I’m not sure if you met with The Gap Historical Society (assume you did) however they have a very good book outlining the history of The Gap and the notable families that created the suburb (that while mostly now gone, remain in the road signs and park names). Paten, Payne, Dillon, Hilder to name a few. And we were there in the 2008 storm, which not only got classified as a State Emergency, but a National Disaster, with both the Premier and Prime minister visiting, along with the Army - it was really, very bad (my photos are still haunting). Before the Gap Tavern was built the quarry looked like a ghost ride or a movie set of old buildings. And across the road was a jam factory. The late 80s and 90s was when the Brisbane City Council changed the zoning of The Gap and also reduced the minimum land size for a house lot. The result was that a lot of natural bushland was developed into housing and townhouses. There was a petition to council to get a standard for development, but even with thousands of signatures it was ignored. There was also a push from developers to extend houses right up to the TV towers in the 1980s, thankfully that didn’t get up and the bushland remains. The community garden you visited used to be the local Pony and Equestrian club. As horse paddocks were sold for housing and horse families moved, the club closed and it was turned into the garden and Men’s shed. We’ve since moved further out to Samford but have many fond memories.
I used to do riding lessons at Mrs.Walkers "Pony Club" and ride horses around The Gap when there were still horse paddocks in the late 70's/early 80's. It was a great place to grow up. I lived on Jevons St, went to The Gap Primary and High school and went roller skating at The Red Hill Skating Arena every Saturday. Thanks for adding the extra info.
Isn’t it just sad what they’re doing and will continue to do with the housing and removal of natural land.
Hey Rob! Great meeting you today! Anything you want will be heavily discounted, your a local legend mate! 🍻
Hey thanks Jarvis! Great to meet you.
This video had a T Rocks feeling at the start. Great work as usual 🤙
You filled a Gap in my knowledge of Brisbane! Another great video, keep it up!
Great video Rob and pleased you mentioned the storm of Nov 2008. My company was doing enviro restoration work on part of Kedron Brook in the Gap at the time. In my 32 years working in nature I’ve never experienced the effects of a storm like the one that hit that afternoon at The Gap. The devastation was like nothing I’d seen before or since. Keep up the great work mate 👍
Thanks Rob. The Gap State High School had a small rifle range on the school oval with a brick wall as a back stop. I was in a Army Cadet shooting competition there in the early seventies. We were from Indooroopilly High Cadets shooting against The Gap High Cadets. Great memories!
Was still there, though unused, when I attended the school in the 80s. Used to be able to find rimfire casings near it. Good spot for jumping the fence to get to the escape route down the creek.
Too dangerous now, guns have been demonised beyond sense.
Love your work too Rob . Keep it up .
Always enjoy your content! Thanks Rob
Am a local, have been waiting for this. Thanks!
Love you too do the history of Gympie, Some of my ancestors came from there.
But still waiting for Nundah
I'm feeling the pressure to do Nundah... might happen...
Thank you for this great Walk About video Rob. I grew up at The Gap (Jevons Street) in the 1980's, so this was an interesting and wonderful trip down memory lane.
Loving the new content mate. Brilliant as always Rob
@robg9256 Thanks!!
Love it great Video Rob!
Another great video. Love your work
I lived in The Gap about 15 years, and in one of the streets (Weemala) hit by that storm you mentioned, they left some roofs laying on the road blocking us in for an extra day because the PM was flying in to inspect, ha ha.
Thank you, Rob. That was very interesting and informative.
Great stuff, I have spent days wandering around that Dam.
My night is complete with a video from Rob
@gerrib1633 Aww thank you! If I knew that would happen, I'd have tried harder to make a better show.
@@walkaboutwithrob you never disappoint. We’re of the same age-ish and neighborhoods, so you often bring back memories as well as create new interests.
Many thanks. I enjoyed the video very much. Lots of memories. We lived in Weemala St The Gap for several years. Weemala means "distant views" and we sure had them right on top of a large hill in The Gap. We could see the Gateway Bridge from our bedroom window. Its a nice area.
Great video, Rob 😊 Always wanted to live at The Gap. Such a beautiful area!
Beautiful, but really cold in winter, especially on the southern aspect slopes.
Took me a while to realise that the car horns that are frequently heard in Rob's videos are passing motorists who have recognised him.
Nice one and some nice music too....what an interesting place The gap is.
Dam it Rob, good little performance in the outdoor theatre!! Always like watching these videos, please keep going.
Thanks, and will do!
Thoroughly enjoy your channel Rob hopefully one day you can explore the history of Inala and surrounding area
Great video but I am not surprised you never went to the gap it’s such a pain in the ass to get In and out of, waterworks rd is a nightmare
Another great episode brother.
coming back to the camera after walking past got a lot more laughs from me than i think it deserved.
I went to Enoggera Dam for the first time about a month ago. I had a wonderful time hiking the Araucaria Track. Unfortunately I didn't have time to explore The Gap and only saw what was visible from the bus window. I must go back for a better look around. Thanks Rob!
Another great video thanks! I didn't know much about The Gap so learnt a lot. That big solid bridge and the reason behind it was very interesting, I love stuff like that. Really enjoyed the theatrical performance too! I can't even remember where i left my phone, but you can quote whole passages from memory- very impressive!
@thehousedetective Thanks Marianne! It was one of those shows I've had on my to do list for ages, so when someone suggested I make it, I thought I may as well. I played the role of Henry V, and directed the play, back in 1999 - the 400th anniversary of the play.
My very first visit to Brisbane started on the evening of the 17th November 2008. It was a strange time when the lead story in the news was the storm and flooding. The second story was about thw drought.
they have been seeding the clouds over Brisbane for decades. hardly anyone notices it. 😔 I've filed a dozen reports with crime stoppers in the last few months with photographical evidence.
Epic footage on TH-cam of 2008 storms...👍
Great video Rob. Rented there years ago and it's stayed one of our favourite places. You can still see make out the strip the storm carved out SW-NE. The trees on the ridge line to the left of settlement road looking north never came back the same (22:06 across the road over the roofs).
As someone who grew up in the gap from the age of 12 to 22, 1996- 2002 this was pretty interesting to watch and recognise where you are at each point like when you were walking past the high school i was think yep i went to high school there
Great video Rob. I’m doing some research on historic bridges at the moment and Walton Bridge is one of them.
Thanks for making this video! It's nice knowing the history of the area I live in! PS what was that strange cockatoo sound up in the tree? It didn't sound like a normal cockatoo sound, hence your puzzled face Lol!
Excellent video, Rob. The Gap was my old childhood suburb and it brings me a lot of joy seeing more people tell its story. We'll be releasing our next video on The Gap on September 22, which will include an interview with the late Richard Speechley of The Gap Historical Society (just in time for his birthday). I hope you (and anyone reading this) enjoy it.
Given how you document the gap in your videos, I had the feeling you might've spent your childhood in The Gap (just like myself). Fondest memories were spent there, and while I've lived in other parts of Brisbane ever since (typically remaining inner west), I always find myself reminiscing over the greenery and community charm that The Gap carried with it
That one was fun. I'll often pop up through the Gap if heading up to the Sunny Coast of up Mount Nebo / Glorious for a day trip. Had mates that lived there when I was at Uni but that was an unimaginable amount of time ago. The rock underneath is very very cool info though. I know I'm going to bore the family with that next time I go up that way. I like finding out that sort of stuff so I have a list of oddments I find out from shows like this. Very cool. Thanks.
thanks again for your awesome video..... love to go there and do that walk (when it's cooler and I've got the energy)😊
Cheers Rob👍
"doesn't say anything about cats" the sign at 7:44 🤣
@notanengineer The sign at 7:44 is near the carpark on Waterworks Road, near where Mt Nebo Road begins. This sign forbids dogs and cats. However, the sign at the Walkabout Centre only specifies dogs, hence my comment.
Keen to watch this one as I grew up in The Gap!..... my dad used to work for Channel 7 up on Mt Cootha building the sets for Jill n Agro / Boris's breakfast club. Now live in Adelaide and don't miss Brisbane haha, too many assholes and their assholes moved there. I remember as a child the BIG tree that was sadly cut down where the Coles carpark / McDonalds now stands. I also remember "Jack the slasher" over at the Brookside shopping center.
We used to call the headmaster of the high school 'Jack the Slasher' partly because he looked like the bloke in the ad, partly because he was called Jack, and partly because of his technique when doling out the cuts
Your Dad used to drive your brother and me up to channel 7 and we played tennis on the court while he worked. I moved up the coast and had to come down and collect my Dad after the storm wiped out his nursing home at Keperra.
Going to The Gap was meant to be a steep learning curve for me too - that's my old high school. Used to explode our bolt bombs on the big boulders in the creek.
Wonder if the hole in the fence between the science block and the shops has been patched??
There was a BMX track on the far side of the golf course - probably multi million dollar houses now.
Interesting. I've never been to the dam out there. I'll have to head up there soon and check it out.
I was just saying to my friend the other day that I hope Rob will visit The Gap and other suburbs nearby. So thank you so much! Is there any chance you can do say, from Samford to Enoggera? And then from there to Wilston/ Windsor? Not all in one go of course!! It's a lot of suburbs I know, yet I'm sure a lot of people would be interested. Anyway, thanks again for another great video. 😊🌈
@georgiemoon9990 Thank you very much! Actually a walk from Samford to Windsor would be a piece of cake. However, I've already done videos on Samford and Windsor, so I'd probably be repeating much of the information.
Ah, ok. Sorry about that. I'm new to your channel so I'll go and find those videos. Thanks Rob.
I was working in Brisbane at the time of that storm. I remember it well. People always latch on to these events. Being originally from UK we have a similar storm event that those around always remember. The hurricane of October 87. 100mph gusts. Total devastation of many areas, and I managed to sleep through it. Not classified as a hurricane, despite the wind velocity, because apparently England isn't in a hurricane zone. And another event, you would never mention in Australia, but news worthy in England. We had a Summer in 1976. Full on drought and everything. They turned all our water off, and put up standpipes in the streets. No rain in England, just imagine that.
Enjoyable witty tour of the Gap. Seems a lot busier than I remember.
i have friends in england that send me pictures of evidence of weather modification every day. they dont hide it in england like they often do in brisbane carrying out the cloud seeding after dark and before dawn.
google malcolm turnball and rainmaking. inlude the word : "murdoch"
Good to see a vlogger making HISTORY OF brisbane. Tv's in australia are lack and poorly in making australian documentries about Australia all they do is show a hotel or a cottage next to a boring wineyard in the fields of NSW and all they care is show the delicate same shit as other areas in a farm. How about they show show Brisbane is growing on tv programed rather then bull shit like todays programs how about they educated all australians what brisbane was ? I bet hardly anyone rememebrs expo 88 and before that. Go out there and hardly NO one talks about history of brisbane and how much it has change and when they do all they know is how much brisbane has change since the year 2000 but the 90s and 80s and 70s and 60s dont exist... they only care to talk about todays major news instead....... all they care is american bull shit programes like the voice. You doing good and i also support another young vlogger who does videos of brisbane as well similar to you but he does the walking videos and streaming while yours is more just based on history. Both are good from the past and whats on present of todays in time. Stay well.
So i like todays walking videos that has nothing to do with history at all. But also i like videos where u make history. Both you and the other cool vlogger are 100% the best. I cant handle vloggers who just stream by seating down. I like people like you people walking outside and start filming.
Enjoyed this one!! Always wondered why the Kindergarten was in the isolated location it's in. Makes sense now!
Thanks Rob, I love your work.
I grew up in Logan village, I would love to see a walk about with Rob there. Forgive my ignorance if you have already done one there Neil.
Thanks Rob, great vid. I I'm not sure why Torana guy is trolling a channel like yours but I find it amusing. Have you toured the Rocklea area yet? I was at the markets on Saturday and was pondering its history.
@joeldalton473 Thanks indeed. Yes I'm not sure why that Torana guy chose to have a go at me. It's just the reality of being a content creator, one has to expect such strange, sometimes aggressive comments. He/she may have been upset because I don't believe in their religion. Who knows? But yeah, Rocklea could be a good topic.
Cheers mate. Just down the road from me
please do kepperra and mitchelton next!
I grew up in the Gap, parents and a brother still live there now.
……my late b-i-l built his house at The Gap in 1957. My parents’ reckoned he ‘got lost’ to find the block of land there then………
Gap Creek Road is an interesting one. It seems to Flood every time Rainfall exceeds 5mm and has 40km'h speed limit, with a plethora of Camera's.
any clue what the cameras are used for?? I don't think they're speed cameras
My Aunty , Uncle and cousins lived at The Gap for many years so I have visited many times.
Thanks!
@michaelstorey6786 thank you most kindly and sincerely!
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Speaking of The Gap.....ok, not really but nearish enough, anyone know what the deal is with St John's Wood? It's not really a suburb but seems to be a bit of an enclave in Ashgrove? Kind of doesn't appear officially on maps but it's definitely there if you zoom into Google maps and has a funky little island roundabout thing with shops!
It's one of those odd places in Brisbane that is either a former suburb, or just a name on a map. Rosalie is kinda the same. There's actually a lot of them around.
Thanks Rob for your video. Yes, it is alternatively noisy and quiet... but it, and the creek itself are special. The rainforest along the creek you mention is unique to The Gap and there has been a booklet published by SOWN ( our local Bushcare group) about it. The rainforest type is not found anywhere else in Qld apart from small patches behind the Sunshine Coast. The tree you were looking for is upstream of where you crossed. There is an even older one downstream which is around 500-550 yrs old. In the area you crossed there is also a canoe tree/ scar tree.
You're right about the people of The Gap- we seem quite taciturn, almost rural in our outlook. We don't see ourselves as a suburb but more of an outside- the - city place. We have pretty well everything we need from schools to shops to sports clubs. We are also pretty resilient as well, as we experience bushfire and flood events that most suburbs don't experience.
We have a large range of animals here, birds in particular and even rarer species of mammals not found in the Greater metropolitan area - including the Mountain Bobuck or Mountain Possum- usually only found in The Border Ranges. Our proximity to forest and national parks creates a wildlife corridor.
You mentioned Walton Bridge. It was the first concrete bridge built in Qld.
The first school building in The Gap, on School Rd, now a Creche and Kindergarten, is still in use today. And the Miss Paten you mentioned planted a tree in the early 1900s which is still there today, in the middle of what was the school playground but now School Rd..
We have so much history, both natural and social, that we are so proud of. Thanks for sharing some of it with everyone.
St John's Wood. Not a suburb but considered part of Ashgrove. Like several suburbs or places in Brisbane, named after places in England. Judge Harding built his magnificent stone house there in the 1880s -and it still stands today. Named for his home in England. As was the name of suburbs like Bardon, Rainworth and Auchenflower- all of them houses still standing today in suburbs named after them.
Not to sure about your comedy, Rob .
It's a sometimes thing 😂
Henry V being quoted what next?. Couldn't see the tree because of the forest ?.
It makes me so happy to know that someone out there has the same warped sense of humour as me. "Pretending to be going somewhere, didn't really forget my camera" that's hilarious 😂
Speaking of Gaps, check out Spicers Gap and Cunninghams Gap
its pretty common to see massive brush boxes, at lamington national park an surrounds there are still some over 1500 years old.
Cool. But I was looking for a local one in The Gap
Hi Rob, can you point me towards where you sourced the information of Irene Anna Paton? I tried to look her up and have found no information about her being the first female law graduate or being in the High Court of Australia.
www.hearsay.org.au/irene-winifred-paten-llb-queenslands-first-woman-barrister/
Cheers!
Midday Rob. I was just wondering was that recital of a play Shakespearean and was it Richard the lll
@@PeterAllen-li7fm Henry V
The original Gap school house in now on the grounds of the high school
It was called the Gapocalypse.
You have a buy me a coffee fund but i know you'd rather a beer
Hi Rob!
hi!
Rob i saw you in front of grand central hotel the other day was in a rush but should’ve taken a quick selfie, next time!
Yes for sure, pull over next time and jump out. Happy to say hi!
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An interesting snapshot of The Gap. I always find it disappointing however, when the long custodianship by First Nations people is not acknowledged. The path that became Waterworks Rd was not used to go to Mt Coot-tha - it was part of the track that led to the Bunya Mountains and the Bunya gathering - a very important cultural event. The tree he was looking for is at the other end of Payne Rd.
@michellepeile8442 Actually, I have acknowledged the Indigenous peoples in many of my videos in the past, and nearly always I have received contempt, abuse, and even a couple of threats. And yes, the trackway through The Gap was used by the local Indigenous peoples to get to Mt Coot-Tha, as several other trackways also did. This was particularly true for peoples heading east from the Bunya Mountains.
Custodianship? As you say they transited the area en route to gathering places. As far as we know there are no sacred sites or culturally significant places within The Gap. No need to make inferences to the contrary.
@@jaxhoffalot2812. Maybe not yet. Anyway. Watch this space……….🤷♂️🤷♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
There is always one.
The Gap used to be a clothing brand too 😂 ❤
Any mention of the cul de sacs? 😉 Boy Swallows Universe
like 👍 number 835
Anyone else like before the video before it even begins ?
No. I hate waterworks rd, Ashgrove and the whole area is a pain in the ass to get in and out of
yes Barry , i share the videos on my Facebook and TH-cam channel too.
here's my comment 😉
Mind The Gap
She has legs like the waterworks road, it goes all the way to The Gap.....old Brisbane saying
Shssss.. He is “acting”
@johnstonstewart6995 Why "Shssss"??
Acting what? Major of the gap?
@@Robert-xs2mv Absolutely.
Wanted it quiet for your monologue in the amphitheater….. good job. I loved living in / at the Gap…
Good how we can tell what the land was like millions of years ago but can't tell us what happened 2-3 hundred years ago?
@boo123221 Why do you think we can't tell what happened 2-3 hundred years ago?
Never assume just stick to the facts recorded facts
@Torana1974 You haven't provided any facts or evidence. Despite me asking you to do so, you keep failing to do this. The only fact you HAVE provided is that you have no evidence to back up your claims. So we come right back to the start. Do you have anything even remotely intelligent to provide?
Dumb shits haha following a flog any wondering you are confused and have no idea of history
Walkabout Wi' Throb
Having 20,000 people living immediately downstream of a 4.5 giga litre dam is a genius move by Brisbane Council
Fruitloops haha how many millions of years
@Torana1974 Is that it?
Yep where did you get your history info from Kellogg’s ?
@@Torana1974 well if my history is wrong, then please provide evidence that proves it’s wrong.
Prove you wrong ? The late devodin where did you get a image of 282 million years ago science book yeah ? Haha too smart for me bro
@@Torana1974 Once again, please provide evidence that proves I am wrong.
No not trying to have a conversation with you. Just pointing out the facts the that’s recorded that can be proven with evidence you look genius
@Torana1974 I think it's safe to assume that you have no evidence and are instead just mouthing-off. Many people such as yourself have done that, and then they simply fade back into the ether because they know full well they cannot substantiate their claims. If you had the evidence, i.e. if you had bothered to do even a tiny amount of work, you would have something to offer. As such, it has all been rather a waste of your time, and mine.
Sorry to upset your bogus history lessons you should talk your the one talking about a time 280 million years ago and then showing some picture of what it looked like your throne wasting peoples time haha joker bro kidding yourself
The earliest recorded civilisations put 6000 years
Bit different from your 280 million haha science hey ?
@Torana1974 Good, now you're trying to have a conversation. That's some form of progress on your part. So, which civilisations are you referring to, and what documents of theirs say that the earth is 6000 years old?
please time stamp your despicable advertising or lose subscribers. It's disgusting that people circumvent the system for youtube by taking on "sponsors." I pay for youtube so i don't get ads so for creators to do it this way is underhanded and invasive. This isn't a question.
theres a special place in hell for ppl like you
Don't be silly. Obviously yt premium isn't going to remove sponsors. Yt premium gives money to yt so they don't need ads, not directly to the youtubers tho. Unless you want to send rob some cash, don't complain about sponsors
ppl that pay for ytp
There is a difference between sponsors and ads. You stupidly pay for no ads. Sponsors are the YT content creators speaking about the sponsor, not an actual ‘ad’. Just tap forward like everyone else if you don’t want to watch it, instead of the drama.
TH-cam ads really do not pay enough. It only takes 3 seconds to skip a minute long sponsorship, and that money could be putting food on the table. This is a site-wide practice and Rob is fully justified to include a sponsorship.
17:40 Hahaha... Yep, totally... :D
Not as sad as the appalling immigration policies of Labor! I remember When this country used to be Australia 😠👎
Wow! What an amazingly irrelevant comment.
We're all immigrants numbnuts
@@raindog428 No we're not 🤷.... Shows how ignorant you are there ... 👉Numbnuts👈Some of us have been here long before white people..... 👉 Numbnuts👈.... But you leftwing woke narcissistic bleeding hearts only believe what your told to believe 🤤
@@raindog428 WRONG .... Captain ignoramus 🤤
@@chaseadams5037lol ok