Leader:           Greg 3351 4092

Meet:               55 Lamington Ave, Ascot outside the Doomben Railway Station

Time:              2:46 pm

Cost:               Free

Grade:             M11

Distance:        11 km

Finish:            Doomben Railway Station

Emerg Off:      Greg 0418 122 995.

This stroll commences at 2.46pm on the footpath in Lamington Ave outside the Doomben Railway Station, which was created as a new station following electrification of the train line in 1988. At 2.51pm, we will catch Bus 303 from the Doomben Station for a twenty-minute journey to the Pinkenba State School where we will begin strolling at 3.11pm.

Our journey will follow the rail line from the historic suburb of Pinkenba, originally called Boggy Creek, which was the destination of the rail line from 1897 until its closure to all passenger traffic in 1993. But do goods trains still run?

The township of Pinkenba is a small residential community which includes nearby communities such as Myrtletown and, in the northern section of the suburb, Bulwer Island with its many industries and distribution centres.

When we come to the ‘Pinkenba Historical Trail’ in the heart of the township, there are several heritage-listed sites including the Pinkenba War Memorial, the Pinkenba Hotel built in 1910, now one of the oldest hotels in Brisbane (today called the Trade Coast Hotel), the Pinkenba State School (1875 to 2008), which closed with just six students,  Myrtletown Reserve and, of course, the Pinkenba Rail Station.

Our journey away from Pinkenba will cross industrial parks that will take us along Eagle Farm Road and away from the mighty centre of Pinkenba. We will continue to follow the railway line with nearby industrial estates, under impressive ‘ways and motorways’, before proceeding along the Moreton Bay Cycleway towards Doomben. 

Look at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Ve3vjYWwI  for a preview of this Stroll.

Come and join me in this historic corner of our beautiful city.