Thursday, July 13, 2017

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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The Brisbane River, a large dynamic waterway, is the pivotal physical element shaping the City of Brisbane and is, arguably, the City’s greatest natural resource. From its source in the Brisbane valley, the river courses through the CBD before reaching its estuary in Moreton Bay. A great way to observe the City’s changing development is on the river. The field trip will be a 4 hour journey aboard a CityCat ferry from the University of Queensland downstream through the CBD, Southbank Parklands to Hamilton Wharf, and returning to the University. Dr Iraphne Childs, a Geographer from UQ’s SEES, will be joined by an officer of the Brisbane City Council’s urban planning team to give commentaries on the river’s geography, including notable flood events, historical and present-day waterfront landuse.