Draft Master Plan A blueprint for Brisbane's for consultation premier open space What might our creek look like in the future?
B ris ba ne River Graceville Ave Parkland gateway 20 km walking and community hub and cycling trail Creek revegetation Sherwood Rd and rehabilitation
World-renowned birdwatching destination
Parkland gateway and community hub
Adventure hub
Wetlands Ipswich Mwy and canoe trails Strategic restoration plan
Regional wetlands park
O xle Recreation and y C ree interpretive centre k Strategic economic Bowhill Rd development strategy
Learoyd Rd
Lake-edge park
Creek revegetation and rehabilitation
k e re C er nd Blu
Multipurpose regional sports and event centre
Note: The Master Plan will not be a Logan Mwy statutory plan. It will not add another Regional nature-based layer of rules over local development, adventure park although it may suggest changes to existing regulations. Instead, it will help guide long-term planning and prioritisation of expenditure, and coordinate government and community efforts. 1 LORD MAYOR'S Foreword My vision is to transform the Oxley Creek corridor, from its mouth at the Brisbane River to Larapinta, into a lifestyle and leisure destination, befitting our New World City with a focus on a clean, green and sustainable outcome.
This draft Master Plan represents the first major milestone in achieving that vision. Prepared by Oxley Creek Transformation, it offers a contemporary blueprint for Brisbane’s premier open space of the future. The draft Master Plan translates our ambition to make Brisbane one of the world’s top 10 lifestyle cities into practical action. Recognising the environment as central to our city’s liveability, it outlines projects and initiatives to revitalise our most urbanised waterway. Oxley Creek will be reimagined as an urban playground, economic incubator, environmental asset and an incredible new tourism destination. Backed by Brisbane City Council’s commitment towards a cleaner, greener and more sustainable city, Oxley Creek Transformation will guide the final Master Plan, following input from the community. I encourage you to have your say on this draft Master Plan.
Graham Quirk LORD MAYOR
The Master Plan in brief 14 1 strategic vision ideas
3 12 6 goals strategies priority projects
2 INTRODUCTION Our vision
Oxley Creek Transformation will deliver multiple environmental, social and economic benefits for the local community and the city as a whole.
Oxley Creek Transformation Priority projects have been is committed to reducing selected to kickstart change – a the impacts of industry and 20-kilometre recreation trail from development on the creek and the river to a new nature-based its surrounds, embedding flood adventure parkland in Larapinta, resilience into the corridor and a world-renowned birdwatching growing its rich network of destination at Oxley Creek green spaces. Common, a regional parkland at Archerfield Wetlands with a visitor Seeking environmentally-sensitive centre, and whole-of-corridor outcomes while transforming the environmental and economic Oxley Creek corridor into a vast strategies. multi-use parkland and attracting investment to unlock its economic Join us and help turn these ideas potential will be a balancing act. into reality. Close collaboration with business, industry, government and the community will help us get it right. A suite of strategic ideas will deliver the foundational framework Nigel Chamier AM of the future parkland. Chairman Oxley Creek Transformation Pty Ltd
REVITALISING THE CATCHMENT The Oxley Creek The Oxley Creek Catchment The Oxley Environment Group Association is established Creek Inc. and the Australian to provide leadership and Catchment Timeline Marine Conservation guidance on catchment issues. Management Society Inc. seek to Plan is Release of ‘State of Oxley establish an Integrated released. Creek Catchment' Report Oxley Creek Transformation is building Catchment Management (Part 1) and 'Water and Land on the hard work and commitment of program in the Oxley Use Impact and Management Creek catchment. catchment groups, local councils, state Analysis' (Part 2). and federal governments, Indigenous communities and hundreds of volunteers who have laboured to revitalise the creek for decades. This draft Master Plan represents the next crucial step in a journey that formally began in 1995. 1995 1996 1999
3 Oxley Creek Transformation About Oxley Creek Transformation
Oxley Creek Transformation The company was established decision-making framework, is planning and creating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of giving the company the skills and Brisbane’s newest Brisbane City Council in 2017, with agility to respond to opportunities a funding commitment of $100 quickly and drive tangible change. recreational asset in million over 20 years. Sustainable The company’s commitment to collaboration with income streams, generated by Council and the community is to: government, businesses, Oxley Creek Transformation, will industry, community groups, complement this investment and • plan the Oxley Creek corridor schools and residents. support Oxley Creek corridor’s for the future ongoing revitalisation and • collaborate with partners to maintenance. establish a shared vision and Oxley Creek Transformation’s small promote integrated action dedicated team of professionals • create the foundational operates within a streamlined elements of the future parkland. Core focus for 2017 – 2020
plan collaborate create
Synthesise ideas and Partner with Establish new lifestyle opportunities and the community, and leisure destinations explore innovations to industry, businesses and the systems they design for the future. and government need to flourish. stakeholders to achieve a common vision.
The Lord Mayor’s Lord Mayor Graham Oxley Creek Oxley Creek Draft Oxley Oxley Creek Oxley Creek Quirk pledges $100m Transformation Transformation Creek Transformation Master Catchment Taskforce over 20 years to Pty Ltd formed Pty Ltd Transformation Plan is finalised and is established transform the Oxley and Board commences Master Plan is implementation and charged Creek corridor into a appointed. operations. released for commences. with overseeing world-class recreation stakeholder rehabilitation efforts. destination. and community engagement.
1999 2006 JUN 2016 JAN 2017 JUL 2017 APR 2018 SEP 2018
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 4 Document structure Contents STRATEGIC CONTEXT How to use this document Heritage ...... 7 City ...... 9 The Oxley Creek Transformation The Master Plan also describes Place ...... 11 14 strategic ideas – innovative Master Plan is organised into People ...... 13 three sections. projects to revitalise specific Water ...... 15 locations or holistic strategies The Strategic Context identifies for the whole corridor – that will Habitat ...... 17 the history of Oxley Creek corridor, lay the foundation for the future its present-day attributes and its parkland. future opportunities, setting the MASTER PLAN scene for the Master Plan. A clear path forward is presented in the section on Implementation, Community ideas ...... 19 The Master Plan outlines the with detailed descriptions of the Vision ...... 21 vision for Oxley Creek corridor, priority projects for delivery in the three broad goals and the Goals and strategies ...... 23 short to medium-term. 12 strategies to guide future Strategies: Environment ...... 25 initiatives and investment. Colour-coded icons and graphics Strategies: Social/Community ...... 29 have been used to demonstrate Contributions from community Strategies: Economic ...... 33 the important links between the groups and residents are vision and strategies and the Strategic ideas ...... 35 captured in the Community priority projects. Ideas subsection. IMPLEMENTATION Delivery framework ...... 41 Priority projects ...... 43 Project delivery ...... 57 Next steps ...... 59
How this Master Plan relates to Brisbane City Council's sustainability initiatives
“Water is Brisbane’s most precious natural Celebrating our living city resource and central to the city’s identity and liveability.”
Brisbane is on its way to becoming a global leader Priority actions to achieve a water smart city include: in sustainability. The city lives and breathes its • Adopt water smart practices that contribute to a dedication to a clean and green lifestyle, enjoying a liveable, resilient city reputation as one of the world’s most liveable cities. • Focus on ensuring that our waterways, river and Brisbane’s first sustainability report, Brisbane. Clean, bay are healthy, safe and accessible Green, Sustainable 2017-2031 celebrates the city’s achievements and sets out goals to keep Brisbane • Design with water in mind at the leading edge of sustainability. A key goal is • Work with partners to sustainably manage to show leadership in becoming a resilient, water Brisbane’s water resources for existing and future smart city that uses water sustainably and protects generations its waterways. • Empower community members to deliver Establishing Oxley Creek Transformation sustainable water outcomes demonstrates Brisbane City Council’s commitment to leading edge, whole-of-catchment planning in • Continue to be a water leader through partnership with the community. knowledge and innovation
5 Oxley Creek Transformation HERITAGE CITY PLACE PEOPLE WATER HABITAT CONTEXT STRATEGIC STRATEGIC
COMMUNITY IDEAS COMMUNITY IDEAS
Oxley Creek will be transformed into a world-class green, lifestyle and leisure destination, befitting our new world city VISION 3 GOALS GOALS
Environment Social / Community Economic
MASTER PLAN 12 STRATEGIES STRATEGIES SUB-STRATEGIES
IDEAS 14 STRATEGIC IDEAS
DELIVERY FRAMEWORK 6 PRIORITY PROJECTS
PROJECT DELIVERY IMPLEMENTATION
NEXT STEPS
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 6 STRATEGIC CONTEXT Heritage 1860 Urban growth begins Fitted with ingenious, in 1859 when Boyland's self-invented machines Pocket is subdivided into and imported devices, 30-40 acre farming lots for early sugar mills and the production of sugar, arrowroot factories cotton, maize and potatoes. birth the district's
1850 characteristic culture of innovation and First free settlement along entrepreneurialism. Oxley Creek begins in 1850.
Settlers Simpson and Boyland
lease large tracts of low-lying 0 land (now covered by the The Indigenous Landscape suburbs of Graceville, Sherwood, To the Yerongpan people, who speak Corinda and Oxley) and the area the Yaggera language, Oxley Creek is becomes known as Boyland's `Benarrawa', a rich source of food. People Pocket and is used for cattle and enjoy the Bungwall fern (Blechnum indicum) sheep grazing. at Willawong, fish from the creek and the fruits of the mangroves. Local fauna is hunted. People camp in places such as the Rocky Water Holes, leaving evidence of their daily lives for future generations such as stone tools along the creek at Acacia Ridge, and bora rings in Camira and near the In 1843 Brisbane's first racecourse current Chelmer Railway Station. is built at Stable Swamp Creek.
In 1842 Brisbane is
opened to free settlers. 1820 1841 1840 The Largest Flood event ever recorded occurs.
In 1839 Granville Stapylton conducts the first land survey Early Exploration around Oxley Creek. Howes Bros. In 1823 explorer John Oxley discovers the establish a 1893 creek, which he names 'Canoe Creek'. bacon factory The Great Flood In 1825 surveyor Edmund Lockyer renames it on Blunder destroys the Freney 'Oxley's Creek' as he charters the Brisbane Creek in 1894. timber sawmill. River. 1890
The European Landscape In 1898 Archerfield Wetlands are subdivided into From 1826–1839 timber is logged along agricultural lots, excluding land the creek by convicts and floated to the immediately adjacent the creek and Tennyson Sawmill at the creek mouth. land containing a low-lying wetland on Blunder Creek. A transition from Between 1828 and 1829 rural activities to industrial land construction of the first penal uses begins. settlement road between Brisbane and Limestone (now Ipswich) begins.. 1830 7 1900 Community Growth In 2016, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk pledges $100m over the next 20 187 The first school opens years to transform the Oxley In in 1867 with 117 pupils. Creek corridor into a world-class 2009, 2010 recreation destination. OCCA wins In 1868 the old International convict-era road is 2011 Oxley Creek Transformation Pty Ltd River replaced by a new January Flood forms in 2017 and preparation Foundation’s road. Brisbane records of the Oxley Creek National its second-highest Transformation Master In 1869 the sugar Riverprize. flood level of the Plan commences. cane industry last 100 years, after booms, however, In 2006, the 1974. after successive Lord Mayor's years of poor Oxley Creek Sergeant Dan Stiller Memorial harvests due to Catchment Reserve is opened in March 2011. flood and drought, Taskforce is In 1996 Oxley Creek
0 dairying and meat 0 established. Catchment Association processing facilities Inala Wastewater Treatment Plant (OCCA) is formed. replace cane is decommissioned in 1997. production. The 2000 first railway 1990 between Brisbane and Ipswich opens 1970 19741980 1987 was in 1876, proclaimed prompting The Australia the 'Year of the increased Day Flood River' by former develop Lord Mayor 1880 submerges much of -ment and the Rocklea district, Sallyanne Atkinson. greater including the Rocklea land Markets. subdivision. The Inala Wastewater Treatment Plant is constructed in 1958.
During 1964 1960A post WWII surge the 1970s sandstone A Major Flood in Queensland's quarries, sawmills, population results in brickworks and sand devastates local a wave of residential extraction operations agricultural lands development in the begin in Oxley and homes. catchment. and Blunder creek catchments.
With the outbreak of 1950 WWII in 1939, 1940 Archerfield Archerfield Aerodrome Aerodrome is becomes a established in significant 1929. military base. 1930 The 1920s witness the second wave of residential development in the catchment. 1910 1920 1900 Major flood events Minor flood events 8 STRATEGIC CONTEXT City: Sustainable growth
Brisbane is a safe, vibrant, Government plans focus growth The industrial areas of Oxley, green and prosperous city, into locations where access to Rocklea, Archerfield and Acacia and a great place to live, services and employment can be Ridge form part of the South maximised, including the inner West Industrial Gateway, one of work and relax. Oxley Creek city, around shopping centres, and the city’s three Major Industry will play an important role along major transport corridors Areas and a primary regional in maintaining Brisbane’s such as railway lines and busways. employment hub. future prosperity and the This development pattern Industry is vital to Brisbane’s quality of life we enjoy as also protects our network of economy, directly supplying the city grows. green spaces, valued as places approximately 15% of all jobs in for relaxation, recreation and Brisbane and supporting other restoration. Brisbane’s green employment sectors such as network and waterways are also retail and construction. Many an indispensable element of the industrial operations also export, regional ecosystem, supporting driving broader economic growth. biologically diverse native plants However, with demand for and animals. industrial land forecast to outstrip supply by 2041, preserving The scale of Oxley Creek's existing enterprise and industry transformation will have regional areas is becoming critical. benefits, positively contributing to the wellbeing of local residents Adjacent to the corridor are by addressing service gaps in the core components of the regional current green space network. It transport network such as will create a regional recreation Archerfield Airport, Brisbane’s asset while enhancing essential major general aviation airport, and biodiversity values, natural key freight rail and road corridors. waterway processes and regional Tourism is another economic pillar habitat corridors. of our city, and this industry is A healthy, biodiverse environment rapidly expanding. Our climate is essential to Brisbane's and natural assets are predicted sustainable growth, lifestyle and to attract greater numbers of Brisbane's economy is growing, with city image. The Oxley Creek interstate and international visitors a projected corridor has the potential to over time. Transforming the deliver integrated environmental Oxley Creek corridor into a vast rehabilitation, recreation activities, recreational precinct offers the 45% nature-based experiences and opportunity to animate Brisbane increase in jobs between 2011 and community amenities. with a new eco-destination 2031. to broaden Brisbane’s tourism offerings. 50% of Brisbane's industrial land is in the South West Industrial Gateway.
37% of Brisbane is natural habitat.
Tourists spent $6 billion visiting Brisbane in 2016-17.
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Local Government Area (LGA) Strathpine Boundary
Oxley Creek Transformation Master Plan Study Area
Waterbodies and Waterways MORETON BAY REGION Major Transport Corridor
Growth Node (Planned)
Growth Node (Future)
Major Road Network Chermside Railway Network
Green Space* Mitchelton Brisbane Airport Major Industrial Areas
Airport and Port Infrastructure
* Includes land zoned as Open Space, Sport and Recreation, Parks, Environmental Management, Conservation and Rural Neighbourhoods
Mount Coot-tha City Centre
Indooroopilly
Carindale Capalaba
Cleveland
Mount Gravatt Upper Mount h Mwy wic Ips Gravatt Oxley Archerfield Airport
O xl South West Industrial Gateway ey C re e LGA Boundary Wacol k REDLAND CITY
Springwood Pallara
IPSWICH t
n CITY e Karawatha Forest m
h c Logan Mwy t a C Johnson Rd k e
e r C y le x O Forestdale LOGAN CITY STRATEGIC CONTEXT Place: Land use and connections
Oxley Creek has always Early timber logging and farming Airport. Corinda and Oxley been a hard-working creek. of the 1800s eventually gave way passenger railway stations are Sustaining Indigenous life to housing and factories, which within five kilometres of the creek set the foundation for Brisbane’s and the Queensland Government for millennia, it was also thriving economy. Enterprise and is considering future passenger the lifeblood of colonial industry still line the creek today, railway stations at Algester and Brisbane, supplying sand fringed by urban neighbourhoods, Acacia Ridge. shopping centres, parks, sporting for construction, water for Direct access to the creek varies fields, protected nature reserves farming and a means of across the corridor. Active transport and large open spaces in the flood transportation. Today, the networks for walking and cycling plain that help manage flooding in are more concentrated in the north corridor remains one of nearby suburbs. the city’s most diverse and of the corridor, corresponding productive areas. Residential neighbourhoods with established residential adjoining the corridor range neighbourhoods and community from older, leafy suburbs with facilities. In industrial areas and ‘timber and tin’ character homes emerging residential suburbs in to semi-rural residential areas the corridor's south, convenient and new master-planned estates walking and cycling networks are with smaller, more affordable yet to be realised. block sizes. Emerging residential Given its scale and urban setting, developments are underway in the the corridor offers an extraordinary suburbs of Willawong, Pallara and opportunity to establish a major Heathwood. off-road recreation and commuter The South West Industrial Gateway active transport network, has excellent regional road and rail connecting north to south as well connections. Goods are distributed as cross-corridor links. to and from the port, the city Precinct-level planning and centre and all parts of Australia. design will be required to manage These networks, together with interfaces between the creek and citywide bus and train services, new business and industry areas, as also make the Oxley Creek corridor well as vehicle access, stormwater accessible to regional tourism hubs run-off, surveillance for safety and and destinations such as Brisbane’s other environmental issues. City Centre and the Brisbane
The legacy of past corridor activities Oxley Creek and its surrounds have • Potential for landfill sites to produce endured a long history of agriculture, unpredictable pockets of landfill gas extractive mining, industrial uses, which can affect human health. unregulated landfilling activities, illegal • Exposure, by excavation or erosion, dumping and wastewater treatment of naturally occurring acid sulphate The Oxley Wastewater operations. This has resulted in significant soils which can result in the release of Treatment Plant is the impacts on environmental quality and acids, metals and nutrients. health, including: Future detailed investigations and testing • Creek water quality impacted by regimes will be required to identify and industrial pollutants, contaminated 2nd remediate or contain land and waterway groundwater and soil erosion. largest in Queensland. contamination to ensure the safety • Pollutant particles in water reduce and protection of both people and the oxygen levels and the creek's ability to environment. support aquatic plants and animals. Opportunity exists to treat stormwater 115 • Contaminated soils and closed run-off into the creek from industrial areas, businesses operate out landfill areas impacting groundwater as well as the inflows from tributaries, by of Archerfield Airport, quality as a result of rain or flood passing it through bio-retention basins employing hundreds water leaching. These areas are also or engineered wetlands. This process of people. susceptible to random slump and removes sediments and pollutants from settlement. the water and can also aerate the water, thereby increasing its oxygen levels.
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Local Government Area (LGA) Graceville B Boundary ris ba ne Rive r Oxley Creek Catchment Tennyson Boundary
Oxley Creek Transformation Master Plan Study Area
Waterways
Waterbodies
Commercial Centre Rocklea Seventeen Mile Rocks Specialised Centre
Residential Areas
Rural Areas
Beaudesert Road
Ipswich Motorway Oxley Industrial Areas
Darra Special Use Archerfield
O Community Use x le y C re Open Space* e k
Blunder Road Primary Cycle Route Inala Acacia Ridge Motorways, Arterial and District Roads
Railway Network
Railway Station
Willawong Future Planned Railway Station
* Includes land zoned as Open Space, Sport and Recreation, Environmental Management, Conservation as well as identified regional ecosystems.
k e re C er nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale Lake
Larapinta
Logan Motorway
Oxley Creek Catchment LOGAN CITY
LGA Boundary Forestdale
Johnson Road STRATEGIC CONTEXT People: Vibrant communities
Some of Brisbane’s oldest Extending from the Brisbane sporting fields, golf courses, clubs suburbs sit alongside its River, at a point seven kilometres and heritage places, particularly newest neighbourhoods in south-west of Brisbane’s City in more established northern Centre, to Johnson Road in suburbs. the Oxley Creek corridor, Larapinta, the Oxley Creek Community groups and where jobs are close to corridor engages diverse suburbs. associations are very active homes and nature absorbs Each neighbourhood has its own and rates of volunteering are distinct character and appeal, the city bustle. high, demonstrating a deep from the quiet, older streets connection with the location and of Graceville to the energy of a strong sense of community. For Rocklea's markets. example, in 2009, the Oxley Creek Local housing age and character Catchment Association won the traces the evolution of European International River Foundation’s settlement. Farming first drew National Riverprize in recognition settlers to the area and by of its partnership activities the late 1800s the northern associated with revitalising the suburbs of Graceville, Tennyson, catchment. Sherwood, Oxley and Rocklea Transforming the Oxley Creek were established. Development corridor presents an opportunity slowly expanded south, with to further strengthen community Acacia Ridge and Inala booming ties by uniting individuals and post-World War II as servicemen organisations in long-term and their families moved into the environmental action and bringing suburbs. communities together. Doolandella and Algester The future parkland will become developed through the 1970s and a major recreation and leisure Forest Lake introduced affordable destination for locals, greatly small-lot housing to the city in the expanding existing community 1990s. Emerging communities at resources and facilities, and Willawong, Pallara and Heathwood a source of community pride are now attracting new families to and identity. Its cornerstones the corridor. – environmental conservation, Many locals work in nearby education and respect for cultural industrial precincts and the area heritage – will set the corridor 28 is well supported by community apart as a regional recreation asset Brisbane suburbs engage facilities including schools, shops, of the highest quality and value. with the Oxley Creek corridor.
Oxley Creek catchment is home to Aboriginal culture, landscape and heritage “Benarrawa is flowing. We dream that the people will listen to the 60,000+ land and to each other.” Brisbane residents. Benarrawa Dreaming Statement* Oxley Creek was known as ‘Benarrawa’ residual physical cultural heritage items to the Yerongpan people, a rich natural alone, but also through intangible 21.2% larder, filled with lily-bulbs, fish and cultural heritage values, such as oral ducks. The site was also significant to histories and story-telling. Because of locals volunteer compared to other Traditional Owners, including of this it will be important over the 18.8% in Queensland. the people who spoke the Yugambeh life of the transformation project to language. engage with both the local and broader Indigenous community. Engagement A range of different Aboriginal cultural will allow appropriate management of, heritage sites have been identified 48.2% representation of and story-telling about, both within and adjoining the Oxley of households are couple families tangible and intangible Aboriginal Creek corridor. Aboriginal cultural with children. cultural heritage within the Oxley Creek heritage values are not manifested in corridor.
*Lathouras, A., & Ross, D. (2018). Benarrawa Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Solidarity Group: working to reduce the deleterious effects of racism through structural community development. In G. Craig (Ed.), Community 13 Organising Against Racism: 'Race', Ethnicity and Community Development (pp.215-228). Bristol: Policy Press Yeronga LEGEND
Local Government Area (LGA)
Graceville Br Boundary isb an e R iver Oxley Creek Catchment Tennyson Boundary
Oxley Creek Transformation Master Plan Study Area
Waterways
Waterbodies
Community activity hubs* Rocklea Seventeen Mile Rocks Open Space**
* Includes land zoned for schools, community use, sport clubs and facilities, playgrounds,
Beaudesert Road golf courses and heritage-listed places
Ipswich Motorway Oxley ** Includes land zoned as Open Space, Sport and Recreation, Environmental Darra Management, Conservation as well as Archerfield identified regional ecosystems.
O x le y C re e k
Blunder Road Inala Acacia Ridge
Willawong
k e re C er nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale Lake
Larapinta
Logan Motorway
Oxley Creek Catchment LOGAN CITY
LGA Boundary Forestdale Johnson Road STRATEGIC CONTEXT Water: Natural flows
Oxley Creek is the Brisbane With its headwaters in the slopes Good planning and clever River's longest tributary and of Mt Perry near Flinders Peak, construction can embed greater has the largest catchment Oxley Creek flows 70 kilometres flood resilience into the corridor. through Ipswich City, Logan City Flood-smart buildings and park of any creek within the and Brisbane City. Sand mining, infrastructure can be designed city. When it reaches logging, farming, industry, to withstand partial inundation; the Brisbane River it has development and flooding have problematic sites can be turned into passed through three local all taken their toll on its health. high-value locations for recreation and entertainment; constructed government areas. The While the upper catchment wetlands can help clean urban creek is also one of our most remains relatively undisturbed, run-off; and natural drainage middle and lower catchment areas urbanised and polluted and filtration systems can make have been heavily impacted by waterways. businesses more flood-resilient. urbanisation. These measures can also help the Restoring Oxley Creek to a corridor stay robust and adaptable healthy urban waterway requires during other forms of extreme overcoming erosion and creek weather such as heat and drought. instability, poor water quality, Localised strategies must be landfill exposure and groundwater developed with the entire contamination, disturbed aquatic catchment in mind. Only a and terrestrial habitat and comprehensive, catchment- increasing stormwater run-off due wide approach will establish the to urbanisation. necessary understanding to achieve Flood plains along the corridor act transformative change. Future as storage basins during rain and projects should aim to enhance flood events, reducing flooding and beautify the creek, improve in other parts of the catchment water quality, remediate or contain and the Brisbane River. Future contamination, reinstate riparian development must continue to habitats and biodiversity and better respect this important function. connect the creek to the river and local communities.
2 MORETON 270 km BAY catchment spanning the cities of Ipswich, Logan and Brisbane. REGION BRISBANE CITY SOMERSET 70 km REGION REDLAND of waterway from its headwaters in the slopes of Mt Perry CITY near Flinders Peak. Lower Catchment 30 km Middle Catchment of waterway within Oxley Creek Catchment Study Brisbane City. Area IPSWICH CITY 2000 Upper Catchment hectares (approximately) of SCENIC LOGAN CITY CITY OF river flood storage area in the RIM GOLD COAST Oxley Creek flood plain. The Oxley Creek catchment and city boundaries
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Local Government Area (LGA) Boundary Graceville Br isb an e R iver Oxley Creek Catchment ek re Boundary Tennyson C in b la oo Oxley Creek Transformation M Master Plan Study Area
Waterways
Waterbodies
Green Space* R ocky Wa te r H Creek Flood Hazard Mapping ** Rocklea oles Seventeen Mile S t a Minor Flood Constraints Rocks b l e (Based on FPA 4 and 5, this includes
S w areas where flooding is likely or am p C possible and there may be shallow reek and/or slow moving water)
k Beaudesert Road Moderate Flood Constraints ree yfly C Ma Ipswich Motorway (Based on FPA 2 and 3, this includes Oxley areas where flooding is likely and there may be deep and/or moderate-fast moving water) Darra Archerfield Major Flood Constraints
O (Based on FPA 1, this includes areas x k le where flooding is very likely and/or ree y Doris C C there may be very deep and/or very ttle re Li e k fast moving water)
Blunder Road * Includes land zoned as Open Space, Sport and Inala Acacia Recreation, Parks, Environmental Management, Ridge Conservation and Rural Neighbourhoods. ** Refer to Brisbane City Council City Plan, 2014 Flood Overlay Code ek leys Cre Han
Willawong
k e re C er nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale
Lake S h e e p S ta tio n G u lly
Larapinta
Logan Motorway
Oxley Creek Catchment LOGAN CITY
LGA Boundary Forestdale
Johnson Road STRATEGIC CONTEXT Habitat: A wildlife haven
Oxley Creek’s lower and altering the natural watercourse, Much of this vegetation is middle catchment, from and wildlife corridors fragmented. now protected and listed on Johnson Road to the The biodiversity of both the government databases as ‘of corridor and the broader region concern’ and ‘endangered’ Brisbane River, still holds suffered. regional ecosystems. high environmental value despite its challenging Yet some habitat remained. Collectively, it functions as a Significantly, a remnant one hectare major wildlife corridor linking the history of urbanisation. stand of the regional ecosystem, Brisbane River to the 40-kilometre Eucalyptus melanophloia Flinders Karawatha corridor, an Oxley Creek is a freshwater system woodland, remains at Acacia Ridge. important environmental asset for much of its length. Tidal This ecosystem was part of 500+ within the region. influence from the Brisbane River hectares originally occurring across Achieving the goal of a healthy, begins around Learoyd Road at Brisbane. Willawong. The creek, along with self-sustaining urban waterway its riparian, wetland and open A perpetual flood regime has requires a long-term and forest areas, once supported prevented urban development comprehensive approach to abundant edible plant and from encroaching directly reinstating corridor biodiversity. onto much of the creek and its animal species that sustained the Environmental rehabilitation tributaries, preserving remnant traditional inhabitants of the land. must address and balance a vegetation communities including complex layering of ecological, Vegetation has been cleared to dry eucalypt forests, freshwater geomorphological, hydrological meet the successive demands of wetlands, tidal wetlands and and urbanisation factors. It should agriculture, extractive industries ribbons of riparian vegetation. and urbanisation. As habitat was also build on the efforts of local removed, water quality declined, Today, this assortment of lands governments, environmental erosion carved away banks, provides internationally significant groups and community volunteers habitats that support thousands of already involved in stabilising wildlife species from yellow-bellied banks, revegetating land and gliders to koalas and red-capped removing invasive weeds. robins.
MORETON 25% BAY of Brisbane's regional ecosystems REGION BRISBANE occur within the Oxley Creek corridor. CITY
Of these ecosystems SOMERSET REGION REDLAND 2 9 CITY are nationally are State significant, significant, Regional and the remainder are city significant. green corridors
Oxley Creek catchment Study 53 area potentially threatened species of IPSWICH CITY national significance.
Habitat for up to SCENIC LOGAN CITY CITY OF GOLD 18 RIM COAST migratory birds. Regional green corridors
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Local Government Area (LGA) Boundary Graceville Br isb an e R iver ek Oxley Creek Catchment re Tennyson C Boundary in b la oo M Oxley Creek Transformation Master Plan Study Area
Waterways
Waterbodies
R ocky Wa te r Major Ecological Corridor H Rocklea oles (Indicative) Seventeen Mile S t a Rocks b l e
S Minor Ecological Corridor w am (Indicative) p C reek Key Habitat Areas (Indicative) ek Beaudesert Road Cre ayfly M Ipswich Motorway Open Space* Oxley * Includes land zoned as Open Space, Darra O Archerfield Sport and Recreation, Environmental x Management, Conservation as well as le y identified regional ecosystems. C O r x k e le ree e y Doris C k C ttle C re Li o e rr k id or Blunder Road Inala Acacia Ridge
ek leys Cre Han
Willawong
k e re C er nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale
Lake S h e e p S ta tio n G u lly
Larapinta
Logan Motorway
Oxley Creek Catchment LOGAN CITY
Flinders Karawatha Corridor LGA Boundary Forestdake
Johnson Road MASTER PLAN Community ideas
Oxley Creek Transformation engaged residents, business owners and representatives of community and environmental groups in drafting this Master Plan.
Information sessions and Workshop discussions were workshops uncovered an structured around the three incredible depth of local themes of environment, knowledge and generated community and economy. Many fresh new ideas on how to issues raised were common across connect people with the creek, all attendees and community continue revitalising the natural groups. Key opportunities and environment and draw investment challenges identified were distilled to the area. Local stories and into clear strategy statements (see memories added inspiration to diagram opposite) that, in turn, these discussions. directly informed the 12 Master Plan strategies.
Industrial art walls
Urban stormwater polishing Wetlands Grasslands
Waterbird habitat
Environmental trails
Viewing hides
Boardwalks What might our creek Fauna corridors look like in the future? Note: This image is a conceptualisation of ideas provided by community representatives. It describes general ideas for the corridor, it is not an image relating to any one specific location. Refer to the Implementation section of this document to see how these ideas might be realised at specific locations.
19 Oxley Creek Transformation Key strategies identified by local community representatives
Environment Social / Community Economic
• Champion long-term • Promote environmental, • Identify nature-based environmental stewardship heritage and Indigenous and recreation revenue in partnership with the awareness and education. opportunities. community. • Establish a wide range • Improve community access • Establish and enhance of access and movement and connectivity to support connected fauna movement opportunities to and revenue opportunities. corridors. through the corridor. • Deliver education-based • Improve water quality. • Provide a broad variety activity and experiences. of recreation, leisure and • Design for flood resilience. • Seek community and nature-based activities. • Rehabilitate native fauna industry partnerships that • Partner with the community habitat and vegetation support environmental to champion change and communities. and recreational goals and ongoing stewardship. broaden access to grants • Identify corporate and financing. partnerships to achieve the • Develop a marketing vision for the corridor. strategy that promotes • Improve community place identity and tourism connection to the creek and opportunities. nature.
Fauna habitat
Community connections Bridges Informal play and picnic
Riparian revegetation
History trails
Multifunction sports fields
Jetties and canoe launches Connected pathways
Playgrounds
Public art Connected urban creeks Interpretive signage
20 MASTER PLAN Our vision for Oxley Creek
This Master Plan represents An eclectic collection of grassy the first major milestone in paddocks, quiet playgrounds, achieving our vision for the unkept green spaces, pocket transformation of parks, open wetlands and a string of former industrial sites along Oxley Creek. Oxley Creek will be transformed It translates our ambition to into a vast multi-use parkland, create a world class, green environmental asset and tourist lifestyle and leisure destination. destination. Recognising the environment as Supported by Brisbane City central to our city’s liveability, Council, the transformation will it outlines strategies and be delivered through multiple priority projects to enhance and community, commercial and rehabilitate our most urbanised governmental partnerships, waterway. setting a new benchmark for the revitalisation of urban waterways.
21 Oxley Creek Transformation Oxley Creek “will be transformed into a world-class green, lifestyle and leisure destination, befitting our New World City ”
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 22 MASTER PLAN Goals and strategies
The vision for Oxley The Master Plan’s three Strategies in this plan are Creek's transformation goals reflect Oxley Creek presented under 12 broad will be fulfilled through Transformation’s three corporate groupings and have been our goals which address a objectives outlined in the Oxley informed by: Creek Transformation Pty Ltd • local knowledge and ideas comprehensive range of Strategic Plan 2017–2020. environmental, social and articulated during information economic opportunities. The goals will be achieved through sessions and workshops with 12 strategies that articulate the representatives from key approach, methods, plans and community and environmental even specific initiatives. They groups consider the catchment’s strategic • technical studies and a review context, capitalise on identified of past studies, investigations, opportunities and respond to research and similar projects. known issues. Collectively, the strategies present The strategies are aspirational a flexible roadmap for the future but grounded in a realistic and rather than a rigid development balanced understanding of plan. They can be updated as the existing environment, the knowledge grows or adapted to catchment’s history and the many accommodate specific projects or challenges that face the long- exciting opportunities that arise term rehabilitation of an urban over time. waterway of this scale.
23 Oxley Creek Transformation 3 Goals
Environment Social / Community Economic
Champion Capture social and Inspire sustainable environmental community benefits economic uplift, protection, by activating existing establish partnerships enhancement and spaces and creating and attract business resilience, inspire new places for people interest and environmental to gather, relax, play investment to fund conservation and and connect with activation and ongoing demonstrate leadership others and nature. environmental in sustainability. revitalisation to boost the local economy.
12 Strategies to transform the Oxley Creek corridor
Environment Social / Community Economic
Environmental Protection Creek Connections Financial Sustainability & Enhancement
Flood Preparedness Branding & Identity Sustainable Economic & Resilience Development
Catchment, Waterway Diverse Experiences Implementation & & Water Management Place Management
Water Smart Planning Enterprising & Innovative Collaboration & & Design Design & Governance Partnerships
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 24 MASTER PLAN Strategies
Champion environmental protection, enhancement and resilience, inspire environmental conservation and demonstrate leadership in sustainability. Environmental protection and enhancement
Ecological enhancement and connectivity Education and demonstration projects
• Identify, establish and enhance critical north- • Educate community groups and industry on south and east-west bushland and habitat biodiversity and water-quality enhancement connections, including the elimination of and management. barriers to fauna movement. • Engage community, environmental and school • Identify and enhance modified landscapes to groups and industry through environmental complement core habitat locations. and educational outreach programs. • Identify opportunities for better environmental management and biodiversity implementation practices on public and private land within the corridor. Rehabilitation and catchment planning • Encourage stewardship of the creek and its surrounds by the community, businesses and local landholders. Bushfire management • Build upon the unique character and habitat • Develop bushfire management plans for value of modified landscapes within the priority sites, projects and initiatives. corridor. • Develop a trail network for effective fire and • Build ecological resilience by identifying and vegetation management. focusing rehabilitation efforts at key locations. • Develop a monitoring and evaluation program to establish baselines for corridor health to measure the effectiveness of rehabilitation Contaminated land efforts over time. • Investigate remediation or containment of areas of landfill contamination. • Consider appropriate new uses for contaminated areas. • Investigate the use of water polishing systems, such as wetlands, to remove contaminants and sediments from creek water.
25 Oxley Creek Transformation Flood preparedness and resilience
Land uses and activities Community awareness and preparedness
• Plan the location of infrastructure and activities • Educate the community about the natural (e.g. cycleway bridges, vegetation changes) to process and history of creek flooding to build minimise increases to flood heights. readiness for flood events. • Select revegetation locations and species that • Integrate flood-risk awareness information in minimise increases to flood heights. educational or wayfinding infrastructure and signage. • Guide and support the adoption of integrated design solutions for new urban development. • Encourage businesses and households in flood-affected areas to better prepare for and • Encourage solutions that achieve and respond to flood events. demonstrate flood-resilient planning and design. • Develop critical movement networks appropriate to a regional recreation • Encourage cost-effective, water smart destination to ensure community safety in design solutions for new, infill and retro-fit flood events. development. • Engage with research partners and industry bodies to develop water sensitive urban design solutions that minimise flood risk. New infrastructure, land uses and services
• Design buildings, landscaping, water features and structures to accommodate floods and extreme weather events, and be easily returned to operation. • Locate land uses with consideration to their ability to be interrupted by floods and extreme weather events. • Ensure development, infrastructure and activation solutions do not diminish the capacity of the flood plain.
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 26 Catchment, waterway and water management
Creek and sand extraction ponds Waterway buffers
• Stabilise high-risk reaches of the creek in areas • Protect existing aquatic habitat and riparian with significant erosion and vertical banks to zones that are in good condition. halt the current erosion and incision. • Create suitable waterway buffers that • Investigate opportunities to address erosion include existing riparian habitat and allow for and stabilisation issues with government revegetation and potential movement of the authorities in middle catchment areas. waterway in the future. • Stabilise sand extraction ponds to minimise future erosion and improve water quality and habitat values. Urban stormwater run-off • Revegetate the creek where erosion has ceased, to stabilise the banks and limit future • Capture run-off from urban areas within the erosion from flood events and changes to corridor to allow treatment and management upstream volumes and velocities. of water volume and velocity. • Contribute to the improvement of water • Investigate stormwater and offset initiatives quality to open up opportunities for that can be implemented throughout the recreational use of the creek and ponds within corridor. the corridor. • Incorporate stormwater harvesting initiatives for parkland irrigation and other non-potable purposes.
Wastewater treatment and reuse
• Polish treated wastewater from Oxley Wastewater Treatment Plant to reduce pollutant loads to the creek and river. • Reuse treated wastewater for parkland irrigation and other non-potable purposes.
27 Oxley Creek Transformation Water smart planning and design
Strategic and domestic water smart behaviour Water smart research
• Identify and promote water smart initiatives • Research best-practice water smart and green that are cost-effective and achieve multiple infrastructure to identify opportunities within benefits including improving waterway health, the corridor. biodiversity and potential as recreational • Investigate partnerships with local authorities spaces, ecological assets and places of natural and institutions to progress the adoption beauty. of best-practice water smart and green • Investigate and encourage alternative water infrastructure. sources, such as stormwater harvesting and grey water reuse for non-potable domestic and corridor use. Water smart incentives
• Educate and encourage developers to reduce Sustainable water use and management sediment run-off and point source pollution into waterways and increase the application of • Provide appropriate tools, services, incentives water smart urban design initiatives. and products to encourage and support water smart actions by residents, community groups • Develop best-practice water smart solutions and businesses. that deliver benefits such as urban greening, place-making and community access to • Support community festivals, events and recreation opportunities. activities that celebrate and inform the community about water and waterways. • Develop strategies that encourage water smart solutions in small-scale developments that are • Engage with citywide and local community cost-effective and viable. events that incorporate water smart engagement, celebration and communication • Encourage and advocate for water sensitive activities. urban design solutions on public and private land to facilitate greater community access to the creek.
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 28 MASTER PLAN Strategies
Capture social and community benefits by activating existing spaces and creating new places for people to gather, relax, play and connect with others and nature.
Creek connections
Active transport access and connectivity Wayfinding
• Improve north-south and cross-corridor • Develop a wayfinding and signage strategy to pedestrian and cycle connectivity along the ensure easy navigation along the corridor. creek and its open spaces. • Integrate signage with Council’s existing active • Establish safe, comfortable and convenient transport network signage at the edges of the connections between local neighbourhoods corridor. and centres and the creek corridor for all ages • Develop memorable entry points, arrival and abilities. experiences and information hubs that contribute to corridor identity and integrate with public art and parkland branding strategies. Public transport access and connectivity • Investigate digital technology opportunities • Prioritise north-south and cross-corridor that offer interactive or live systems to support pedestrian and cycle connections to existing wayfinding along the corridor. bus stops, railway stations and activity centres. • Investigate opportunities for additional bus stops along the corridor. • Maximise opportunities to connect the corridor to citywide and regional destinations. • In corridor planning, consider government plans for the long-term expansion of passenger rail services to Beaudesert and potential new rail stations at Algester, Acacia Ridge and Hillcrest. • Advocate for river-based transport options stopping at the mouth of Oxley Creek to link with active transport connections throughout the corridor.
29 Oxley Creek Transformation Branding and identity
Corridor identity Natural and cultural interpretation
• Build a strong and cohesive corridor identity • Celebrate and express the creek's cultural that supports recognition and awareness of the heritage and natural qualities through high- corridor. quality public art and design. • Create a continuous north-south active • Deliver high-quality interpretive and transport network ‘spine’ from the Brisbane educational experiences that enhance visitor River south to Johnson Road. perceptions of the corridor and destinations, drawing on Indigenous and European heritage • Strengthen place identity through high-quality and environmental and waterway values. parkland branding and design standards, memorable public art, interpretive and • Engage local community groups and educational experiences and wayfinding. organisations to contribute to the collective history and knowledge of the corridor through community-led working groups and programs. • Prepare a public art strategy for the corridor Community places and local places that integrates with wayfinding, interpretive and place-making initiatives. • Engage with community organisations, education providers and environmental groups • Identify opportunities for temporary art to understand the demand for community installations and interventions that can be facilities, event spaces and communal activities aligned with community festivals and citywide and to identify opportunities. events. • Repurpose the decommissioned Inala Wastewater Treatment Plant as an interpretive centre, community meeting place and information hub. • Provide spaces for local festivals, events and community activities such as productive gardens. • Encourage recreational use of, and interaction with, the waterway by providing up-to-date water health monitoring results.
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 30 Diverse experiences
Corridor activation Community organisations and recreation assets
• Deliver new recreational, nature-based • Engage with community groups, sports clubs, and leisure activities, including cultural and schools and environmental groups to identify sporting events and ecotourism initiatives that their needs, aspirations and opportunities. complement existing open spaces to create • Prioritise pedestrian and cycle connections and diverse experiences along the corridor. wayfinding signage to existing recreation and • Promote active, healthy outdoor lifestyles and sports destinations. respond to the needs of existing and future communities, including children and youth, older people and culturally diverse groups. • Connect people to nature through increased opportunities for activities such as birdwatching, bushwalking, bike riding, horse riding, picnicking, canoeing, kayaking and nature play. • Identify specific opportunities for water and nature-based activities that promote education and awareness of flooding, corridor ecology and heritage values.
31 Oxley Creek Transformation Enterprising and innovative design and governance
Parkland governance Innovative management and implementation
• Develop an inclusive parkland governance • Identify and implement innovative systems and structure built on partnerships, enterprise and processes to support the effective, integrated long-term adaptability. management and implementation of corridor • Identify local, regional, national and infrastructure and individual projects. international governance and implementation • Adopt best-practice green infrastructure exemplars for major parkland-focused urban delivery methods for corridor infrastructure renewal precincts. and improvements. • Identify and engage potential community, • Develop key performance indicators and industry and government partners with measurement standards to maintain place particular focus on connecting community quality and efficiency. groups and organisations into decision-making processes. • Adopt best-practice asset management methods for natural and built assets, including • Develop a flexible governance structure that waterways and new green infrastructure can adapt as the corridor matures and the such as bioretention basins and stormwater focus shifts from planning and delivery to gardens. operational management. • Create a database of key performance indicators, metrics and lessons learned that can be used to share knowledge with interested parties. World-class subtropical design
• Deliver world-class innovation in subtropical landscaping, planning and design that provides multiple benefits to the community. • Embed flood resilience and biodiversity enhancement as fundamental design values. • Prepare a comprehensive, place-responsive design guideline for all built elements, benchmarked against national and international exemplars. • Develop key demonstration projects and vision scenarios to benchmark high quality design outcomes. • Engage with adjacent land uses to identify innovative visual and physical transitional interfaces with open spaces within the corridor.
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 32 MASTER PLAN Strategies
Inspire sustainable economic uplift, establish partnerships and attract business interest and investment to fund activation and ongoing environmental revitalisation to boost the local economy.
Financial Sustainable sustainability economic development
Funding and economic management Commercial opportunities
• Develop a financially-sustainable business • Promote and market Oxley Creek as a world- model to support the ongoing operation, class destination to increase visitation, attract maintenance, enhancement and activation of investment and contribute to making Brisbane the corridor. a competitive New World City. • Establish unique experiences, attractions • Implement commercial and business practices and economic hubs that generate revenue to meet the strategic and operational for reinvestment back into the corridor, while objectives for the corridor. also contributing to the diverse offering of the • Investigate opportunities to establish ‘green’ parkland. commercial ventures such as carbon farming, • Seek sponsorship, grant, partnership, advanced offsets and solar farming. investment and funding opportunities to • Support and enhance the local economy broaden the spectrum of outcomes that can through commercial development be realised for the corridor. opportunities, new facilities and activation. • Prioritise and consider whole-of-life asset management costs from planning, design and construction to the allocation of resources for ongoing corridor maintenance and activities.
33 Oxley Creek Transformation Implementation and Collaboration and place management partnerships
Planning and development Commercial and community partnerships
• Position Oxley Creek to respond to broader • Establish and strengthen partnerships with regional tourism, sport and recreation commercial entities and community groups to opportunities through a range of mechanisms support and advocate for the development, including market sounding and investment restoration, enhancement and activation of the attraction strategies. corridor. • Support existing commercial, community and • Explore and leverage shared outcomes, economic hubs, while exploring opportunities co-investment and joint venture opportunities. for further economic uplift and activation to • Investigate market opportunities, incentives enhance the corridor experience and offerings. and infrastructure requirements to attract • Collaborate with targeted markets, private recreation and tourism providers to the government and industry to development new corridor. and innovative experiences and opportunities. • Work with local businesses and land owners to • Prepare a comprehensive implementation explore opportunities to attract and enhance strategy addressing priority works and leisure, recreation and entertainment-based projects, along with long-term strategies and commercial activities that contribute to the aspirations. corridor experience.
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 34 MASTER PLAN Strategic ideas
A suite of 14 strategic ideas Pamphlett Park Creek Gateway incorporating projects, plans and strategies will Linking river to creek be used to transform the y Plan a riverside entry to the parkland at Pamphlett Park, including new walking and cycling corridor. These strategic creek crossings. ideas flow directly from the y Investigate new and upgraded community facilities to create a community hub, such as bike, canoe and kayak hire facilities and launch ramps, cafes, event facilities, tour boat mooring Master Plan strategies and and a CityCat terminal. are designed to achieve the Master Plan goals. Oxley Creek Common Bird Sanctuary Four strategic ideas have a Observing birds in nature whole-of-corridor focus; with the remainder of ideas designed to y Plan for Oxley Creek Common to become a nationally significant birdwatching destination. revitalise a specific location while y Develop economic opportunities that leverage the unique natural setting and birdwatching complementing and enriching opportunities. y Create new wetlands to provide wildlife habitat and harvest and treat stormwater. other projects. ‘Place-responsive’ y Establish a network of walking, cycling and birdwatching trails linking with The Greenway. initiatives will ensure a regionally y Develop a business model to support the Common’s ongoing management and significant parkland that is both maintenance, articulating possible revenue sources, partnerships and collaborations. environmentally responsive and highly integrated into its setting. These specific location based Cliveden Avenue Creek Gateway projects will function as a cohesive package alongside holistic Drawing communities to the creek strategies and plans. y Establish a suburban entry point to the parklands at Cliveden Avenue, with new walking and The map summarises these cycling creek crossings. ideas visually, showing their y Investigate economic opportunities to create a community hub that complements the existing pony and golf clubs. relative locations and illuminating y Investigate a horse riding trailhead (with car parking and facilities for horse riders), linking to opportunities for connections other equestrian facilities within the parkland via bridle trails. and interrelationships between y Revegetate along the creek edge. them. Strategic ideas are not set y Explore stormwater harvesting and treatment opportunities associated with new facilities. in stone; they may change or evolve over time in response to more detailed planning or to take Corridor wide initiatives advantage of new opportunities. The Greenway Journeying through the corridor Key plan y Plan for a continuous walking and recreational cycling trail along Oxley Creek from the Brisbane River to Larapinta. y Establish connections between The Greenway and local walking, cycling, bushwalking, birdwatching and horse riding networks. y Consider opportunities for educational facilities such as interpretative signage and artwork.
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Oxley Creek Adventure Hub Building hubs for adventure y Collaborate with Queensland Urban Utilities (QUU) to identify future uses of the vacant land east of the Oxley Wastewater Treatment Plant. y Investigate a sport and recreation facility such as a cycling criterium or bicycle motocross track and skate park with Brisbane City Council. y Work with QUU on stormwater harvesting and treatment opportunities on the site. y Incorporate complementary co-located economic activities.
Archerfield Wetlands Parkland Celebrating the wetlands y Plan for Archerfield Wetlands to become a major regional parkland, suitable for hosting events and diverse activities. y Develop nature-based economic opportunities that leverage the unique natural setting. y Establish a network of walking, cycling and birdwatching trails linking with The Greenway. y Remediate existing contaminated land north of the wetlands. y Revegetate the creek edge for wildlife and stabilise the banks. y Develop a business model to support the parkland’s on-going management and maintenance, articulating possible revenue sources, partnerships and collaborations.
Oxley Creek Recreation and Interpretive Centre Discovering our natural and cultural heritage y Develop the decommissioned Inala Wastewater Treatment Plant into a gateway to the Archerfield Wetlands – a community and commercial hub with a visitor centre, play space and youth hub. y Develop a business model to support the hub’s ongoing management and maintenance, Key plan articulating possible revenue sources, partnerships and collaborations.
Corridor wide initiatives
Precinct Urban Planning Planning for the future y Consider how existing industrial and waste management sites may be reimagined, should these activities relocate in the future. y Investigate economic development opportunities consistent with the Lower Oxley Creek North and South Neighbourhood Plans.
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Multipurpose Regional Sporting and Event Centre Setting the stage for sport, events and fun y Investigate a multipurpose sports and event centre servicing the region, considering ideas such as an international standard equestrian and/or regatta centre. y Revegetate along the creek edge for wildlife and stabilise the banks. y Provide new walking and cycling creek crossings linking residential communities on either side of Oxley Creek. y Investigate a horse riding trailhead (with car parking and facilities for horse riders), linking the facility to other equestrian facilities within the parkland via bridle trails. y Investigate opportunities to link the centre with any future passenger rail station at Algester.
Nature-based Adventure Parkland Making space for nature play y Plan for a major regional nature play and adventure parkland. y Establish a network of walking, cycling and birdwatching trails linking with The Greenway. y Explore nature-based and natural-setting economic opportunities. y Develop a business model to support the park’s ongoing management and maintenance, articulating possible revenue sources, partnerships and collaborations.
Corridor wide initiatives Strategic Corridor Restoration Plan Revitalising the natural environment y Plan the strategic rehabilitation of the Oxley Creek corridor in collaboration with the local Key plan community, community groups, Brisbane City Council and upstream Council authorities.
Sustainable Economic Development Strategy Laying the foundation for prosperity y Identify sustainable income streams to support the ongoing revitalisation and maintenance of the Oxley Creek corridor, considering citywide and local plans that provide direction for future development.
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Forestdale IMPLEMENTATION Delivery framework
Achieving the Lord Mayor’s This Master Plan presents a clear Establishing short to medium- vision for the Oxley path forward and sets the strategic term priorities will be essential direction for the next 20 years. to success. Detailed planning Creek corridor will take Future investments and initiatives will typically be required for the combined efforts of must remain true to its goals and proposed projects, both to aid government, the private strategies. in their selection and to guide implementation. Many will require sector and the community. A set of core criteria will assist additional planning, technical Oxley Creek Transformation in assessing and prioritising studies, research and specific will establish strong proposed projects. Developed stakeholder engagement. partnerships to inspire with input from the local integrated action. community, they articulate the The Oxley Creek Transformation outcomes that projects should Board will provide strategic achieve, such as improving water direction and guidance on how quality, promoting a healthy best to achieve the Lord Mayor’s outdoor lifestyle or generating vision. funds for reinvestment. While achieving multiple criteria outcomes will be regarded favourably, it does not preclude investing in worthwhile projects that achieve just one or two outcomes.
41 Oxley Creek Transformation Core criteria Criteria developed using the core principles of the goals and strategies within the Master Plan
Environment Social / Community Economic
1 Improves water quality 1 Creates a partnership with 1 Unlocks funds or in-kind 2 Reduces bank erosion a local community group/ support (outside Oxley Creek organisation Transformation) through 3 Improves in-stream habitat 2 Increases the diversity of strategic partnerships 4 Improves ecological passage recreational activities in the 2 Accesses grant monies for and connectivity region and catchment full or partial funding 5 Improves riparian corridor 3 Improves the accessibility of 3 Delivers low-maintenance condition open space networks assets 6 Protects and enhances 4 Improves public safety in 4 Produces low environmental remnant habitat open space networks impacts, if a commercial 7 Protects rare or threatened 5 Reduces illegal uses of open function species (flora and fauna) space 5 Benefits the community and/ 8 Reinstates national, state or 6 Improves access to open or environment citywide significant natural space for sports, recreation 6 Generates funds for habitat and other non-active reinvestment in community 9 Celebrates the value of water recreational pursuits and environmental initiatives by using water or providing 7 Allows for safe public within the corridor access to water in creative interaction with water 7 Leverages or showcases ways 8 Links with pre-existing public the existing assets or 10 Celebrates the value of and active transport networks experiences within the flora and fauna by providing corridor information and interaction 9 Promotes a healthy outdoor 8 Contributes to expanding the in creative ways lifestyle width of the corridor 11 Reduces the impact of 10 Provides increased 9 Creates opportunities for, or flooding on residences and opportunity for community supports, local businesses businesses interaction and connection 10 Supports Council’s economic 12 Improves the awareness 11 Improves residents' development goals, targets of residents, workers and and workers' access to and priorities visitors of flood risks in the community services corridor 12 Engenders community 11 Delivers assets that are low- cost to operate 13 Improves the awareness empathy with a place and a of residents, workers and connection with its history 12 Creates a partnership or visitors of the concept of 13 Uses place-making, art or collaboration with a local flood resilience other initiatives to promote business or authority to the benefit of the corridor 14 Increases shade and reduces community engagement and heat island effects connectedness with a place 15 Reduces reliance on the city's 14 Respects the Indigenous energy supply grid heritage of the place 16 Reduces reliance on the city's 15 Supports, empowers and drinking water supply grows local community groups 17 Improves the quality of stormwater flowing into the 16 Provides for educational creek outcomes 18 Reduces the volume and 17 Supports Council’s velocity of stormwater community development flowing into the creek goals, targets and priorities 19 Supports Council’s environmental goals, targets and priorities
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 42 IMPLEMENTATION Priority projects
Six of the 14 strategic ideas Projects have been selected The following section outlines each presented in the Master for their ability to stimulate of the six priority projects in detail. investment, catalyse development, Oxley Creek Transformation will Plan have been selected as engage the community and deliver also work with key stakeholders priority projects and a focus environmental benefits. All require to deliver smaller, complementary for investment over the significant investment. Collectively, projects and initiatives. short to medium-term. they will deliver the foundational elements of the future parkland. Yeronga
Graceville Br isb an e R iver Tennyson
The Greenway
Oxley Creek Common Bird Sanctuary
Seventeen Mile Rocklea Rocks
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Ipswich Motorway Oxley
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LOGAN CITY Johnson Road IMPLEMENTATION The Greenway Choose your own adventure
Wander shady paths through Stretching from the Brisbane River Embellished with public artwork blue gum forests, stroll 20 kilometres to Larapinta, The and interpretive signage, The Greenway is destined to become Greenway will contain the essential along boardwalks that cross one of Brisbane’s most popular wayfinding tools and information wetlands brimming with walking and recreational cycling that visitors need to navigate the birdlife, go frog spotting trails and a tourism icon for the entire parkland. Traversing it will around still ponds or work city. become the defining experience of visiting Oxley Creek. up a sweat hiking bush Largely following Oxley Creek for circuits on The Greenway. its entire route, The Greenway will The Greenway will: take walkers and cyclists through • be a multi-experience regional many different landscapes from walking and recreational cycling serene wetland parks to open trail grasslands, untouched bushland pockets and small recreational • connect recreation, community hubs hosting ecotourism activities and commercial hubs and community events. The trail throughout the corridor will combine a mix of paved and • link with broader walking and bush paths, boardwalks and bridle cycling networks to connect trails. local destinations and places The Greenway will become the • connect people with water and central spine for moving through nature the Oxley Creek corridor, acting as the unifying physical element • provide educational for all destinations. It will also experiences and interpretation provide easy access to side trails of the corridor’s natural ecology for bushwalking, birdwatching and and cultural heritage horse riding and link into broader • provide opportunities for local walking and cycling networks. recreational horse riding.
Project timing ongoing
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Short-term Medium-term Long-term (0-5 years) (6-10 years) (11-20 years)
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LOGAN CITY Johnson Road Oxley Creek Catchment IMPLEMENTATION Oxley Creek Common Bird Sanctuary
Discover birds in the wild Entry with signage
Red shed Scan the air for the White- Opportunities to collaborate bellied Sea-Eagle, peek with Corinda State High School’s current on-site agricultural through swaying grasses for program will also be investigated. Pedestrian and cyclist a Yellow-rumped Thornbill, bridge connection single out the Striped Proposed facilities include: Fenced dog park Honeyeater nesting in the • a visitor centre Hoop Pines and pause at the • urban farming and commercial lookout for the lilting call of activities The Greenway the Mangrove Gerygone. It’s • linkages with cafes, markets and a birdwatching paradise at food and beverage outlets in Mangrove the Common. close proximity lookouts • birdwatching infrastructure Already one of Brisbane’s best including bird hides, lookout Walking track birding spots, Oxley Creek towers and boardwalks Common has the potential to become a world-renowned • engineered habitats such birdwatching destination, drawing as forests, ephemeral and birders, ornithologists and nature permanent wetlands, lagoons and islands (in locations where Kayak and canoe lovers from across the nation and launching facilties globe. the existing landform has already been modified) Despite the Common’s urban location just seven kilometres • upgraded walking tracks and from the CBD, one quarter of facilities along Oxley Creek and Australia’s native bird species have through the Common been spotted onsite, along with • shared paths through the Common reek migratory birds from as far away as connecting northern and Oxley C Japan and Russia. The large open southern sections of the corridor space hosts significant wetlands and is bounded on two sides by • enhancements to the Red Shed Oxley and Stable Swamp Creeks, (which currently includes toilets, which together provide habitat for drinking water, covered seating diverse bird species. and barbeque facilities) including Walking potential upgrades to the canoe track Future investment will focus on and kayak launching facilities enhancing and expanding this habitat to attract more native • a fenced dog off-leash area. fauna species, particularly birds, Oxley Creek Common Bird Sanctuary and support a richer array of flora. will be created in partnership The Common will become a place with the Friends of Oxley Creek where visitors and locals can learn Common, Oxley Creek Catchment about biodiversity, sustainability Association, Corinda State and ornithology and enjoy the High School, Birds Queensland, natural world. Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council.
Project timing
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Notes: • The land associated with the Oxley Creek Common is owned by the Queensland Government. These ideas for improvements to Oxley Creek Common, and the conceptual map, are part of a holistic corridor planning process undertaken by Oxley Creek Transformation (OCT). These ideas are indicative, providing a starting point for further discussions with relevant stakeholders and land custodians on integrating the Oxley Creek Common into the overall recreation and environmental corridor initiative. • Images are artist's impressions and highly conceptual. They describe general intents for the locations shown. The outcomes are not necessarily representative of specific future improvements. Further planning, technical studies and consultation will be required in order to determine final uses and physical outcomes. IMPLEMENTATION Archerfield Wetlands Parkland and Oxley Creek Recreation and Interpretive Centre Let nature restore your soul
Throw a picnic blanket Once an industrial precinct, a Proposed features of the new beside the lagoon, turn site for wastewater treatment parkland include: and waste disposal, and a off your phone, relax and • an event and activity lawn with source of pollution for Oxley a multifunctional performance connect with friends at the Creek, Archerfield Wetlands is space Archerfield Wetlands event being given back to nature and and activity lawn. rehabilitated into an environmental • picnicking, sports and non- asset and a recreational motorised watercraft launching destination. facilities • a network of walking, heritage Restoration of natural ecosystems and birdwatching trails that will intensify across the site to connect lookout towers, public expand and complement the artworks and interpretive existing wetland, which is already cultural experiences and a link a valuable component of the to The Greenway regional ecosystem. • nature-based or natural-setting Proposed ecological and economic activities. biodiversity initiatives include: The decommissioned Inala • expanding the existing wetland Wastewater Treatment Plant, and revegetating and stabilising located on the south-western creek banks to re-establish edge of the wetlands, will be natural cleansing systems and repurposed as a major hub for improve water quality and the Oxley Creek corridor hosting aquatic habitat community, educational and • reinstating wildlife movement commercial functions. corridors between sub- Key opportunities include: catchments and habitat enhancement • a major visitor centre offering educational and interpretive • remediating existing experiences contaminated land north of the wetlands. • a play space and youth hub utilising old plant infrastructure With a new visitor centre and for creative play and sport community hub also planned on the former treatment plant site, • a community hub for local Archerfield Wetlands and the environmental and cultural surrounding remnant pastoral groups lands will become a major • commercial activities leveraging new recreation, education and the facility’s visitor, playscape environmental parkland for the and environmental features. region.
Project timing
2018 2038
Short-term Medium-term Long-term (0-5 years) (6-10 years) (11-20 years)
49 Oxley Creek Transformation Ipswich Motorway Upgraded bridge underpass for Entry with pedestrians and cyclists signage Sports fields and community facility
The Greenway
Oxley Creek
Non-motorised watercraft launching facility
Multipurpose trails and Remediated circuits for walking, wetlands and cycling and horse riding grasslands Lookout Tower
Lookout
Artwork follies and land art opportunities in key locations Event and activity lawn
Blunder Road Non-motorised watercraft launching facility
Oxley Creek Wetland walkway Multifunctional performance space
New community and commercial hub at the decommissioned Inala Stormwater Wastewater Treatment Plant polishing wetlands
Play space and youth hub Note: Images are artist's impressions and highly conceptual. They describe Bowhill Road general intents for the locations shown. Entry with The outcomes are not necessarily
Blunder Creek signage representative of specific future improvements. Further planning, technical studies and consultation will be required in order to determine final uses and physical outcomes. IMPLEMENTATION Nature-based Adventure Parkland Get outdoors and get active
Cycle, paddle, explore and The new nature-based adventure Opportunity also exists for a enjoy the outdoors at the parkland in Larapinta will have complementary outdoor adventure nature-based adventure plenty to fire the imagination, recreation or ecotourism with creative play spaces for business to operate within the parkland in one of the children and new bushwalking, reserve, sensitively leveraging Oxley Creek corridor's southern-most birdwatching, canoeing and the location’s current and future reserves. picnicking facilities planned. assets. This hub would act as the key southern gateway to the Oxley The existing bushland reserve, Creek corridor, linked to northern a mostly natural area containing hubs via The Greenway. a series of picturesque lakes, will be expanded into a regional The reserve is part of the Flinders parkland. Karawatha Corridor, the largest remaining continuous stretch of Proposed facilities include: open eucalypt forest in South East • nature-based adventure play Queensland. Its forests and lakes areas, incorporating elements host threatened ecosystems and such as climbing rocks, forts, provide habitat for wildlife such rope challenges, balance logs as gliders, koalas and more than and bush areas for exploring 100 bird species, offering the perfect setting for learning and • lakeside boardwalks connecting with nature. • non-motorised watercraft This parkland project was first launching facilities proposed as part of the Brisbane • picnic areas City Council’s draft ‘Oxley Creek • a visitor and/or community to Karawatha Recreation Plan’. centre offering educational Oxley Creek Transformation and interpretive experiences as has taken the ideas suggested well as a point for community in the Plan and will continue to interaction and inclusion develop them into an outcome that aligns with both the Oxley • multipurpose trails and circuits, Creek Transformation vision and connecting the parkland to The Council's Recreation Plan. Greenway for walking, cycling and horse riding opportunities.
Project timing
2018 2038
Short-term Medium-term Long-term (0-5 years) (6-10 years) (11-20 years)
51 Oxley Creek Transformation Upgraded bridge Logan Motorway underpass for pedestrians and cyclists
The Greenway
Lakeside bird hides
Oxley Creek
Existing stormwater polishing wetlands Buoys restricting watercraft access
Non-motorised watercraft
Wetland bird hides Picnic areas and nature-based adventure play
Outdoor adventure recreation or ecotourism facility Multipurpose trails and circuits for walking, cycling and horse riding
Visitor centre and/or community centre
Non-motorised watercraft launching facility
Note: Images are artist's impressions and highly conceptual. They describe general intents for the locations shown. Lakeside boardwalks The outcomes are not necessarily representative of specific future Picnic areas and improvements. Further planning, nature-based play technical studies and consultation will Oxley Creek be required in order to determine final Paradise Road uses and physical outcomes. Entry with signage IMPLEMENTATION Strategic Corridor Restoration Plan Chart a course for environmental success
Grab your gardening gloves The Strategic Corridor Restoration Improvements delivered under the and help local community Plan will direct rehabilitation efforts Strategic Corridor Restoration Plan groups rejuvenate Oxley within the Oxley Creek corridor will be undertaken by multiple to ensure a holistic approach that stakeholders, including: Creek’s patchwork of maximises environmental benefits • Oxley Creek Transformation remnant vegetation into across the whole corridor. a biodiverse ecological • Brisbane City Council The Restoration Plan will draw corridor for the city. together the Master Plan’s key • land owners and developers environmental strategies into a • environmental groups. single, ongoing and long-term major initiative. Key environmental Community-based environmental strategies covered by the groups and volunteers have Restoration Plan will include: been instrumental in revitalising degraded parks, bushland and • waterway and bushland waterways throughout the corridor. restoration Volunteers have worked tirelessly • re-establishment of national, for decades to bring life back to state and citywide significant the catchment. Delivering the vegetation communities Strategic Corridor Restoration Plan successfully will be reliant on the • re-establishment of natural continued involvement of already habitat and habitat connections active environmental groups and • contaminated site rehabilitation volunteers. works Oxley Creek Transformation will • stormwater management and also support existing community treatment. efforts and new initiatives that enable community groups, schools As a ‘living’ document, the and non-profit organisations Restoration Plan will set out to deliver practical, on-ground prioritised upgrades and environmental restoration projects enhancements to waterways and (both bushland and waterway) key habitat areas, allowing for that harmonise with the direction changes to priorities over time as set by the Strategic Corridor initiatives are completed and new Restoration Plan. issues or opportunities arise.
Project timing ongoing
2018 2038
Short-term Medium-term Long-term (0-5 years) (6-10 years) (11-20 years)
53 Oxley Creek Transformation Yeronga LEGEND
Local Government Area (LGA)
Graceville Br Boundary isb an e R iver Oxley Creek Catchment Tennyson Boundary
Waterways
Waterbodies Stormwater treatment wetlands associated with creek tributaries Key Habitat Areas (Indicative)
Regulated Vegetation Seventeen Mile (Endangered or of Concern) Rocks Rocklea Stormwater treatment Essential Habitat wetlands adjoining Oxley Wastewater Treatment Plant Priority Area
Beaudesert Road
Ipswich Motorway Note: Areas requiring contaminated land Oxley remediation are not shown. Oxley Creek Transformation will work with Brisbane City Darra Council and the Queensland Government Archerfield to identify and remediate or contain contamination within the corridor to ensure Archerfield the safety and protection of both people and Blunder Road O Wetlands upgrade x the environment. le y C re e k CORRIDOR WIDE Inala Acacia Identify, establish and enhance Ridge critical north-south and east- west bushland and habitat Investigate opportunities connections to stabilise and revegetate disturbed land as existing land uses change CORRIDOR WIDE Identify and enhance modified landscapes to complement core Willawong habitat locations Stabilise and rehabilitate sand extraction ponds and adjacent channel
Stabilise waterway to halt Blunder Creek revegetation current erosion and incision k e and rehabilitation, including re C er stormwater treatment wetland nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale Lake Stabilise and rehabilitate sand extraction ponds and adjacent channel CORRIDOR WIDE Re-establish national, state and citywide significant natural habitat
Larapinta
Stabilise and rehabilitate Sergeant Dan Stiller Memorial Reserve sand extraction Logan Motorway ponds and adjacent channel
Oxley Creek Catchment
LGA Boundary Stabilise waterway to halt current erosion and incision Johnson Road IMPLEMENTATION Sustainable Economic Development Strategy Laying the foundation for prosperity
Explore the bush on to five percent of the Oxley Creek The Sustainable Economic horseback, browse upcycled corridor will host commercial Development Strategy will focus wares by local artisans or activities and opportunities on: to generate revenue to fund • Activation and recreation enjoy specialty coffee with park maintenance, new green opportunities: Opportunities for a bushland view. Head infrastructure and regeneration free and user-pays recreation to Oxley Creek to enjoy projects. activities will be identified, ecotourism destinations ‘Destination Hubs’ will focus on assisted by engagement and environmentally recreation and business operations with adventure, tourism and friendly businesses…it that are sensitive to the natural recreation markets. setting and complement existing may even inspire the green • Investment attraction: Private land uses, such as education entrepreneur in you! investment partners will help facilities, casual food experiences expand the corridor’s recreation and nature-based tourism. Environmentally friendly economic mix. Expressions of interest Destination Hubs will utilise both hubs within, and along the edge will be sought for commercial flood-prone and flood-immune of, the Oxley Creek corridor operations and partnerships locations. will help fund its ongoing that entice locals and visitors transformation. ‘Parkland Edges’ will redevelop to gather, socialise, relax, play Converting the corridor from a land adjoining the corridor into and connect with nature, while collection of grassy paddocks, primary revenue generators, minimising environmental quiet playgrounds, unkept green such as clean industry business impacts. precincts. These redevelopments spaces, pocket parks, open • Tourism opportunities: will also provide the opportunity wetlands and a string of former Domestic tourists accounted to increase the green corridor industrial sites into a vast multi- for more than 90% of visits to through land dedications. use parkland set to rival the Australian nature reserves and Development will align with the world’s best urban spaces requires conservation parks in 2017. vision established by Council’s significant upfront construction Oxley Creek’s collection of neighbourhood plans for future funding and ongoing maintenance green spaces and waterbodies development and the evolution of and management funds. While has untapped potential to local neighbourhoods. Council has made a considerable become a unique tourism investment in a strong parkland Oxley Creek Transformation will offering for Brisbane. framework for Oxley Creek, establish and manage Destination • Corridor partnerships: additional funding streams will be Hubs and Parkland Edges, Partnering with existing and required to grow and maintain the prioritising revenue-generating future corridor neighbours future parkland. sustainable investment outcomes. holds great potential to Revenue derived from long-term Economic hubs, known as improve waterways and green leases and commercial ventures `Destination Hubs' or `Parkland spaces and activate corridor will be invested back into the Edges', will leverage natural edges. Possible partnerships corridor to fund park maintenance, attractions that inject vitality and will be investigated to identify new green infrastructure and draw investment to the area. Up complementary land uses regeneration projects. and activities that could come together for mutual benefit.
Project timing
2018 2038
Short-term Medium-term Long-term (0-5 years) (6-10 years) (11-20 years)
55 Oxley Creek Transformation Yeronga B r is b a LEGEND n e R i ve Graceville r Local Government Area (LGA) Boundary Parkland gateway and community hub Tennyson Oxley Creek Catchment Boundary
Waterways Oxley Creek Common visitor centre and commercial activities Waterbodies
Destination hubs
Parkland edges Rocklea Adventure hub
Beaudesert Road Ipswich Motorway Ipswich Motorway gateway Oxley
Darra Archerfield
O x le Blunder Road y C re e k
Inala Acacia Archerfield Wetlands Ridge recreation and interpretive centre
Willawong Lake-edge park
k e re C er nd Blu Pallara Forest Calamvale Lake
Multipurpose regional sports and event centre
Larapinta
Logan Motorway Nature-based
adventure parkland Oxley Creek Catchment
LGA Boundary
Johnson Road IMPLEMENTATION Project delivery
The Oxley Creek Many of the intents of the 12 completion of other critical Transformation Master transformational strategies will be supporting projects and initiatives. realised through these projects, Plan will be the catalyst for For example, the development demonstrating the value of and implementation of a corridor change. The most obvious considered, consultative planning. signs of change will be seen wayfinding and interpretive through the delivery of the Oxley Creek Transformation’s core signage strategy will benefit focus on completion of the Master multiple project outcomes such six priority projects. Plan will be delivery of the six as The Greenway, Oxley Creek priority projects. These projects Common and the Nature-based will require further planning, Adventure Park. technical studies, consultation and The focus of Oxley Creek design in order to be realised. Transformation over the coming The delivery of these projects years will therefore be plan, will also be contingent on the collaborate and create.
plan collaborate create
• Complete critical y Explore partnership y Create a world- supporting projects opportunities with class environmental and initiatives to community, industry corridor. provide a strong and government. y Deliver a series of foundation for the y Engage with spaces and places priority projects. community and that are loved by • Undertake planning stakeholders. the community. and technical y Generate revenue studies for the to fund on-going priority project initiatives, asset sites. management and • Prepare detailed maintenance. designs and feasibility studies.
57 Oxley Creek Transformation Next steps 1 2 3 Review and Finalise Commence consider feedback Master Plan Master Plan received during the Implementation draft Master Plan engagement process
mid 2018 late 2018 from late 2018
DRAFT MASTER PLAN 58 Have your say Oxley Creek Transformation values the diversity of skills, views and expertise in the community. Please share your thoughts on this draft Master Plan by:
• completing the online survey at www.oxleycreek.com.au • attending one of our Stakeholder and Community Engagement events (event details can be found by visiting www.oxleycreek.com.au) • sending an email to: [email protected] • writing to: Oxley Creek Transformation GPO Box 1434 Brisbane QLD 4001 The feedback period closes Sunday, 27 May 2018. Stay in touch Your feedback can help us transform this corridor into a world-class green, lifestyle and leisure destination for all to enjoy.
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