Education Program CROSS RIVER RAIL CONTENTS

Cross River Rail is a new 10.2 WELCOME TO THE 4 Cross River Rail (above ground) Bowen Hills kilometre rail line from Dutton Park CROSS RIVER RAIL Cross River Rail (underground) Herston Quarter RBWH to Bowen Hills, which includes EXPERIENCE CENTRE Metro Herston RNA Showgrounds 5.9 kilometres of twin tunnels Existing Rail under the and the BNE2025 QUT Kelvin Grove Exhibition CBD. South East ’s EDUCATION PROGRAM 4 population is rising, putting our

Fortitude Valley transport network under pressure. The current rail network is already CURRICULUM LINKS 5 Normanby Tunnel Portal North nearing capacity and is constrained by a single river crossing and just Howard Smith Wharves VR STATION & 6 four inner-city stations, causing the Brisbane Live REALITY THEATRE bottleneck that limits our ability to Central run more trains. Roma Street King George Square Milton DISCOVERY TABLE & 7 Dexus Waterfront Precinct The Cross River Rail project unlocks MAKER SPACE Albert Street this bottleneck by delivering a Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Cultural Centre second river crossing, allowing more trains to run more often and ARCHAEOLOGY & 8 Auchenflower South Brisbane Fairfield t0 Salisbury station upgrades integrating with new roads and new DIGITAL WORLD Dutton Park bus services to enable a turn-up-

Fairfield South Bank and-go public transport system South Bank TEACHER EDUCATION & 9 across the whole of South East CONSULTATION Yeronga Queensland. This transformational Mater Hill Woolloongabba project will improve our quality station Precinct Yeerongpilly of life, help our economy keep PLACES OF INTEREST 10 growing, generate thousands

Moorooka of jobs and activate urban Park Road development, across the whole of PLAN YOUR VISIT 12 Boggo Road South East Queensland. Rocklea Boggo Road Buranda Dutton Park Buranda UQ PA Hospital Salisbury Tunnel Portal South Dutton Park WELCOME TO THE CURRICULUM LINKS CROSS RIVER RAIL The Cross River Rail Education Program reflects the Australian Curriculum by encompassing a range of curriculum-related activities and challenges in an EXPERIENCE CENTRE immersive and engaging environment. You can put a twist on your students’ current unit of study with this curriculum based excursion allowing students The Cross River Rail Experience Centre is a state of to take part in a self-guided tour or be taken on a guided journey by the the art education hub developed in partnership with experienced Cross River Rail staff. where students can explore the transformational Cross River Rail Project using Throughout the year, students will be able to engage with Cross River Rail immersive and innovative technologies. experts for authentic learning experiences, attend special workshops, exhibits and events. These opportunities will be listed through the ‘What’s On Calendar’ on the Cross River Rail website.

Keep the Cross River Rail Experience Centre in mind as an option for learning outside the classroom for: STEAM (Science, Technologies, Engineering, Art and Mathematics), Geography, History and many more opportunities.

If you would like to discuss your learning outcomes and how we may be able to EDUCATION PROGRAM assist, please contact us at [email protected]

Come and discover Brisbane’s most exciting infrastructure project at the Cross River Rail Experience Centre, where our education program has been designed to provide hands-on, minds-on interactive learning activities that support the Australian Curriculum and prepare students for a changing world by developing 21st century skills.

The Cross River Rail Experience Centre will unlock Cross River Rail’s potential as an education opportunity for Queensland school students with interactive digital visualisation technologies, STEAM learning resources, cultural heritage content, project progress information and geological artefacts.

4 5 TRAVEL EXPLORE THROUGH BRISBANE THE FUTURE IN FOUR OF BRISBANE DIMENSIONS VR STATION DISCOVERY TABLE

Through the magic of virtual A seven-metre Discovery Table reality, our purpose built VR has a scale model of Brisbane city, Stations allow you to travel 3D projections and interactive in time from 1819 to the touch screens, that allow users future, moving through to understand the past, present the project precincts. and future of Brisbane’s transport system as well as the science and engineering behind Cross River Rail. KIDS, MAKE FLY THROUGH SOMETHING BRISBANE : COOL PAST PRESENT MAKER SPACE & FUTURE Our Maker Space is a collaborative learning environment and provides REALITY THEATRE an imaginative and creative way for students to explore, design, experiment Immerse yourself in the 270° and invent as they engage in educational projections in our Reality Theatre to challenges. It’s a space where they are experience Cross River Rail through encouraged to share ideas and time and see how it will transform aim their efforts towards the South East Queensland. general goal of innovation.

6 7 UNCOVER THE HISTORY & TRADITIONS

ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological digs at the sites of Cross River Rail’s underground stations has uncovered artefacts that delve into Brisbane’s history and tell the stories of what people’s daily lives were like, how they interacted with each other, and TEACHER EDUCATION what they believed and valued. & CONSULTATION

Cross River Rail would like to invite registered teachers to partake in a consultation group to have input into developing learning activities, challenges, experiences and to trial learning materials. The consultation group would provide constructive advice regarding CULTURAL HERITAGE the development of resources and program design.

Cross River Rail works in There would be benefits offered to teachers who register for this collaboration with Bilbie Labs, opportunity. If this is of interest to you please submit an ‘Expression of helping bring to life Virtual Interest – Education Consultation Group’ to [email protected] Songlines, a virtual world where we can pay respect to the Teachers will be able to access industry experts with a range of After stories, traditions and customs Dark events and talks, as well as invitations to new exhibitions of Brisbane’s Traditional Owners. and experiences prior to visiting with students. This digital world allows us to visit our station locations The Experience Centre has a Learning Room which is available for as they were in 1819, exploring professional teaching associations to hold meetings or professional the geology, environment, development opportunities. The Learning Room can be stories and traditions. booked via [email protected]

8 8 9 Brisbane Law Courts PLACES OF Roma Street Anzac Square and Central Station Parklands Memorial Galleries INTEREST AND Kerb ramps King George Square Traffic lights Brisbane THINGS TO DO City Hall Museum of Brisbane (MoB) Northern access Brisbane offers exceptional learning Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) Southern access opportunities for all ages. Why not Cross River Rail combine your visit to the Cross River Experience Centre Queen St Rail Experience Centre with these fun, State Library of Adelaide St educational excursions and explore Queensland what the ‘River City’ has to offer. Elizabeth St Albert StMary St Queensland George St Art Gallery Charlotte St

Albert Street Station Construction Site William St Queensland Museum Sciencentre SparkLab

Margaret St

Qld Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) Queens Wharf Waterline Park

Alice St QUT Gardens Point Campus

Old Government South Bank House Parklands

QUT - The Cube

Maritime Museum

10 11 PLAN YOUR VISIT

Entry to Cross River Rail Experience Centre is free and is located in the heart of the CBD.

GETTING HERE Level 1, 151 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City Cross River Rail Experience Centre is a 2-minute walk from the city centre. You can travel to and from Cross River Rail Experience Centre by bus, train or CityCat. Plan your journey at www..com.au or contact Translink on 13 12 30. Coach parking in the CBD is regulated by Brisbane City Council and is available at approved locations and times. Visit brisbane.qld.gov.au for up-to-date information on coach parking in the CBD.

ACCESSIBILITY Cross River Rail is committed to making the Experience Centre accessible to everyone. There is an elevator from the ground level and wheelchair access is available throughout the Experience Centre.

OPENING HOURS Weekdays 10am - 4pm & Weekends 10am - 2pm (Closed Tuesdays & public holidays)

Lift access to Experience Hato Centre Elizabeth St Kerb ramps Men Ya Go

Traffic lights

Northern access

Albert St Little Saigon Southern access Betty’s Burgers

Coffee Hit

Rio Tinto building Charlotte St

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