MANAGEMENT OF HOW TO LOVE BRISBANE’S NATURAL AREAS YOUR BUSHLAND WHITES HILL Brisbane City Council manages more • Please keep to designated tracks. than 14,000 hectares of parkland including • All plants and animals are protected – take approximately 7500 hectares of bushland photos only. RESERVE and wetland reserves. • Watch wildlife from a distance so as not to disturb them. The major threats to our natural areas • Camping is not allowed. include weeds, arson, pest animals, • Trail bikes are not allowed in any natural area unsustainable recreation such as trail bike and fines apply. riding, illegal dumping and vandalism. • Use of vehicles is restricted to defined public roads. An on-going program of natural area • Do not light fires in the bush. management seeks to ensure these • Take your rubbish home with you. threats are controlled. • Check your shoes and socks for seed or plant The primary weeds in Whites Hill Reserve material to prevent the spread of weeds. are ochna, common lantana, madeira vine, • Do not dump garden, household and (Photo by Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum) construction waste in natural areas. mile a minute, morning glory, asparagus Dumping increases the spread of weeds, fern, guinea grass and molasses grass. potential spread of fire ants (Solenopsis Some sections may be closed on occasions invicta) and the risk of fire. • Manage weeds in your backyard so they don’t for fire management purposes. find their way into bushland. Take a trip to other reserves in the • Dogs disturb wildlife so it is best to leave eastern region of Brisbane: Short-beaked echidna them at home. Otherwise ensure they are on a leash and that you clean up after them. • Bayside Parklands There is a dog off-leash area you can exercise • Brisbane Koala Bushlands them in. • Seven Hills Bushland • Join your local Habitat Brisbane group to assist with bushcare in your area. Phone Reserve. Council on (07) 3403 8888 and ask to speak to your local Habitat Brisbane Officer. • Report bad behaviour. If you see anybody doing the wrong thing in a natural area phone FOR YOUR SAFETY: Council on (07) 3403 8888 to report. • wear a hat and sunscreen and Managing Brisbane’s natural areas is another way take insect repellent Council is achieving our vision for the city’s future. Marbled velvet gecko (Photo by Jeff Wright, Queensland Museum) • always carry water • exercise caution when on the tracks Brisbane City Council Printed on recycled paper For more information visit and wear comfortable footwear Information www.brisbane.qld.gov.au GPO Box 1434 or call (07) 3403 8888. • take a friend for a walk with you Brisbane Qld 4001 N2008-02434 rather than waking alone. © Brisbane City Council 2008 Dedicated to a better Brisbane Walking track Walking and sporting recreation opportunities. recreation sporting and high in the eucalypts. the in high nature-based of range diverse a offering nests termite in nesting kingfishers Sacred • ecologically-significant tract of bushland, bushland, of tract ecologically-significant echidna. • Short-beaked Reserve. The reserve is recognised as an an as recognised is reserve The Reserve. popping their heads above the water. the above heads their popping the bulk of the land known as Whites Hill Hill Whites as known land the of bulk the turtle short-necked Brisbane the for Look • acquired Council City Brisbane 1934 In velvet gecko. velvet the hill. the the of call dog-like the for Listen • of top the to raced cars which in event scratches on grey gums. grey on scratches Whites Hill Climb event, a car enthusiast’s enthusiast’s car a event, Climb Hill Whites or phone 13 12 30. 30. 12 13 phone or three-pronged distinctive their and Koalas • The Whites Hill area was also used for the the for used also was area Hill Whites The www.translink.com.au visit information treat. rare a is one spot to – owl Powerful • kingfisher Sacred Road, Coorparoo. For public transport transport public For Coorparoo. Road, since grown back. grown since Animals to see to Animals CBD. Access the main entry off Boundary Boundary off entry main the Access CBD. advantage of the views, but the bush has has bush the but views, the of advantage a south-easterly direction from the Brisbane Brisbane the from direction south-easterly a from the top and sides of the hill to take take to hill the of sides and top the from for a reserve that is only 170 hectares in size. size. in hectares 170 only is that reserve a for Whites Hill is located approximately 7km in in 7km approximately located is Hill Whites obscura. At the time the land was cleared cleared was land the time the At obscura. wildlife of diversity amazing an is This birds. tearoom, astronomy telescope and a camera camera a and telescope astronomy tearoom, Brisbane’s amphibians and 27% of Brisbane’s Brisbane’s of 27% and amphibians Brisbane’s (Photo by Bruce Cowell, Queensland Museum) HILL RESERVE? HILL Robert Whites residence, which included a a included which residence, Whites Robert WHITES IS WHERE reserve, 18% of Brisbane’s reptiles, 33% of of 33% reptiles, Brisbane’s of 18% reserve, sixpence entry. The summit was the site of of site the was summit The entry. sixpence Brisbane’s mammals were identified in the the in identified were mammals Brisbane’s and weddings. Visitors were charged charged were Visitors weddings. and of wildlife. During fauna surveys, 62% of of 62% surveys, fauna During wildlife. of tourist destination and a venue for dances dances for venue a and destination tourist makes it a very important refuge for a diversity diversity a for refuge important very a it makes lookout on the summit. the on lookout In the early 1900s, Whites Hill was a popular popular a was Hill Whites 1900s, early the In The variety of habitats within this bushland bushland this within habitats of variety The Glimpses of the CBD can be seen from the the from seen be can CBD the of Glimpses on the summit. the on REFUGE WILDLIFE A for a wide range of recreational activities. activities. recreational of range wide a for commercial tourist operations, was located located was operations, tourist commercial and walking tracks through the bush cater cater bush the through tracks walking and century, a teahouse, one of Queensland’s first first Queensland’s of one teahouse, a century, biodiversity. The sports fields, picnic areas areas picnic fields, sports The biodiversity. as a city. During the early decades of the 20th 20th the of decades early the During city. a as white beech. beech. white bushlands, preserves Brisbane’s Brisbane’s preserves bushlands, Hill has played a part in Brisbane’s evolution evolution Brisbane’s in part a played has Hill and vine snake prickly nut, Queensland The reserve, like other city city other like reserve, The road base to the developing region, Whites Whites region, developing the to base road rare species of flora such as Shirley’s tuckeroo, tuckeroo, Shirley’s as such flora of species rare ecologically-significant bushland. bushland. ecologically-significant From farming, waste disposal, to supplying supplying to disposal, waste farming, From remnant of dry rainforest is home to some some to home is rainforest dry of remnant more than 170 hectares of of hectares 170 than more Indigenous people. people. Indigenous dry rainforest. Sankeys Scrub, an important important an Scrub, Sankeys rainforest. dry covers Reserve Hill Whites the Whites Hill area was home to Australian Australian to home was area Hill Whites the communities including eucalypt forest and and forest eucalypt including communities 1824, in Town Brisbane at Colony Penal Bay remnant supporting a number of vegetation vegetation of number a supporting remnant Before the establishment of the Moreton Moreton the of establishment the Before Whites Hill is an important bushland bushland important an is Hill Whites SIGNIFICANCE PLANTLIFE ENVIRONMENTAL OF WEALTH A & HISTORY MANAGEMENT OF HOW TO LOVE BRISBANE’S NATURAL AREAS YOUR BUSHLAND WHITES HILL Brisbane City Council manages more • Please keep to designated tracks. than 14,000 hectares of parkland including • All plants and animals are protected – take approximately 7500 hectares of bushland photos only. RESERVE and wetland reserves. • Watch wildlife from a distance so as not to disturb them. The major threats to our natural areas • Camping is not allowed. include weeds, arson, pest animals, • Trail bikes are not allowed in any natural area unsustainable recreation such as trail bike and fines apply. riding, illegal dumping and vandalism. • Use of vehicles is restricted to defined public roads. An on-going program of natural area • Do not light fires in the bush. management seeks to ensure these • Take your rubbish home with you. threats are controlled. • Check your shoes and socks for seed or plant The primary weeds in Whites Hill Reserve material to prevent the spread of weeds. are ochna, common lantana, madeira vine, • Do not dump garden, household and (Photo by Gary Cranitch, Queensland Museum) construction waste in natural areas. mile a minute, morning glory, asparagus Dumping increases the spread of weeds, fern, guinea grass and molasses grass. potential spread of fire ants (Solenopsis Some sections may be closed on occasions invicta) and the risk of fire. • Manage weeds in your backyard so they don’t for fire management purposes. find their way into bushland. Take a trip to other reserves in the • Dogs disturb wildlife so it is best to leave eastern region of Brisbane: Short-beaked echidna them at home. Otherwise ensure they are on a leash and that you clean up after them. • Bayside Parklands There is a dog off-leash area you can exercise • Brisbane Koala Bushlands them in.