Walking Tour - Newstead & Breakfast Creek
MEET US inside the gasometer at Gasworks Plaza. This is the starting point for a 90-minute walk taking in Newstead Park and the nooks of Breakfast Creek.
We will head along the river walk to Newstead House. As Brisbane's oldest remaining residence (1846), it has been home to some famous names from Brisbane history including the Leslie, Wickham and Harris families.
From this marvellous vantage point, we’ll take in a short stretch of the Breakfast Creek Green Bridge, before enjoying a brief inspection of the Breakfast Creek Hotel. Next stop is the Holy Triad Temple (ca. 1884).
From there, we’ll embark on a trail that follows Breakfast Creek around until we arrive at Wickham Grove behind Bunnings. We will finish our walk at the 'Mercedes Building', where we will have earned a cuppa together at Rise Bakery, overlooking Breakfast Creek.
Your tour guide will be Gerard Benjamin, author of Reflections on New Farm and Homes with History, and the latest popular book, New Farm: 50 Stories.
For further information, contact the tour leader, Gerard Benjamin on 0409 582 830.
Meeting place: Gasworks Plaza, 76 Skyring Terrace Newstead, QLD 4006
Event Phone or Email: 0409 582 830
Organiser Details: Gerard Benjamin -- 0409 582 830
Organisation Name: New Farm and Districts Historical Society.
New Farm Walk: Mainly Moray Street
MEET US at the bus stop adjacent to the To Be Thai restaurant, 92 Merthyr Rd. This is the starting point for a 90-minute walk which will focus on Moray Street, and also take in Merthyr Rd and Bowen Tce in New Farm.
Moray Street was likely named by George Raff, a Scot from Morayshire. In the 1860s it would have been but a dusty track running past his homestead Moraybank, which was once beside the intersection with Merthyr Road.
You will enjoy locations which are particularly rich in social and architectural history. We will pause before spots such as Linden, the Knells, Julius St, the Moreton Club, and Casa del Mar, before taking in the panorama of the Story Bridge.
By the time we return to Merthyr Village, morning tea will have been very well-earned.
Your tour guide will be Gerard Benjamin, author of three highly-informative books about New Farm, including the current best-seller, New Farm: 50 Stories.
Brisbane City Walking Tour: Past and Present
Discover the highlights of Brisbane City.
Peel back the layers of Brisbane’s culture by delving into stories of Traditional Custodians, convicts, public art and one of Brisbane’s towering cathedrals.
What makes a place? Is it bricks and mortar that build it, or the people that inhabit it? Is it the memories that have been made over millennia that keep it alive? Rapid change is not new to Brisbane. It is a city that has seen constant developments in industry, politics, lifestyle, architecture, and technology over its history, building layer upon layer.
Perfect for first-time visitors or long time lovers of Brisbane, this fast and fun romp through history is not to be missed!