SUBURBAN GROWTHĪ government primary school opened in 1860, and the population had grown to the extent that it was restive about the (north) Brisbane Town Council not spending local rates in the form of local services and facilities. The industrial potential of Kangaroo Point, particularly along its shoreline, was becoming evident, and all the land had been sold by 1854. In 1844 the first of several public houses in Kangaroo Point, the Bush Inn, was licensed.īy the late 1850s it is estimated that Kangaroo Point had about 80 houses, a wharf, a ferry service to north Brisbane, a bone shed, the remains of a derelict boiling-down works dating from the 1840s, a sawmill, a brick-works, and a postal receiving box. Land sales (1843) followed the first auction of allotments in north Brisbane by only a year. By 1837 parts of Kangaroo Point were being farmed. COLONIAL INDUSTRYĭuring Brisbane's convict era stone was quarried at Kangaroo Point for building works in the town across the river. A south side inner suburb, it is three-quarters of a kilometre east of central Brisbane. I was on another squadron at the time (possibly with Ramona) so we had a laugh at their expense.Kangaroo Point, a narrow tongue of land bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River, is immediately north of Woolloongabba. Yep, the pilot was LCDR Mike Lehan (ex Royal Navy) as I recall (although Dick Snell rings a bell as well). Yes, the sign will puncture a Wessex fuel tank if you try to land on top of it and spill hundreds of litres of kero all over the mountain top. The ladders The infamous bus stop sign on top of Pigeon House. ![]() ![]() If you ever go to climb Pigeon House Mountain behind Milton, there are three sets of ladders that need to be scaled and not one of those has a safety cage around them. It's actually amazing that this is allowed in this modern day OH&S PC correct world. Whatever you do, don't let the OH&S police find out about this, they will want to shut it down. Fitting Mesh as you suggested would make things a lot safer though come at a slight, but worthwhile, cost of making slipway maintenance and clean up more difficult. Yes it is a good 800mm to the ground so I do take great care when moving about as you could potentially hurt yourself if you fell. The Ulladulla Boat Owners Association welcome boats from elsewhere. The slip is well maintained and has an excellent water blaster. To get out of the water you need the tide height to be at least that of your boats draft. 2 years ago I repainted the topsides and lay planks between the ladders on the slip uprights this worked really well for me. Warlock is 36' and I do need to use a ladder at the stern. There are plenty of planks available to lay down though care needs to be taken when moving about. Warlock draws 1.4m and I have no problem applying antifoul. ![]() ''Hi TKNick From your photo it looks like it would be difficult to work on the boat while it is on the slip with the rails being elevated above the ground and all the gaps to fall through Is there a reason for them to be above ground level ? The only one i can think of is when you wash or sand the bottom of you rboat off off all of the debris can be trapped in the bottom of the pit but even if this is the case they could have had a mesh floor at rail level Regards Don'' Hi Don, The height of the rails above ground works well for me as it allows me to stand up between my keels.
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