Eprapah Creek (longitude 153.30º East, latitude -27.567º South) is a sub-tropical stream in Redland City close to Brisbane in South East Queensland , Australia.
58-601: Eprapah, the Charles S. Snow Scout Environment Training Centre , at Victoria Point , near Brisbane , Queensland , Australia, is a noted ecological area within Redland City . Owned and managed by the Scout Association of Australia , Queensland Branch , the 39 hectares (96 acres) is home to a variety of habitats along Eprapah Creek to its north. Its value is recognised as a declared environmental reserve by
116-488: A bat colony. Accessed from along Egret Drive, via Point O'Halloran Road, there are no established tracks for visitors. Redland City Council is the custodian of this rare site, and it is maintained by the community bushcare volunteers. To the north-east, the Point Halloran Conservation Area is accessed from Orana Street, via Point O'Halloran Road. Purchased in 1990, and opened in 1995, with
174-556: A 19 feet (5.8 m) totem pole. Light from the fire reflected off the eagle. Various Scouting personalities would later lend their names to various structures on the property, as well as to Scouting locations and events in Queensland, including: In late 1953, the Queensland Boy Scouts' Association purchased a camping property to be called Baden-Powell Park, on Cash Avenue, Samford . The Kulgun training ground
232-594: A bushland property. In April 1928, the property of Eprapah was purchased with money from the Bob Monteith Memorial Fund trust. Robert Henry Monteith (born 1892) was killed in action at the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin , France, on 2 September 1918. His father was involved in the Scouting movement and the parents created the deed in trust remembering their son. The thirty-nine hectare site hosts
290-445: A car park, and raised wet weather shelter, there are two walking circuits, and was billed as a 'koala ecotourism sanctuary'. A raised boardwalk takes visitors through freshwater reed vegetation, towards Aspect Drive (parts of the boardwalk are closed for repair by March 2015). The second walk of 650 metres (710 yd) is signposted to explain the changing vegetations of swamp she-oak ( Casuarina sp.) forest and mixed woodland, to
348-525: A corrupted form of the Biblical word Ephratah or 'fruitful land'. The area is one of several areas of preserving environmental importance in Redland City , including Venman Bushland National Park and the nearby Girl Guide -run Kindilan Outdoor Education and Conference Centre. Additional to its Indigenous, European, and Scouting heritage, Eprapah is home to koalas , together with a variety of ecosystems ( riparian , estuarine , rainforest ). The site
406-542: A half-time basis, sharing a teacher between them until Victoria Point Provisional School became a full time school again with its own teacher on 15 May 1882. In 1916 a new school building was built on a new site and it opened as Victoria Point State School. St Anne's Anglican Church was dedicated circa 1963. It closed circa 1988. Redlands Lutheran Primary School (also known as Faith Primary School) opened on 24 January 1982 on land in Link Road, donated by Wally Hauser. It
464-446: A joint venture between Scouts and the shire council, it also includes another Scout property, Karingal . Eprapah itself is home to koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ), bandicoots ( Isodon macrourus ), black-tailed swamp wallabies ( Wallabia bicolor ), grey kangaroos ( Macropus giganteus ), kookaburras , large arboreal termite mounds, and a sea eagle. Koalas in eastern Australia are being classified as vulnerable and added to
522-531: A poison, the edible and crunchy small fruit of the lillypilly ( Syzygium smithii ), black bean or Moreton Bay chestnut ( Castanospermum australe ) as a food source (after long treatment), and the paper bark ( Melaleuca sp.) for carrying containers amongst other uses. A native food garden has been established at the south-west corner of the property, near the Mungara visitor centre. The area including Eprapah, prior to Queensland becoming its own colony in 1859,
580-619: A public library at Lakeside Shopping Centre, 7-15 Bunker Road. It also operates a mobile library service which visits Boat Street. There is also a ferry operating from Victoria point to Coochiemudlo island Victoria Point is home to four schools, two of which are government schools and two of which are private schools. Victoria Point State School is a government primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at School Road ( 27°35′03″S 153°17′45″E / 27.5841°S 153.2957°E / -27.5841; 153.2957 ( Victoria Point State School ) ). In 2017,
638-541: A relatively long duration (up to 50 h), and the findings have direct implications on the modelling of small estuaries. The studies showed that the response of the turbulence and water quality properties were distinct under spring and neap tidal forcing and behaved differently in the middle and upper estuarine zones. The behaviour of turbulence properties to spring tidal forcing differed from that observed in larger estuaries and seemed unique to small estuarine systems. An investigation of several key turbulence parameters used in
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#1732794347134696-503: A separate local Scouting entity, the Victoria Point Scout Group. The current group was formed in 1969 and group operates from a former World War II military hut which originally served as a hospital at Greenslopes . Additional to a warden's cottage and local Scout den, the three main structures are the sleeping shelter ('bunkhouse'), the 1974 Grey Owl activity shelter and associated 1976 Biolab study shelter, and
754-439: A tail to the wooden 'monster'.' An old scout hall was moved from Redland Bay to Eprapah in 1934. In 1937, the campfire circle was accentuated by an eagle totem pole . Rover Scouts from Sandgate spent two years carving a life-sized eagle with a body was from local bloodwood, and wings of beech. The eagle, painted in bronze, stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) wide and 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 m) on top of
812-529: A torrent, with an associated increase in jetsam . Given the various ecosystems existing in a small area, surrounded by increasing pressures of urbanisation, results in Eprapah having great environmental interest and local value. With sandy ridges of low sclerophyll forest, there are also other vegetation types present of rainforest remnants, sheoak or Casuarina sp. forest stands, Melaleuca swamps, salt meadows, and mangrove stands. The site hosts one of
870-425: A total area of 17.6 km² and is located approximately 33 kilometres (21 mi) south-east of Brisbane , the capital city of Queensland. Victoria Point is primarily a residential area, but it also contains other public complexes like a cinema, a large shopping centre, a liberty and a ferry service to Coochiemudlo Island . The Cleveland-Redland Bay Road traverses Victoria Point from north to south, passing in between
928-555: A variety of aquatic life include Gambusia fish and other species, whirligig beetles , backswimmers , dragonfly nymphs, and mayfly nymphs. The tidal part of Eprapah Creek of course is home to fish, molluscs, and crabs. The home of the Quandamooka, Noonoccal, Koobenpul tribe and part of the Jagera /Yagera/Yugembeh language group people, Eprapah was part of their range from Redland Bay ( Talwarrapin , or cotton wood tree that
986-502: Is bounded to the north by Eprapah Creek, and forms a wildlife corridor from Mount Cotton . It is estimated the area is frequented by 120 species of plants, 125 birds, 24 mammals , 50 fish and other aquatic animals, 21 reptiles, and at least 60 species of insects. Eprapah and the creek have been subject to scientific research including hydrological surveys and koala tracking studies. With the increase in urban density from agriculture to residential areas, Eprapah supports and complements
1044-581: The 2021 census , Victoria Point had a population of 15,140 people. There is one heritage listing in Victoria Point, “Monkani” at 11 Point O’Halloran Road. The area also hosts the Eprapah , the Charles S. Snow Scout Environment Training Centre, an area of bushland for the environmental education for members of the Scout and Guide movements. Eprapah Creek separates Victoria Point to the north from
1102-639: The Brisbane golden wattle or fringed wattle. It can be distinguished by the dimensions of the phyllodes, gland position, and the flower colour. Certain patches of the site have had specific plantings where weeds have been removed. Representative of the local area, the site has battled overgrowths of non-native plant pests such as Lantana camara and groundsel ( Baccharis halimifolia ), as well as mosquitoes and ticks . The site committee has an eradication plan removing from site invaders such as Camphor laurel trees, Asparagus fern , and plants not native to
1160-591: The Eprapah Creek 's estuarine zone to the north east is classified as wet and dry tropical/subtropical. A sewage treatment plant also discharges into the creek. The development of the Victoria Point Shopping Centre area in the vicinity has greatly increased water run-off through the site. With roofs and bitumen-covered car parks, the non-porous surfaces has seen periods of rainfall turn the sedate riverlet to Eprapah Creek turn into
1218-561: The threatened species list . Numbers have dropped by forty percent in Queensland and by a third in New South Wales over the past twenty years. Subject to increasing pressures brought about by urbanisation (such as roads, dogs) causing habitat fragmentation , overcrowding at Eprapah has seen a drop in the population due to loss of or over-eating of available food trees. They have also become susceptible to various diseases including chlamydia . Habitat research has also occurred on
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#17327943471341276-568: The 1993 Mungara visitor museum. Mungara is a restored on-site hand-made brick whitewashed cottage, now fulfilling the functions of meeting room, educational facility, and site museum. The name itself is the local Indigenous word for the Queensland Blue Gum tree. The Grey Owl shelter was destroyed by fire in January 2019. The former Westpac Bank of the 1982 Australian Scout Jamboree held at Collingwood Park , Queensland became
1334-469: The Victoria Point Shopping Centre and the HomeCo Town Centre, past Victoria Point State High School (the local High School ) and then into the neighboring suburb Redland Bay . Redland Bay Provisional School opened on 13 November 1877 and in 1880 was renamed Victoria Point Provisional School. When a separate Redland Bay Provisional School opened on 14 December 1881, the two school operated on
1392-496: The Victoria Point population was 45 years, 7 years above the national median of 38. 74% of people living in Victoria Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 5.1%, South Africa 1.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5%. 91% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.3% German, 0.3% Afrikaans, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Punjabi. In
1450-468: The area. The sharks sporting club offers a field to watch game and a pub to eat food Eprapah Creek It rises on the north-eastern slopes of Mount Cotton and flows directly to the Moreton Bay at Victoria Point . It is 12.6 kilometres (7.8 mi) long with about 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) of estuarine zone. In the latter, the water depth is typically about one to two m mid-stream,
1508-478: The area. Much propagation of ornamental plant species is occurring through the birds having eaten the fruits from surrounding areas. There are some issues caused by illegal dumping on the property's peripheral. The Eprapah link wildlife corridor from Mount Cotton along Eprapah Creek allows the relative unencumbered movement of fauna, and encouraging biodiversity within the Redlands. Established in 1990 in
1566-401: The coastal edge of a water course that commences in the nearby weathered granitic outcrop of the 233 metres (764 ft) tall Mount Cotton . Soils are reflective of an area forming the creek entrance to a bay, including gleyed clays , alluvial deposits, and across the majority of the site, podsoiled loam. Characterised by a short-lived freshwater flushing, and little or no dry season flow,
1624-486: The construction of a 600 feet (180 m) road bridge over Eprapah Creek. The bridge was later improved in 1924. Eprapah continued to be used as a district name until about 1915. The 1930s continued to see Victoria Point as a popular holiday destination, with trips to Coochiemudlo Island . Farming and tourism continued as the main post-World War II activities, when in the 1970s, crop farming progressed to flower growing. Throughout this period, Eprapah remained intact as
1682-494: The constructions of new shopping centres and residential lots less than 500 metres from the estuary in 2003-04. Between 2003 and 2007, a series of field studies were performed in the estuarine zone of Eprapah Creek that is a typical small coastal plain type. The aim of these field studies was to investigate the turbulence and turbulent mixing properties in the estuarine zone. During these studies, high frequency turbulence and physio-chemistry data were collected continuously over
1740-579: The creek and area's ecological importance. Coast-side of the property is the Victoria Point Environmental Precinct, going to the edge of the Moreton Bay Marine Park . To the east is the egret colony wetlands. Bounded by houses, the paperbark tea-tree -fringed lowlands are the avian home to egrets, magpie geese, osprey , whistling kites , all varieties of ibis . It is also the roosting area for
1798-591: The creek pond near Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, but increased turbidity and lessening water quality has meant the animal has not been sighted for some years. For migratory birds , the property is also within the East Asian–Australasian Flyway , and the Moreton Bay Ramsar wetlands. Within 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) east of Eprapah is an egret colony wetlands at Victoria Point. The standing pond, supplied and flushed with rains, contains
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1856-492: The edge of mangrove tidal mudflats. The area is well populated with large arboreal termite mounds, reflecting the waterlogged soils. A bushlands refuge also exists upstream of Eprapah, on a southern tributary of Eprapah Creek, on Elysian Street, Victoria Point. Further upstream is the Sandy Creek Conservation Area beside Double Jump Road, Mount Cotton. Eprapah is predominantly flat as it tends to
1914-464: The environment, learning about nature and the environment, and action for nature and the environment. The Scouting movement 's founder, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , wrote many references to the importance of the environment and the education value of the environment: The centre was the State's leader training centre although youth member camping was permitted. Leader training
1972-400: The important food trees of the koala , Queensland's faunal emblem , is the blue gum ( Eucalyptus tereticornis ). Other species around include the scribbly gum ( Eucalyptus signata ). The beautiful golden-flowering Eprapah wattle ( Acacia fimbriata var perangusta ) was previously considered to be a species in its own right, but is now considered to be an extreme form of another species,
2030-416: The local city council, and designated as a Scout Centre of Excellence for Nature and Environment (SCENES) site. It is possibly the only Scout campsite in the world devoted principally to environmental education. Located at the intersection of Colburn Avenue, and Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Victoria Point, the property was named for the creek travelling through its bounds. The name Eprapah is believed to be
2088-538: The mills at Cleveland and Wellington Point . Sugar plantations, custard apples , grapes , passion fruit , pawpaws , pineapple , tomatoes , cabbages , cucumbers constituted some of the farming activities. The market gardens supplied the Sydney and Melbourne with fresh seasonal pineapples. As the divide between the Tingalpa and Cleveland local government divisions, financial debates commenced in 1898 about
2146-409: The modelling of estuarine mixing showed that many assumptions used in larger estuaries must be applied with caution or are simply untrue in small estuaries. For example, the assumption that the mixing coefficient parameters are constant over the tidal cycle in a small estuary is simply untrue. These distinctions between the turbulence and mixing properties in small and large estuarine systems highlight
2204-407: The need for the continued study of small estuaries, so this type of system can be properly understood. Like most small subtropical estuaries, Eprapah Creek is characterised by short-lived freshwater flushing, and basically no flow during the dry season. A recent field study highlighted the short-term impact of a rainstorm on a small subtropical estuary. The flushing appeared to be caused primarily by
2262-447: The next suburb of Thornlands . The headland has two boat ramps for boat entry to Moreton Bay and a Volunteer Marine Rescue unit. Beach areas include Thompson's Beach, a small child safe beach which has a very shallow slope allowing a long tide. Shopping facilities have expanded rapidly in the last few years, with now four supermarkets, cinema complex and many specialty shops and lakeside restaurants. The Redland City Council operates
2320-476: The preliminary surveys for the draining of swamps, the Rovers and Men Scouts [of Brisbane] have been busy on the erection of a gate of typically Scouty design at the entrance of their section of Eprapah. Above the lintel of the gate will be the figure of a crocodile, carved out of a log of wood. A forked end will represent the paws, in which pointed pegs will appear as fearsome teeth. A swishing branch will serve as
2378-480: The rainfall runoff from the nearby shopping centres, parkings and roadways. In the estuary, the surface flows were dominated by the freshwater flushing including during the flood tide. Some strong vertical stratification of the water column was observed at all sampling locations, but the longitudinal distributions of dissolved oxygen and turbidity showed a quasi-homogeneous estuarine system, in sharp contrasts with dry weather data sets. The salinity data highlighted
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2436-724: The school had an enrolment of 1155 students with 95 teachers (89 full-time equivalent) and 41 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Victoria Point is serviced by community radio station BayFM . The Redland Australian Football Club , often referred to as the Redland Victoria Point Sharks (previously Redlands Bombers), competes in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), previously known as North East Australian Football League and provides many sporting opportunities for
2494-470: The school had an enrolment of 520 students with 38 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. St Rita's Primary School is a Catholic primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 39 Benfer Road ( 27°35′30″S 153°17′39″E / 27.5917°S 153.2943°E / -27.5917; 153.2943 ( St Rita's Primary School ) ). In 2017,
2552-455: The school had an enrolment of 535 students with 38 teachers (32 full-time equivalent) and 23 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). The school operates its own church. Faith Lutheran College is a private primary (Preparatory to Year 6) school for boys and girls at 132 Link Road ( 27°35′05″S 153°17′36″E / 27.5848°S 153.2933°E / -27.5848; 153.2933 ( Faith Lutheran College ) ). In 2017,
2610-432: The school had an enrolment of 840 students with 66 teachers (60 full-time equivalent) and 64 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent). Victoria Point State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at 93–131 Benfer Road ( 27°35′44″S 153°17′16″E / 27.5955°S 153.2878°E / -27.5955; 153.2878 ( Victoria Point State High School ) ). In 2017,
2668-599: The school to also offer secondary education. Land on Beveridge Road in Thornlands was purchased and the secondary campus of the renamed Faith Lutheran College, Redlands opened on 28 January 2003. The first group of Year 12s graduated in November 2007. In 1993, St Rita's Catholic Primary School opened in the tradition of the Augustinian Fathers offering preschool to Year 6 and attracted 92 students. at
2726-514: The site over the years. For example, koalas have been captured, their health checked, and radio collars fitted. The freshwater area is also home to the near-threatened tusked frog ( Adelotus brevis ). The only Australian frog where the male is larger than the female of the species, they have a distinctive 'tok-tok' clucking sound. Habitat encroachment, introduced fish, and a fatal skin disease fungus have contributed to their vulnerability. The platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus ) once resided in
2784-474: The site's warden's cottage. It was the residence of several on-site caretakers. After falling into a state of disrepair, the building was demolished 1 July 2015. Its present purpose is encompassed by aspects of the generally universal Scout Promise and Law , The Australian Scout Environment Charter sets out eight positions on how a scout can care for the environment, including: Taking part in activities and projects that encourage education through nature and
2842-428: The time Victoria Point State High School opened on 28 January 1997. The Victoria Point public library opened in 2006. In 2007, there was a growing elderly population with six retirement villages currently in the suburb. In the 2016 census , Victoria Point recorded a population of 15,020 people, 52.9% female and 47.1% male.In the 2016 census , Victoria Point had a population of 15,020 people. The median age of
2900-677: The width is about 20 to 30 metres (66 to 98 ft) and the tides are semi-diurnal with a range of about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). The catchment area of approximately 39 square kilometres (15 sq mi) is mostly urban in the lower reaches and semi rural/rural residential in the upper reaches. The creek includes several conservation areas such as Eprapah hosting endangered species, e.g. koalas, swamp wallabies, sea eagles. The water quality and ecology have been closely monitored at Eprapah Creek ( Victoria Point , Queensland) over thirty years by Redland Shire Council , Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local community groups. The creek
2958-522: Was carved during a November 1931 training course, and at its foot, B.-P.'s boot print. The chapel area was fenced off to stop wandering cattle. A large buttress stump was capped in concrete and the Scout badge with 'Old Scouts' set within (today, the concrete cap remains). Various teams continued their improvements to the training ground, engaging in building construction and pioneering works. 'By 1933, '[i]n between times of clearing lantana and carrying out
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#17327943471343016-731: Was conducted in other locations in Queensland too, but Eprapah was the principal establishment. The first training course was on 4 June 1928. Leaders would draw their rations from an area now known as the Beaver Shelter, and also marked by the stumps of the cook's table, and a dining seat area. Youth member activities included training patrol leaders for emergency responses, constructing bridges, rafting, Scouts' own (religious observance), and water fights. Baden-Powell visited Queensland in May 1912, March 1931, and briefly in December 1934. It
3074-532: Was endemic to the area) to the Brisbane River ( Mairwar ). Victoria Point 's Aboriginal name of Warra Warra possibly means mussels, while Coochiemudlo refers to the red rock that forms the small island. A midden was discovered on-site but its location has since been lost. Many plants at Eprapah were used by the Aboriginal people, including the red ash or soap tree ( Alphitonia excelsa ) as
3132-540: Was established by three Lutheran congregations from Cleveland , Redland Bay and Mount Cotton . There were 64 students in Years 1 to 4 and 3 teachers in the school's first year, expanding to offering Years 1 to 7 by the school's third year of operation. The primary school had expected to become a feeder school to the Redeemer Lutheran College , but when that was not possible, it was decided to expand
3190-469: Was established for scout leaders. As a result, Gilwell training ceased at Eprapah, and items were transferred to B.-P. Park, such as the Eagle totem pole in 1955. Victoria Point, Queensland Download coordinates as: Victoria Point is a coastal locality in Redland City , Queensland , Australia . In the 2021 census , Victoria Point had a population of 15,140 people. Victoria Point covers
3248-425: Was heavily polluted in 1998 by illegal discharges of tributyl-tin ( TBT ) and chemical residues. Although the estuarine zone includes two environmental parks, there are some marinas and boat yards, and a major sewage plant discharge that affect the natural system. The upstream catchment has been adversely affected by large-scale poultry farms, wineries, land clearance and semi-urban development. The recent works included
3306-557: Was on his second visit on 26 March 1931 that his shoe print was immortalised in concrete at Eprapah. A copy is now in place, with the original held at the Scout Museum at Baden-Powell Park, Samford , Queensland. The State's governor, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson , also visited the site as the Chief Scout of Queensland through the 1930s. The first of the site's two totem poles , the 18 feet (5.5 m) pole and notice board, an owl
3364-426: Was used for stocking cattle. Victoria Point was named in the 1840s, surveyed in 1859, with 'Eprapah Creek' becoming a post office at Holzapfel's store in 1890. The Colburn family, giving their name to the road now acting as the southern border of the property, settled in the 1860s. Mostly farmers, other activities in the area included timber-getting. Nearby Link Road served as the log rafting area, to be floated to
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