Everything about Brighton Queensland totally explained
Brighton is the northernmost suburb of
Brisbane City,
Australia, located 19km north of the
Brisbane CBD. The Nashville locality makes up much of the southwest of the suburb.
Brighton features mostly suburban housing. The large
nursing home Eventide, run by the
Queensland Government, is within Brighton.
Brighton was also home to the
World War II barracks of the
RAAF Air Training School between December
1940 to May
1946 and was built on reclaimed land. After this time it became The Eventide Nursing Home.
The Brighton Hotel
The main pub in Brighton is the Brighton Hotel located along Beconsfield Terrace. An early settler, Captain William Townsend, bought the Brighton Hotel and used it as his home and, once sold in 1893, it was used as an orphanage. It resumed being a hotel in 1912.
Brighton Wetlands
Brighton has a wonderful woodland wetland protected by the local government. This natural reserve is made up of three woods; namely Goodenia Woods, Pimelea Woods and Dianella Woods. The land is so called a wetland as it fills with water during heavy rain which flows into a small tidal creek, Copold Creek, that flows under one of the main roads of Brighton, Beconsfield Terrace, and then leads to Bramble Bay between 15th and 16th Avenues.
Brighton Esplanade
Brighton is a desirable Brisbane suburb due to both the ease of public transport, such as the train service from nearby Sandgate, and also the wonderful bayside esplanade. This peaceful parkland esplanade follows the coast between the
Houghton Highway bridge and
Sandgate. The esplanade is used by walkers and cyclists and enjoyed by families. Brighton's beach is used by kite surfers and also walkers during low tide. The road that follows the esplanade is called Flinders Parade named after the navigator Captain Matthew Flinders who was the first European to discover the area in order to establish a penal colony for Lord Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales.
The southern ends of the
Houghton Highway and
Hornibrook bridges are found at the northern end of the suburb, connecting to
Redcliffe City at
Clontarf.
Gallery
Image:2005-08-14-Hornibrook01.jpg|Hornibrook Bridge towards Brighton
Image:Brighton Wetlands.jpg|Brighton Wetlands' Speight Street Entrance
Image:copold creek.jpg|Copold creek from Beconsfield Terrace
Image:brighton esplanade cyclist.jpg|A cyclist enjoying Brighton Esplanade
Image:brighton raaf memorial.jpg|RAAF memorial in Brighton
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