Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre — Attraction in Brisbane City

Pleasant bicycle ride through the reserve but the path is close to the motorway in some places. Watch out for snakes! The Visitor Centre is the building close to this placemarker - it is NOT at the location identified by Google, which is a restricted access sewerage treatment plant. Google has refused to correct its mistake. UPDATE Feb 2018 - it seems that Google Maps has finally changed the location of this placemarker. There are three placemarkers with this name - two with a camera icon and one with a tree icon - and a fourth named Boondall Wetlands Information Centre, which is the same thing. One of the camera icons is actually on the building that houses the Centre (whoopee!), the other is in the carpark nearby, the tree icon is in the forest nearby and the Information Centre marker is further away...

A delightful place for a flat, easy 2 kilometre walk through a variety of wetland environments, but predominantly casuarina (she - oak) open forest. The pathway, comprises smooth decomposed granite gravel or wooden boardwalk, making it wheelchair friendly. Make sure you detour across the boardwalk to the bird-hide for views up Nundah Creek and across Cabbage Tree Creek to the Shorncliffe boat ramp and marina. Take drinking water with you on a hot day: I sufficed with a stop at the drinking fountain (drinking dribble!) at the start of the walk before and after. There are also a couple of very short walks and the long bike path to Nudgee Beach. Even in the late morning, there was a considerable amount of bird life to see and despite not being into wildlife photography, I was happy with the...

My partner and I enjoyed the afternoon cycling through Boondal Wetlands. We had forgotten the insect repellant and were so grateful that the information centre had roll ons available for use because the mosquitoes were so thick. The bicycle/walking paths are very wide and well maintained and every 200 metres they are marked with the remaining distance which was like having my own personal trainer encouraging me, especially on the way back when I was getting really tired. The wetland track is about 8.5 kms round trip and mostly easy riding. We rode all the way to Nudgee beach and had a break at the park overlooking the water. This was approximately another 4 km round trip. We took it pretty easy so riding time was about 1.25 hours for the...