With our hunger well and truly satisfied (by sausages, smoothies, yoghurt, fresh fruit and coffee), we caught a train to Toombul and began our Heritage walk around Nundah. |
‘Nundah’ is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning ‘a chain of waterholes’. It was first settled by Europeans in the mid-19th century, although the suburb remained primarily a rural area until it was connected to Brisbane via railway in the 1880s. The first permanent European settlement in the area was a mission built in 1838 by German Lutheran missionaries.
We passed Zion Hill Park and then spent some time strolling through the historic cemetery. Zion Hill was the site of the first free European settlement, several kilometres away from the penal settlement at Moreton Bay. The cemetery was originally known as the German Station Cemetery. Established in the 1840s, it is the oldest surviving cemetery in Queensland, and it was interesting reading the headstones of the early settlers and their descendants. |
After walking the streets and enjoying our fill of beautiful old homes, we found ourselves in Kalinga Park, where we ate our picnic lunch after realising that our big breakfast had worn off. We then clocked up a few more kilometres along Kedron Brook Greenway before catching a train home. |