Enoggera Creek facts for kids

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Enoggera Creek at The Gap, 2010
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	South East Queensland
City	Brisbane
Physical characteristics
Main source	Enoggera Reservoir D'Aguilar Range 27°24′06″S 152°48′21″E / 27.4017°S 152.8059°E / -27.4017; 152.8059 (Enoggera Creek (source))
River mouth	Breakfast Creek railway bridge at the intersection of the suburbs of Windsor, Albion and Bowen Hills 27°26′01″S 153°02′23″E / 27.4336°S 153.0397°E / -27.4336; 153.0397 (Enoggera Creek (mouth))
Basin features
Tributaries	Right: Ithaca Creek

Enoggera Creek is a creek which flows through the City of Brisbane in South-East Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Enoggera Creek rises in the suburb of Enoggera Reservoir on the D'Aguilar Range and flows into the Brisbane River (becoming Breakfast Creek in the final stage). The creek's headwaters form on the southern slopes of Mount Nebo in Brisbane Forest Park.

Within the suburb of Enoggera Reservoir, the creek is dammed by Enoggera Dam ( (27°26′50″S 152°55′37″E / 27.4473°S 152.927°E / -27.4473; 152.927 (Enoggera Dam)). After which, it meanders in a south-easterly direction, leaving the undisturbed parkland and flowing through the Brisbane suburbs of The Gap, Ashgrove (where it separates the neighbourhood of St Johns Wood from the rest of the suburb), Alderley, Newmarket, Red Hill, Kelvin Grove, Wilston, Herston, Windsor and Bowen Hills.

Ithaca Creek flows from Mount Coot-tha and joins Enoggera Creek from the south at the intersection of the suburbs of Ashgrove, Red Hill and Newmarket (27°26′43″S 153°00′07″E / 27.4453°S 153.0019°E / -27.4453; 153.0019 (Ithaca Creek (mouth))).

The creek officially becomes Breakfast Creek from the railway bridge at the intersection of the suburbs of Windsor, Bowen Hills, and Albion, which then flows into the Brisbane River.

The creek is being rehabilitated and restored by the community organisation called Save Our Waterways Now.

History

Significant flooding occurred along the creek during the major floods, including 1893 and 1974 Brisbane flood resulting in a number of houses being washed away.

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  Flooding around Enoggera Creek, Windsor, 1893

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  Fishing and boating parties at Enoggera Creek, circa 1900

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  Relocating a house from St Johns Wood to Ashgrove, 1934