LOGAN West residents will no longer have to worry about Inland Rail line traffic passing through their suburbs on its way to Brisbane. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has just announced the Kagaru to Acacia Ridge section of the ambitious project was off the table and would be re-routed via Ipswich instead. The route, which would […]
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LOGAN West may have been a long way from the front lines in any military conflicts during the 19th and 20th centuries, but that doesn’t mean it lacks a military heritage all the same. In fact, if you’ve driven down the Mt Lindesay Highway to or from Browns Plains, you’ve driven past a notable part […]
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Local and regional journalism has never been more important – and we’re not just saying that as your local newspaper. Behind the news is a team of journalists working tirelessly to keep you informed and updated – but like you, we need to eat and pay the bills too. Journalism has traditionally been funded by […]
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ALL manner of maritime life makes its home in the Logan River – fish, frogs, and even sharks – but there has been one confirmed case of a crocodile in the river too, despite the creatures normally living hundreds of kilometres north of the region. Recent news stories concerning a crocodile seen in Moreton Bay […]
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IF you travel down the Mt Lindesay Highway from Browns Plains to Beaudesert, you’ll find yourself crossing the river at North Maclean – the focus of this month’s history article. There’s more to North Maclean than the bridge and the adjacent Tully Memorial Park (best known for its flood marker memorials), though. The suburb itself […]
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LAST month we looked at the historical incidences of flooding in Logan West from the earliest days of European Settlement until the end of the 19th century. As we saw then, flooding was a fact of life back then – and this month, we’re looking at the period from 1901-present, which has also had its […]
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Summer’s arrival means more rain, and rain tends to bring flooding. It’s no secret the Logan River has had some significant floods in recent years – most notably in 2013, again in 2017, and earlier this year – but it’s also important to understand the Logan River has always flooded – not only since the […]
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If you’ve driven through Greenbank, particularly along Goodna Rd or the Springfield-Greenbank Arterial Rd, you’ve probably noticed an entire side of the road features chain-link fencing and warning signs cautioning of a live-fire military training area. What you’re seeing is the perimeter of the Greenbank Training Area, a 4,500ha property used by the Australian Defence […]
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By Royce Wilson Had history turned out differently, you might very well be living in Darling City now and reading The Darling West News – and much of it comes down to the name of the river which flows through our city. It’s commonly thought Logan City is named after 19th century explorer and soldier […]
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By Royce Wilson DESPITE being one of the keystone suburbs of Logan West, no-one actually knows how Browns Plains got its name or who it is named after. We can make an educated guess that it was likely after a very early European settler or potentially an escaped convict, but the specifics appear to have […]
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