59-602: Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redcliffe Peninsula and surrounding Upper Bayside area of Brisbane . It operates 16 services under contract to the Queensland Government under the Translink banner. In August 1935 Hornibrook Highway Bus Service commenced operating a service from Redcliffe to Sandgate station . In 1975 Hornibrook Bus Lines was purchased by Geoff Mountjoy. By
118-545: A Bendigo -based architect, Beebe moved to Queensland in 1916, and worked at the Queensland Works Department until 1926. He then moved into private practice in Brisbane until 1936. Over 2.5 million superfeet of timber was needed to provide girders and decking on the bridge. Two sawmills were bought specially to process timber from Mount Mee and Conondale Range . 250 timbergetters were employed to cut
177-596: A Cessna 208 Caravan , holding up to ten people, that departs from local Redcliffe Airport . Kite flying with the Queensland Kite Flyers Society is held twice a month at Pelican Park on Hornibrook Esplanade, Clontarf. Each May, the council hosts a large kite-flying event called Kitefest. The Redcliffe Dolphins is a rugby league club that competes in the Queensland Cup . The team's ground Dolphin Oval
236-583: A connection from Redcliffe to Caboolture via Deception Bay and Morayfield . Road taxi services are provided by Redcliffe Taxi Service. A heavy rail Citytrain passenger service to Kippa-Ring opened in October 2016. The Redcliffe Airport is an aerodrome straddling the Kippa-Ring and Rothwell suburb boundaries, just south of the Deception Bay inlet from Moreton Bay. With an 853 m runway (07/25), it
295-458: A deep spandrel facing landward, and more modestly detailed rectangular frames facing bayward. The pylons have banded rusticated bases on concrete pedestals , with central slot windows with decorative grilles on three sides, surmounted by stepped vertical elements. The spandrel is also banded, and has a rectangular central panel with the words "Hornibrook Highway" fashioned in raised brass lettering. The portals contain toll facilities, comprising
354-783: A new retail and town centre for the suburb which is currently lacking its own local services. A seaside location with 22 kilometres (14 mi) of coastline and a mainly working class population, Redcliffe has a high emphasis on sport and recreation. More than 35 kilometres (22 mi) of dedicated bikeways surround the peninsula, and local sporting clubs include baseball , croquet , golf , hockey , lawn bowls , netball , softball , tennis , rugby , soccer , Australian rules football , and touch football . Scouting and Guiding groups are also in Redcliffe. Most weekends free-fall tandem skydivers can be seen dropping from 14,000 feet (4,300 m), landing onto Suttons Beach. The operator uses
413-649: A new road link across Hays Inlet and the mouth of the South Pine River . In 1926, the Redcliffe Town Council had proposed such a project be considered by the Main Roads Board . Such a road link would involve crossing 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) of water by viaduct at a cost of £ 120,000. This road would then connect with the main road from Sandgate to Brisbane , avoiding the long drive via Petrie. M.R. Hornibrook had holidayed in this area and saw
472-459: A public library at 476 Oxley Avenue, Redcliffe. Redcliffe City acts as a service centre for the Moreton Bay island communities, a tourist hub for the bay, and base of operations for local fishing and the seafood industry. From Redcliffe visitors can access Moreton Island via a new passenger ferry that has replaced the old Combie Trader ferry, Deception Bay waters, Bramble Bay , Hays Inlet and
531-485: A small office and strong room with night safe in the base of the pylons at each end. Externally these rooms are framed by Art Deco relief patterns. On the approach to the bridge the portals are preceded by smaller free-standing pylons either side of the road. Hornibrook Highway Bridge was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 October 1994 having satisfied the following criteria. The place
590-461: A timber superstructure supported by reinforced concrete piers with three concrete piles of varying depths. The superstructure had substantial round ironbark girders on corbels , with girders supporting large section ironbark and tallowwood sawn decking. The decking was covered with coarse aggregate bitumen, and had concrete kerb edging. At each end, the first spans of the superstructure were constructed in ribbed reinforced concrete to protect
649-449: A weekly local newspaper, the Redcliffe and Bayside Herald , a Quest Community Newspapers masthead owned by News Corporation . Another local news source is community website redcliffecity.com.au, developed by local woman Lynda Roberts of The Redcliffe City News Pty Ltd, supplemented with a limited distribution of a paper publication via local businesses. Community radio station 99 Seven
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#1732856122458708-465: Is Kau-in-Kau-in, which means Blood-Blood (red-like blood). The area's first European visitors arrived on 17 July 1799, aboard the Norfolk , a British colonial sloop commanded by Matthew Flinders . Flinders explored the Moreton Bay area and landed at 10:30 a.m. at a location he called "Red Cliff Point", after the red-coloured cliffs visible from the bay, today called Woody Point . In 1823,
767-414: Is a major employer. Fishing and prawning are the principal primary industries, with mostly light industries located at Clontarf and Kippa-Ring. Tourism is an important industry to the area with approximately 1.2 million tourists visiting each year. This focus on tourism has existed since the late 1800s when people came by boat to enjoy its safe, sheltered and sandy beaches . The major shopping areas are
826-572: Is based in Redcliffe and covers the city and surrounding Pine Rivers and northern Brisbane suburbs. The station, founded in 1986, broadcasts on the 99.7 MHz FM frequency (4RED) and offers a broad range of genres in programming and music. Barry , Maurice and Robin Gibb moved to Redcliffe in the late 1950s and formed the Bee Gees . Actors William McInnes and Nikki Osborne come from Redcliffe. The film Swimming Upstream starring Geoffrey Rush used
885-502: Is important because of its aesthetic significance. The finely detailed monumental portals at each end have aesthetic quality. The place is important in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period. In its planning, construction and operation it represents a major innovation in construction activities in Queensland at a time of economic crisis. Its significance also lies in its relationship to
944-437: Is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. The Hornibrook Highway Bridge, constructed 1932–35, was one of the first road toll facilities in Queensland to be authorised by special act of parliament. It is notable as a major public work constructed by private enterprise at a time of economic depression in Queensland. The bridge was the major impetus for the development of Redcliffe. The place
1003-739: Is in Kippa-Ring. The Dolphins have been accepted by the Australian Rugby League to compete in the 2023 NRL premiership competition. Peninsula Power Football Club is a football (soccer) club in Redcliffe. Formed in 2000 from a merger between Margate and Redcliffe Soccer Clubs, the team competes in the Brisbane Premier League . The Redcliffe Padres are located at Talobilla Park in Kippa Ring. Scuba divers can be seen diving from local shore sites Queens Reef in Scarborough, and
1062-557: Is owned and operated by the Redcliffe City Council. The Redcliffe Aero Club is based at the airport and provides pilot training, aircraft hire and charter services. A group of roads provides access to the Redcliffe Peninsula and enables travel between the contained communities. These roads ensure continuity of access in times of flooding or other natural disasters, and during planned maintenance activities. Redcliffe has
1121-626: The Governor of New South Wales , Thomas Brisbane , instructed that a new northern penal settlement be developed, and an exploration party led by John Oxley further explored the Moreton Bay area. Oxley recommended Red Cliff Point for the new colony, reporting that ships could land at any tide and easily get close to the shore. The settlement, along the banks of what is now called Humpybong Creek in Redcliffe town centre, consisted of small, temporary dwellings with gardens and vegetables planted. However
1180-679: The Houghton Highway and Ted Smout Memorial Bridge , which links Redcliffe to the Brisbane suburb of Brighton. Redcliffe features many buildings by the heritage designer-builder Alex Smith . On 14 February 2013 the Bee Gees Way in the Redcliffe CBD was opened and features a statue of the Bee Gees in their youth as residents of Redcliffe. The Bee Gees Way was formerly a pathway that was gazetted for weekend markets. The City of Moreton Bay operates
1239-533: The Houghton Highway , opened in 1979. On 11 July 2010 the new three lane Ted Smout Memorial Bridge opened, and at 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) is claimed to be Australia's longest. The bridge was named to honour Queensland's longest surviving World War 1 Digger. It provides south-bound traffic flow as well as pedestrian and bicycle access, while the Houghton Highway has become a dedicated north-bound traffic bridge. The Redcliffe Library opened in 2000. In 2007
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#17328561224581298-719: The Pine River leading to the North and South Pine rivers. The major marina in Redcliffe is Scarborough Marina, located in the Scarborough Boat Harbour, at the northern tip of the Peninsula; Newport Waterways Marina is nearby. The major economical sectors of Redcliffe are retail trade, construction trades, medical and community services, and property and business services, followed by automotive, manufacturing, and cafés, hotels, restaurants and takeaways. The 250-bed Redcliffe Hospital
1357-497: The QCL works at Darra - the two portals being the first significant structures in Queensland to use material from this source. The last plank on the viaduct was spiked into place on 7 September 1935. The bitumen road surface was laid in under three weeks setting an Australian record. The bridge originally had two traffic lanes and a pedestrian footpath. The construction of the bridge was similar to other bridges in Queensland, but when it
1416-673: The Queensland Government 's Local Government Reform Commission announced that Redcliffe would be amalgamated into the adjoining Pine Rivers and Caboolture shires to form the Moreton Bay Region , which was renamed the City of Moreton Bay in July 2023. Redcliffe has a humid subtropical climate under the Köppen climate classification system, with hot, humid summers and dry, mild winters. Thunderstorms are regular events from late Spring to early Autumn in
1475-460: The 1970s attended both Scarborough and Clontarf state schools and began his coaching career coaching Redcliffe to a premiership in 1989. Rugby league players Arthur Beetson , Petero Civoniceva , Michael Crocker , Adam Mogg , Travis Norton , Tom Opacic , Brent Tate and Daly Cherry-Evans were either born in Redcliffe or started their sporting careers from playing here. Author Kim Wilkins grew up in Redcliffe. The City of Redcliffe, through
1534-489: The Clontarf (north) end. The Hornibrook Bridge was the first of three bridges to cross Bramble Bay. The second bridge is the publicly funded (non-tolled) Houghton Highway bridge, which was built with the intention of duplicating the crossing capacity of the two-lane Hornibrook Bridge in the 1970s, but the upgrading of the original Hornibrook Bridge was subsequently found to be uneconomic. The bridge closed to traffic in 1979 with
1593-591: The Hornibrook Bridge was then no longer needed for pedestrian and cyclist access, it was closed on 14 July 2010. Before its closure, the Hornibrook Bridge was the longest footbridge in the world. Subsequently, the Poughkeepsie Bridge , located in Poughkeepsie, New York , United States, became the world's longest footbridge. Despite the heritage listing of the Hornibrook Bridge in 1994, safety concerns about
1652-541: The Redcliffe City Council, has two Sister City arrangements: Redcliffe Peninsula road network 27°13′38″S 153°05′16″E / 27.2271°S 153.0878°E / -27.2271; 153.0878 Hornibrook Bridge Hornibrook Bridge is a heritage-listed mostly-demolished road bridge on the Hornibrook Highway over Hays Inlet at Bramble Bay from Brighton , City of Brisbane to Clontarf , City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. It
1711-418: The Redcliffe Peninsula is a popular recreational destination within the Brisbane metropolitan area. Redcliffe Peninsula is home to over 55,000 residents over its total area of 38.1 km (14.7 sq mi). The peninsula is relatively flat with few areas rising more than 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. The Redcliffe Peninsula was occupied by the indigenous Ningy Ningy people. The native name
1770-582: The Redcliffe Peninsula. It also became a popular site for recreation and fishing. Although the bridge was heritage-listed in 1994, concerns arose about the cost of ongoing maintenance and whether the Queensland Government or local councils should pay for it. An additional (third) bridge, the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge opened to traffic in July 2010, delivering the desired capacity increase as well as providing pedestrian and cyclist access. As
1829-738: The Redcliffe Seaside Village (Redcliffe Parade & Sutton Street) with shops, restaurants, cafes, a 7D Cinema, and the Bluewater Square Shopping Centre housing a Woolworths. The Peninsula Fair and Kippa-Ring Shopping Centres are built side by side in Kippa-Ring in the centre of the Peninsula and boast the area's dominant retail centre with over 120 specialty stores between them, including K-Mart, Target, Woolworths, Coles, Best & Less and Hoyt's Cinemas. Smaller shopping centres are at Margate, Scarborough, Woody Point, Clontarf and Rothwell. The Newport development has proposed
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1888-580: The Redcliffe War Memorial Pool as one of its locations. Redcliffe has a high number of Olympic Games athletes from its relatively small population, including swimmers Leisel Jones , Geoff Huegill , Jessicah Schipper and Tarnee White who trained in Scarborough under coach Ken Wood . Chelsea Forkin played in the 2020 Olympic Games for the national softball team. Current Kookaburras Head Coach (Australian Men's Hockey Team) – Graham Reid played all his junior hockey with Redcliffe during
1947-558: The Redcliffe jetty in the town centre, as well as several boats which depart for diving in the wider Moreton Bay area. To celebrate the start of the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race , the Festival of Sails event is held yearly on Good Friday . In September, Redcliffe celebrates its history and status as Queensland's first European settlement location with an annual First Settlement Festival. Redcliffe Clay Target Club hosts events 3rd Sunday of
2006-458: The bridge from termites and fire. The superstructure had a slight camber that permits periodic tightening of the deck via bolt fixings along the outer girders. The bridge had steel balustrades comprising steel stanchions supporting two circular hollow section rails and ironbark lightpoles along its length. The portals at each end (which still exist) are finely detailed monumental Art Deco structures comprising substantial pylons spanned by
2065-421: The capacity. The project had intended to upgrade the Hornibrook Bridge as part of that project, but was subsequently found to be uneconomic. The Hornibrook Bridge was closed to traffic in 1979 with the opening of the Houghton Highway bridge. From 1979, the Hornibrook Bridge was only used as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge, providing the only pedestrian and cycling link between the northern suburbs of Brisbane and
2124-450: The construction force built up by his company during twenty-five years of work. In 1931, Hornibrook approached the Queensland Government with a proposal to construct a toll bridge linking the southern part of Redcliffe with the Sandgate area. Initially, this proposal was rejected. After further consultation with the Queensland Government, an Act of Parliament was pushed through allowing for
2183-658: The defence of Australia in World War Two . Military road convoys were able to use the highway to move war material efficiently to points in Queensland. The Hornibrook Highway franchise was surrendered to the Department of Main Roads in 1975 after forty years of operation by the company. From this time the Main Roads Department assumed responsibility for maintaining the structure. By then, the increasing road volumes necessitated
2242-410: The development potential of the Redcliffe area being linked by road to Brisbane. The onset of the financial depression of 1929–1933 gave Hornibrook the impetus to plan and construct a road viaduct across from Redcliffe to Sandgate. Major contracts for construction diminished with the deepening depression, and the decline in public spending. Hornibrook believed a major project was needed to keep together
2301-413: The investigation of carrying additional traffic. An additional viaduct was authorised by the Main Roads Department in 1977 to cope with increasing traffic flows to and from the Redcliffe Peninsula. The Houghton Highway as the new bridge was named opened to traffic in 1979. The publicly funded (non-tolled) Houghton Highway bridge was built alongside the Hornibrook Bridge, with the intention of duplicating
2360-540: The involvement of private enterprise in the construction of toll facilities. Note that the Queensland Government was also in discussions with Walter Taylor regarding his proposal to construct a toll bridge (later known as the Walter Taylor Bridge ) across the Brisbane River between Indooroopilly and Chelmer . The terms of the contract with the Queensland Government set the toll price, as well as stipulating
2419-525: The lack of a reliable water supply, attacks by Aboriginal people , large mosquito numbers, and insufficient facilities for safe anchorage meant that the settlement needed to be moved after eight months. The settlement relocated to the banks of the Brisbane River at North Quay , 28 kilometres (17.4 mi) south. Redcliffe was then abandoned, with just a small number of dwellings remaining. Local Aboriginal people called these empty buildings "oompie bongs", anglicised to mean, in reverse, 'dead house', and
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2478-622: The late 1980s it had purchased Redcliffe-Brisbane Bus Service and Sandgate-Lutwyche Bus Service. In 1998 South Western Suburban Transit was purchased. As at December 2022, the fleet consisted of 64 buses. Depots are operated in Clontarf and North Lakes . Redcliffe Peninsula The Redcliffe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the City of Moreton Bay in the northeast of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland , Australia . The area covers
2537-680: The late afternoon to early evening. The more severe storms are accompanied by damaging hail stones, torrential rain and destructive winds, however as most storms travel in a north-east direction from past Ipswich then over greater Brisbane, they often lose strength by the time they arrive to Redcliffe. There are a number of landmarks located in Redcliffe, such as the Redcliffe Jetty , Settlement Cove Lagoon , Suttons and Margate Beaches, Scarborough Beach Park with its Cottonwood trees, Redcliffe Museum , Woody Point Jetty , HMQS Gayundah shipwreck , and two bridges that have become iconic to Redcliffe,
2596-520: The length of lease. Hornibrook negotiated successfully for a forty-year lease on the projected road bridge. The full extent of the project involved a road viaduct 2.68 kilometres (1.67 mi) in length plus associated roadworks. To finance such a major construction, a prospectus was issued to encourage local investment in Hornibrook Highway Ltd. Work officially commenced on the project on 8 June 1932, but in its first eighteen months progress
2655-468: The month and is open to visitors every Saturday Bus public transport is provided by local company Hornibrook Bus Lines . Services include local routes within the city area, to the Brisbane central business district via Pine Rivers Shire and Petrie railway station , to Sandgate railway station via Brighton with connecting QR Citytrain services to Brisbane, and a weekday direct Cityxpress service with limited stopping. Kangaroo Bus Lines provides
2714-485: The name was given to the entire Redcliffe peninsula. The area was designated as an agricultural reserve in the 1860s, and residential development began in the 1880s. The population grew significantly after 1935 when the Hornibrook Bridge was opened; the two lane, 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) bridge crossed Bramble Bay and linked the peninsula with a more direct route to Brisbane . A replacement three lane bridge,
2773-404: The number of visitors to the seaside location. The bridge was known colloquially by the locals as the "Humpity Bump" because the road surface of the bridge was so buckled. During king tides , waves would crash into (and sometimes onto) the bridge spraying the cars as they crossed. The bridge was operated and maintained by a private company and a toll applied until 1975, with toll booths located on
2832-409: The opening of the Houghton Highway , which had been intended to provide a duplicated crossing. The third bridge, the Ted Smout Memorial Bridge opened to traffic in July 2010, delivering the desired capacity increase and resulting in the demolition of the original Hornibrook Bridge, which had been used as a pedestrian and bicycle only bridge since 1979. The Hornibrook Highway Bridge was constructed in
2891-586: The required amount of timber. Timber for the construction of the bridge was transported down the North Pine and Pine rivers on barges . The hardwood used in piles and girders mostly came from a timber mill owned by the Hornibrook Construction Company at Mapleton , transported from there to Nambour on the Mapleton Tramway , and then by Queensland Rail trains. Concrete was supplied from
2950-503: The rotting deck timbers led to the decision to demolish most of the bridge in mid 2011, retaining the north and south portals and 100 metres (330 ft) of bridge at the northern end for use by fishermen. The northern end of the bridge was officially reopened on 14 September 2011 as the Hays Inlet Fishing and Recreation Platform by Craig Wallace , Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure. The Hornibrook Highway
3009-466: The suburbs of Clontarf , Kippa-Ring , Margate , Moreton Island , Newport , Redcliffe , Rothwell , Scarborough and Woody Point . Redcliffe was the site of the first European settlement in Queensland , and was previously governed by its own local government area , the City of Redcliffe . Today, it falls within the City of Moreton Bay local government area. As a result of its beaches as well as its coastal, fishing and recreational amenities,
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#17328561224583068-686: The vision of its builder, Manuel Hornibrook, to develop the potential of the city of Redcliffe. In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Hornibrook Bridge was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "structure and engineering feat". [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article incorporates text from "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were computed from
3127-528: The years 1932–1935, by the firm of M.R. Hornibrook. Conceived as a response to high unemployment during the Great Depression , it also represented an opportunity to end the isolation of the residents of the Redcliffe Peninsula . Prior to the construction of the Hornibrook Viaduct, the Redcliffe Peninsula was accessed via two main methods of transport: ferry and road. Road transportation in particular
3186-637: Was a major catalyst in accelerating the urban development of the Redcliffe Peninsula and its surrounding area. In its planning, construction and operation it represented a major innovation in construction activities in Queensland at a time of economic crisis. The Hornibrook Highway Bridge was a 2.685 kilometres (1.668 mi) long timber and concrete bridge that spanned Hays Inlet and Bramble Bay between Clontarf and Brighton, linking Sandgate to Redcliffe. It had identical rendered concrete portals at each end, and two rises along its length which permit small boats to pass underneath. The bridge construction comprised
3245-726: Was completed it was the longest road viaduct built over water in the Southern Hemisphere . At the time of completion, the bridge had a length of 2.684 kilometres (1.668 mi). It was the longest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere, and the second longest in the world after the Maestri Bridge in the United States. Up until its closure to road traffic in 1979, it was the longest vehicular traffic bridge in Australia. The viaduct
3304-473: Was designed by Manuel Hornibrook and built from 1932 to 1935 by Manuel Hornibrook. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 7 October 1994. Handsome art-deco concrete abutment arches frame the entry and exit approaches. Construction of the bridge was important for the growth of the Redcliffe City peninsula and made the commute to Brisbane shorter and quicker, increasing population growth and
3363-537: Was limited, due to a lack of financing. The entry portals at either end of the bridge were completed in early 1933. Continuing financial difficulties forced Hornibrook to attempt to re-finance the company to finish the work as planned by 1935. The major flotation was assisted by a £ 100,000 loan from the AMP Society , guaranteed by the Queensland Government. Work recommenced at a faster pace from July 1934. The portals were designed by architect John Beebe . Originally
3422-403: Was of great concern to the residents of the Redcliffe area. During times of wet weather, the Redcliffe road running via Petrie regularly became impassable to vehicles. Several schemes had been drafted to improve the accessibility of the Redcliffe area to vehicle owners and also to the growing day-tripper market, having seaside holidays at Redcliffe. These schemes favoured the construction of
3481-471: Was opened to road traffic on 4 October 1935, foreshortening the road journey by several hours. Also a special coordinated road/rail bus service was inaugurated by the company to convey commuters between Sandgate and Redcliffe. It was officially opened by then Queensland Premier Arthur Edward Moore on 4 October 1935. It was named after Sir Manuel Hornibrook , the chief engineer of the project. The Hornibrook Highway played an important strategic role during
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