This is a little bit of magic that the local residents would really like to keep a secret…read more Unofficial offleash dog park (yeah Geraldine knows about it) and place where dogs can run into the creek, there is a bike path through one corner of it ( from Creek Av to Quandong St) and some pleasant walking tracks through the bit of scrub. Scrub Turkeys abound. This place is good any time of day but I like it in the middle of the day when no-one much is around. The Council planted lots of new trees about 8 years ago and they are going gangbusters. They can't seem to quite get the design of the bridges right for the creek crossings: not sure whcih iteration of self-disassembling railings we are up to now, but its always interesting to go down after a bit of a flood in the creek to see what has happened to them 'this time'. YAY for Banks Street Reserve. Good for everyone.

Got a chance to see the Belle Lume Sculpture and just wow! So very aesthetically pleasing to the…read moreeyes. Very sturdy and beautiful!

From the owner: Over the last 40 years the staff of Natureworks has produced the masters for most of the "high…read morequality" fibreglass life-size animal art currently being sold on the world market. Natureworks has been sculpting moulding and casting life-size wildlife for almost 40 years. The collection of moulds of sculptural features now numbers over 2000 different individual pieces. Casts can be made in a variety of materials from Fibreglass, Glass Reinforced Cement (GFRC), Hard-Coated Urethane Foam and Cold Cast Bronze. New pieces are being created all the time. They can be adapted for domestic use, playground or zoological standard and are designed, reinforced & finished to varying standards as appropriate to its use.

This was such a lovely and peaceful place. We took our children during the school holidays and it…read morewasn't very busy which was nice. We started out going through the environment centre, which was only small but had interesting pieces. The staff was friendly and welcoming while we were there and gave us more information and encouraged us to look into more events that Moreton Bay council rang. Afterwards we went on the Hide and Seek Children's trail which was informative and interesting, although we didn't get to see all the things that were promised. We played in the playground for a while, while the adults cooked lunch and then after lunch went on another hike through the other walkways and paths that were labelled around the area. All around it was a great way to spend the day and a way to get out of the house without costing a fortune!!

How good is it to find a chunk of bushalnd ripe for the walking in the middle of the suburbs?…read moreDownfall Creek bushland at McDowall is like that. Right on the bustling, big Rode Road you can pull in to this reserve - also known as the Raven Street Reserve and head past the interpretive centre (open 8.30am - 4pm Mon - Fri) to walk the paths that take you deep into the bush. There are so many species of birds, mammals and reptiles here and if you head and down to the creek and you're really lucky you might spot a bearded dragon sunning itself on a rock or swimming across the creek like a tiny, prehistoric creature. Afterwartds, you can can picnic or barbecue in the reserve and kids love the adventure playground.

Alderley is really blessed with great parks, and Grinstead Park is definitely one of them…read more Theres a playground, paths for skating and BMX riding, wheelchair accessible toilets, BBQ's and shelter and it joins the Sparkes Hill Reservoir so there's heaps of walking to be had.

Webster Road Skate Park is located, on Webster Road, 100 meters behind Sommerset Hills State…read moreSchool. Webby, as known by locals, is a three level skate park where an intermediate skater/blader/biker/scooter can find some good lines. The park is quick and smooth and has a number of 4ft quarter pipes, transition and steep berms to do trick off. There are a few ledges that have been waxed up and are pretty fast. The centrepiece of the park is a 5ft kidney shaped bowl. There are a couple of gazebos around but the park is pretty bare of any shade. If you don't have any transport, make sure you pack a feed and some water as there is only one tap there and the closest shops are a good hike towards Chermside.

Such a great dog park! My boyfriend and I travel most of the year and when we come back to Aus, I…read morehave a hard time finding dog parks for our puppy's here. This park is huge! There is not a small or large dog park but my puppy's don't seem to mind. This park has a puppy play ground, poop bags/bins, water and 2 gates to make it easy to take your dog on/off the lead.

I was looking for a place to walk my dog when I saw a HUGE patch of green on the map…read more The Grange Forest Park is this incredible patch of remnant bush that winds from Alderley through Grange to Stafford. There's some awesome trails to walk, and the bike path takes advantage of the shade too along the very pretty Kedron Brook. It's a beautiful thing to see kids head off on their bikes with fishing rods in tow and this is not an uncommon sight in Grange Forest Park. Make sure you pay it a visit, your dog will thank you.

Outside of my own sentimental affection for this park (I used to sleep under it's trees on long…read morewalks home from the Valley), Bradshaw Park is actually a lovely little park to go and have a picnic while in the 'burbs. It's got a barbeque there if you want to put some snags on, and it's got plenty of shade provided by the grove of trees there. The park is also big enough for you to have a game of cricket or footy if that's your thing. The Kedron Brook bike path runs through Bradshaw Park, giving cyclists a nice place to rest alongside the waterway.

Sedgeley Park is a decent sized park off Enoggera Rd in Newmarket…read more There's heaps of kids running around, and with a couple of play grounds and great flat sports areas there's plenty for them to do. There's also an off leash dog park with a shaded table & chairs for owners and a few little 'trick' installations for more flexible puppies. Unfortunately my dog is rather small but believes she's rather big so we tend to avoid it as I never know when she'll bark at a rottweiler for taking her ball. The Newmarket Olympic Pool is on the edge of the park, so it's a great family area all round.