Walk from Shorncliffe Pier to Redcliffe Jetty

All up it was about a 14 km walk.
#redcliffe #moretonbay #shorncliffe

[@jaso9217]

I went from the Shorncliffe Pier to Woody Point and back with my 2 grandchildren by bicycle a couple of years ago, they were 10 and 13 years old at the time. Beautiful day had by the 3 of us and a lovely lunch of burger and chips at Woody Point before turning around and heading back. Lovely life long memories.

[@RolandjHearn]

You asked about the name of the bridge: it is now called the Ted Smout Memorial bridge which is the newest form of the crossing and replaced the Houghton Highway. But those of us of significant vintage remember driving across the wonderfully wavy Hornibrook Highway, the, when constructed, longest bridge in Australia. The trip to Redcliffe was always such an adventure because of that bridge.

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

Ted smelt lived out his days in the freemasons nursing home at Sandgate. He was actually the last person to see The Red Baron alive. He stated that the Red Baron said to him one word kapoot which is German for finished or end.

[@dalboymarto7458]

My dad grew up in Redcliffe . Still there , I always love going home.. such a rich history. . My great uncles and uncles ran the butcher shop on the esplanade. I grew sliding down the red dirt on cardboard while dad was across the road having a beer.. or two.

[@TheGary600]

I was homeless for six months during which time I camped in my land cruiser troopy mostly around Redcliffe. Many times I completed the walk Rob displayed in this video. Thanks Rob this brings back memories of a comfortable time. I was not willingly homeless and am now with my partner in a very comfortable home elsewhere. These days my partner and I often dine at the Fullmoon Hotel with her Sister in law then afterwards stroll toward the Hornibrook bridge and back. What a mix of memories, all wonderfully good, thanks Rob.

[@StonedGossard_]

my favourite place in the entire world, many fond memories here, right where Rob goes on to the mudflats is where my mother's ashes are scattered and I'll be joining her.

[@jaso9217]

I did that exact route by bicycle with 2 of my grandchildren a few years ago, stopped near the Redcliffe Jetty to have burger, hot chips and a coke for lunch then turned around and cycled back. Great memories, thanks Rob.

[@idiotbox8291]

A lovely part of the world, thanks for showing the rest of the world Rob!

[@moiragraham2745]

Those beautiful old homes at Shorncliffe were built as holiday homes by the well heeled residents of Brisbane who could travel to the seaside in their carriages. It was “only” a days journey, unlike getting to Redcliffe which involved travelling via Petrie before the bridges were built. That’s why, apart from a few boarding houses, there were none of these stately homes along the Redcliffe coast.

[@easytiger260]

Great work Rob, hopefully you make it up to Scarborough one day too

[@rodneywatson7855]

My parents were married in that old white church on the beachfront in 1955. Now it's a kindy, but was also the original Sandgate State School, used temporarily while the real Sandgate school was being built. The long road bridge from Brighton to Margate used to be called The Hornibrook Highway and I can remember there was a 1 shilling toll for cars in the early 1960s, on the old original (now mostly demolished) bridge. A lot of memories along this track for me. Thanks.

[@Iron_of_man]

Would definitely love a history walk around Redcliffe one day. There is ALOT to talk about!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I have recently visited Redcliffe for my latest documentary about the founding of Brisbane.

[@Iron_of_man]

@walkaboutwithrob awesome. Will definitely give that a watch when I can

[@vv8134]

Liberty swing is so people in wheelchairs can experience being on a swing . They are at a few other places in the region too . Amazing needed sponsors to put it in

[@matttippo8325]

❤

[@Bundydream]

My husband I have been enjoying your videos, and bingeing them over this Easter 2024 weekend while sick with Covid. We are from Brisbane but moved to Bundaberg 12 years ago. I wonder if you might do a Bundy video! The first video of yours which appeared in my feed was the one about mount cootha. Please keep up the terrific work!

[@cinemaipswich4636]

How sad the old roller-skating rink beside the Redcliffe Pier is gone.

[@straightedgeredhead]

Now you are ramping up with suburbs - fantastic Rob! Keep up the great work!

[@garylydement5020]

Hope he does my suburb one day Tanah Merah

[@clubgus07]

its A Beautiful area to go for a wonder, i often do this route with the bike but i go up the guts at Bells Beach caravan park to Redcliffe Jetty, Woody Point is nice and handy with those perm Sun loungers. I like the Clontaff/Margate area its a stark difference between the two councils the effort Moreton Regional Council has placed on their facilities compared to Brisbane City Council. Thx for the tour and the reminder

[@kenhogan4381]

My childhood was in Shornecliff very happy memories, thank you

[@maxsonthonax1020]

Interesting shot at 4:50. I wouldn't have thought Mt. Beerwah could be seen so clearly from there!

[@grantchristensen]

My part of the world. Love it.

[@irenelinda737]

Me too.

[@stuffedgrubs]

Mustn't have been that windy going across you still have your shirt on 😂😂 The fishing platform in middle of the ted smout bridge is great . You can get some good fish. We've caught mackerel,brim you got to be prepared for the walk!

[@Mark-gy9xx]

Love your videos Rob!

[@t-rocks1960]

Hey Rob, Did this with my Kids 10 years ago on Bikes, was a great day, until we turned around only to realise we had been enjoying a a 20khp tail wind, as slow peddle back to Sandgate..😎

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Should have kept the hat on mate! Looks like the wind blew away a fair swathe of the old noggin fur! ;-)

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@theoztreecrasher yeah, but I've got a big dick, so I'm cool.

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@@walkaboutwithrob Ah well, since I'm not from the Deep South I'll have to concede that 1! ;-)

[@marklythall8712]

I admire people who can turn suburbia into an adventure, good on you.

[@gordyokeeffe361]

Great to see you on Shorncliffe pier mate! Cheers! ( I grew up in Shorncliffe )

[@SteveMack]

I was there just a few weeks ago 👌👍

[@Solarlube]

I’ve done that Rob. From Shelly’s Inn Schorncliffe to Eventide. Well not to the bridge I turned around and caught the train home. When I was still living in Brisbane.

[@mileshirst593]

We had a good laugh at the liberty swing part :)

[@wendybrealey8368]

Catching up on your posts after our Xmas trip to wet and cold UK. Sorry you hurt your knee but obviously good now to do that walk. Our fave walk, except we break it into 6km chunks. At the end near the Anzac Memorial in Redcliffe, if you’d walked up the park a little more, apart from a big rock commemorating Capt Cook there is also a stone from the ancient abbey of Whitby, because apparently he sailed in Whitby built ships (if it’s still there, I noticed on a short walk recently the Council have been messing about with the landscaping and foreshore just near here). The homeless encampments have been there a few years but we noticed more appeared towards the end of the pandemic, perhaps due to the lack of cheap rentals. The Margate stretch before Redcliffe always reminds me of an English seaside town with the pavilions. Clontarf was always a lower income, cheaper housing area (much like Beenleigh) and is taking a while to become “gentrified”. Unfortunately it will happen as all the land at the Scarborough end of the peninsula gets developed with huge apartment blocks.

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

It's funny that old church I sent a picture of that to my wife and she thought that was my house I lived in. The next two houses you feature was renovated by a builder back in maybe the early 90s and sold for a ridiculous sum money and everybody was in disbelief. Is the first houses to sell for all money along the beach front at Sandgate. When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s we felt sorry for the kids that living on the beach front because there was a poor kids. Cheers Graham.

[@theaussienurseflipper.8113]

You showed bee gee way in Redcliffe but York straight past the house where the bee gees grew up. They grew up on the waterfront either Clontarf or woody point. Right on the edge of the two suburbs

[@suedavis7298]

You made me laugh....and inspired me to get out in my community or somebody else's community and discover things! 😂

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@suedavis7298 Yes please, go for it! Hope you'll share your adventures too

[@jamescolindaley]

wow that place has changed alot since ten years ago

[@Electrotract]

That shorefront from the bridge at Clontarf has a lot of reclaimed area,

[@divarachelenvy]

My fave parts of Brissy... cheers...

[@paulfri1569]

The diamond in the rough.. Same here.

[@keithcheney5343]

Another interesting walk by Rob very few people on foot gives an impression of Australia as a country of wide open spaces and nearly permanent good weather plus The Bee Gees Way

[@shellebelle53]

I haven't been up that way since I was a teenager. Beautiful old homes that I'd imagine are worth a fortune these days

[@1247rimini]

I followed your steps in reverse last Tuesday 😂 instead of a beer at the end I had a coffee and croissant to start.

[@paulfri1569]

My last name is Fry. I'm from Brisbane originally. What about you?

[@1247rimini]

@@paulfri1569 me too born and bred.

[@SuperOptus123]

Great video Rob! Hope you make it up this way one day! (Bundy and the Wide Bay) Seen your Hervey Bay video. Couldn`t swim years ago! Too many Stingers.

[@paulfri1569]

Especially Maryborough the second oldest port city in Qld..

[@SuperOptus123]

@@paulfri1569 Some beautiful old homes in Maryborough. Love visiting there, it gives me such a nice feeling.

[@paulfri1569]

@@SuperOptus123 Indeed. Lots of classical old Queenslanders and such a unique place. Glad you like ☺️

[@Pyjamarama11]

Excellent walk, the peninsula is our favourite place The house at 11:13 has been empty for years, perhaps there's some sad legal story behind it or it's just someone's folly

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

Liberty Swing. Cost analysis by Sir Humphrey Applegate. Planning Permission Applications, Environmental Impact Studies, Purchase of Victoria River Downs for relocation of the endangered Lesser Three-headed Jumping Cricket, Parking Impact Study, ............. Total cost - Oh Millions! PS Forgot to add a small Budget Overrun for Joe Blogs Welding and Concreting $500. ;-)

[@BradGryphonn]

This used to be a regular, almost daily walk for me not too many years ago.

[@mariegilliland2843]

Hahahaha 😂 talking on the bridge

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Marie Gilliland I recall it was a very funny story.

[@1970Phoenix]

My old stomping grounds.

[@garylydement5020]

Just watch one of your old videos about Scrubby Creek...... Wow the hair😄

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Gary Lydement it was that long up until about two weeks ago.

[@garylydement5020]

@@walkaboutwithrob Didn't think it was that long in latest few videos

[@peterburke8650]

Thanks

[@1247rimini]

During lockdown restrictions we decided to walk the bridge to Redcliffe at night. No view and surprisingly no breeze as expected just a long long walk looks better during the day. Did you jump a train to Shorncliffe? I’m planning to do a bike ride around the area and grabbing a train from Kuraby.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Wendy Fry I've always wanted to do a night walk somewhere. I got a lift up to Shorncliffe and then was driven home. I bought myself a bike last week and am looking for some interesting paths to explore. Let me know how your ride through Shornclifee goes

[@geoffrey1967]

Hi Rob, the black/dark water is due to the black sand/mud.

[@julieschipplock9439]

Looks like a nice enjoyable walk, and you did the Bee Gees walk at the end, glad to see your knee has healed well. 🙂

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@Julie Schipplock it was a very enjoyable day out for sure. I'm surprised there's not more intensive development up that way, considering the views of the Bay.

[@PeteNasia]

Shorncliffe pier was very different in 1978

[@melstephen5191]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@cakeman8406]

How long does it take from Shorncliffe to Redcliffe?

[@PeteNasia]

All those queenslanders in Brighton were run down in d 70s , I went to nashville High school back then.

[@paulfri1569]

You should do Maryborough another city that could've been the capital of Qld..

[@happyjoyjoy6976]

a truckload of history there, my home town. and the mary poppins thing to

[@paulfri1569]

@@happyjoyjoy6976 Me too. I'm on Walker street. Lots of cool history hey.

[@happyjoyjoy6976]

@@paulfri1569 i was on Alice street near Andies, a small world mate

[@paulfri1569]

@@happyjoyjoy6976 Indeed mate 🤠

[@PeteNasia]

Is the old hornibrook bridge gone ?

[@Maiotiger]

the wooden one is now two jetties the first concrete bridge is still there its the inbound bridge for redcliffe the new bridge is called the ted smout bridge and its the outbound bridge

[@paulfri1569]

If only Redcliffe was the official capital of Qld..

[@GarageSupra]

There is a lot of history there that you kidna missed. you would have walked past the house the Bee Gees lived in on the waterfront across the road from shell. The weird mansion at 11:15 has issues with it so it cant be sold and they have been trying to sell for years (rumor i heard) Redcliffe is also home to one of Queenslands biggest mansions in Newport. The bridge you walked across is called the Ted Smout bridge and is privately owned There once was a pub called the Palace (1979-2008) that was directly across the road from the ship wrecks Redcliffe was the the first place to impound cars when the Hoon legislation was brought out Oxley ave (a main road in Redcliffe) was named after the surveyor and explorer John Oxley who arrived there in 1823 The Redcliffe jetty and Post Office were built in 1885 Redcliffe officially became a city in 1959 It's also Queenslands most populated peninsular

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@GarageAU this wasn't a history walk. It was just a walk between two places to help exercise my recently busted knee. I will return to Redcliffe in the near future to do a proper history investigation.

[@prodbyfrank74]

@@walkaboutwithrob😂

[@servantofgod5642]

wow! how bout that Jesus dog walking on water !

[@johngreydanus2033]

Don't know what your budget is but an electric bike would cover a lot more ground quickly, along with a drone for some great shots, although Aussie laws might make that tough to do.

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@johngreydanus2033 Or I could just drive and really cover the miles very fast, but the concept of the channel is 'walking', i.e.for people to get exercise and learn more about their local area while doing so. I have thought about getting a drone, but ultimately it would just be another bag of equipment to carry.

[@johngreydanus2033]

Ah, okay, well you could keep that part secret. @@walkaboutwithrob

[@petermartin4807]

No history lesson in this episode I thought you might mention how even tide was an army barracks in ww2

[@walkaboutwithrob]

If you watch the video you will see it was simply a record of a walk I did to after a knee injury.

[@gordonoldfield403]

My brother has the old belt drive dentist drill & chair & an old cast iron fire box from Eventide still !!!

[@petermartin4807]

You didn't know

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@@petermartin4807 why do you even bother commenting?

[@richiestrich8079]

You did not walk all that way 100%

[@walkaboutwithrob]

I most certainly did.

[@nivid01]

You probably should give a brief verbal history or a short spiel on the points of interest along the way!!!!

[@walkaboutwithrob]

@nivid01 this was just a walk to help me further recovery from a recent injury, and as such was not intended as a history walk like the majority of my videos.

[@Noname-rj8pq]

Yes I also noticed the homeless campers recently, beautiful spot they should be moved on imo they are ruining the area for everyone.

[@tamphex]

Nice assumption you've made there - in this current climate, living in a tent does not mean the individual is a nuisance. There are entire families out there doing it rough due to the spiked rents and they manage to hold down a full time job as well. I'd love to see you cope as well as some of they are...

[@Iron_of_man]

Im so sorry that their mere existance is so off putting to you.

[@Noname-rj8pq]

@@Iron_of_man maybe you can let them camp in your garden if you care do much. They shouldn't be allowed to camp in beauty spots.

[@Iron_of_man]

@@Noname-rj8pq They may camp in public land, seeing as they have no private land to reside in. Trust me, that area means a lot to me personally. What means more is someone and their kids having a safe space with amenities to live, albeit temporarily. I agree that ideally there wouldn't be this probablem to begin with. I also hope that you're a troll.

[@Noname-rj8pq]

@@Iron_of_man the more acceptable you believe it is for them to stay there the happier the council will be not to provide proper assistance for them. If you really cared you'd be complaining to your local councillor about it their circumstance.

[@geoffreyfox60]

How many pairs of shoes did you wear out walking all that way😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊

[@PeteNasia]

Is the hornibrook bridge gone ?

[@stuffedgrubs]

Yeah just a fishing platform north and south New bridge is called Ted smout bridge