The Island is limited to one super market, the IGA, and there is also a chemist, bakery and Post Office in the same area. This means you don’t have the big supermarkets with the specials and discounts. I also needed to go to the Motor Registration Branch at Cleveland for my License. I left onContinue reading “Going to the Mainland”
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Old Jetty and History of Russell Island
Originally posted on Sunrise Today…:
http://moretonbay.biz/part-4-russell-island Russell Island Jetty The first settlers on the island relied on their own resources to take themselves and their produce to market. The area to the east of the current jetty was the site of the rafting ground, where the timber-getters would form log rafts to float their timber…
The Bay at Russell Island
Walking to the Ferry to travel to Redland Bay from where the buses go to many places in Brisbane. The Waters are always beautiful…and today it is low tide, sunny and calm with no wind. Russell Island was named after the British Secretary of State for Colonies, Lord John Russell. In 1871-72 farm lots were soldContinue reading “The Bay at Russell Island”
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