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An Apollonaut travel guide
A sanctuary on the river.
An introduction to the suburb of Fig Tree Pocket, where Lone Pine has stood beside the Brisbane River since 1927.
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Read the city from the river
Lone Pine is about 12 km from the centre of Brisbane, in the suburb of Fig Tree Pocket. One of the oldest ways to arrive is by water: a cruise from the Cultural Centre Pontoon has run up the Brisbane River to the sanctuary since 1934.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Notice how the river shapes the journey, and respect the homes along its banks.
Spaces built for animals
Lone Pine is a wildlife corridor on naturally hilly ground, and it keeps the natural terrain of the land. Enclosures, a free-range kangaroo area and a sensory garden with bee hotels and microbat boxes sit within it.
Begin with a detail and ask what it is for: a perch, a feeding station, a shaded path. A photograph alone cannot tell you how an enclosure was designed or how the animals use it.
A Lone Pine chapter
Lone Pine shows a different side of Brisbane: a sanctuary founded in 1927 beside the river, still reached by boat.
Look at the meeting of the two: a growing city, and the bushland the sanctuary keeps.
Make room for context
Pair this city reading with the sanctuary’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places or represents the people who built them.
Read at the source
Sources & further reading
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary: Plan Your Journey
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary: Accessibility
- Wikipedia: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
Links lead to the original publishers.
