The Kedron Brook is a brook that flows through the northern suburbs of Brisbane in the south-east region of Queensland, Australia.

Kedron
Kedron Brook on the northern edge of Kalinga Park
Location of the river mouth in Queensland
Location
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Region	South East Queensland
Municipality	Brisbane
Physical characteristics
Source	D'Aguilar Range
• location	D'Aguilar National Park
Source confluence	Kedron Creek and Cedar Creek
• location	Ferny Grove
• coordinates	27°24′14″S 152°56′27″E
• elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Mouth	confluence with the Schulz Canal
• location	Nundah
• coordinates	27°24′25″S 153°4′28″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	29 km (18 mi)
Basin size	110 km2 (42 sq mi)
Basin features
National park	D'Aguilar National Park (formerly the Brisbane Forest Park
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Course and features

Formed by spring D'Aguilar Range within the southern portion of the D'Aguilar National Park,[2] Kedron Brook rises below the Ferny Grove retail shopping strip, near the outer suburb of Upper Kedron and flows in an easterly direction. Kedron Brook then meanders through suburbs including Stafford, Grange, Lutwyche, Wooloowin, Kalinga Park, Toombul and Hendra before it empties into the Schulz Canal, which flows into Moreton Bay at Nudgee Beach. The river descends 220 metres (720 ft) over its 29-kilometre (18 mi) course and has a catchment area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi).[2]

For much of its length, Kedron Brook is lined with parks and sporting facilities such as bikeways and football fields. Kedron Brook has been channelised where it passes suburbs such as Lutwyche and Wooloowin. Tidal influence reaches as far as Toombul.[3]

The original course of Kedron Brook has been significantly altered in the vicinity of Brisbane Airport, where it has been redirected to a canal named the Schulz Canal.[4] This was done to allow expansion of the airport in recent decades.[5] The canal empties into Moreton Bay adjacent to the small bayside village of Nudgee Beach. At the lower end of the catchment, Boondall Wetlands is an internationally recognised habitat (Ramsar site) for migratory wader birds and other animals in Moreton Bay.[2]

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  Kedron Brook stream, looking downstream from Gympie Road, Kedron (2021).
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  Bicycle and pedestrian paths, Kalinga Park, Kalinga (2021).
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  Kedron Brook looking upstream, Kalinga Park, Kalinga (2021).
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  Kedron Brook looking downstream, Kalinga Park, Kalinga (2021).

See also

• List of rivers of Queensland

References

External links

• Media related to Kedron Brook at Wikimedia Commons
• Kedron Brook Catchment Network
• "Location map for bushcare sites" (Map). Bushcare groups. Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Kedron Brook Catchment Branch (Inc.). 2015.
• "Kedron Brook trail". Cycling in Brisbane: Brisbane Bike Adventures. City of Brisbane. 7 April 2014.

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