West Toowong

The West Toowong area is a quiet pocket of residential land loosely bounded by the Western Freeway, Anzac Park, Dean Street, Sherwood Road, Dover Court Road, Miskin Street, Keltie Street and Stanley Terrace. The area is undulating land on the south eastern foothills of Mt. Coot-tha. The remaining pockets of natural vegetation consist predominantly of rainforest with open Eucalypt forest along the higher ridges.

The remaining natural vegetation found in parklands, schools and backyards provides a habitat and corridors for scrub turkey, opossum, reptiles, small marsupials and a variety of native bird life. The area (other than that to the north of the ridge running from the dog park through to the Dean Street shops) forms part of the catchment area for Toowong creek which flows through the center of the area.

Toowong creek supports native reptiles and amphibians as well as providing water for other forms of wildlife. The banks of the creek system contain rainforest vegetation. There is a green belt of native bush land between the Western Freeway and the residential area of West Toowong. The green belt is part of the Mt. Coot-tha reserve and supports a large amount of wildlife and provides a key corridor for wild life travelling from Mt. Coot-tha and Brisbane Forest Park into the inner Western Suburbs. The green belt also provides a recreational area for activities such as bush walking, mountain biking and walking dogs.

West Toowong Local Area Plan

Vera, Warrawee, Soudan & Lodge Streets Character Residential

Introduction

A small pocket of pre-World War II houses built from approximately 1880 to 1947 exists in the West Toowong area in the vicinity of Vera, Warrawee, Soudan and Lodge Streets.

This particular pocket of houses is a good example of pre-war architecture and streetscape which combine to produce a charming character unique to the West Toowong area.

The area is on the southern and western slopes of the ridge followed by Dean Street and Sherwood Road and drains into Toowong creek in the vicinity of Toowong State High School. Native vegetation in the area consists of rainforest with a significant amount of native vegetation remaining in the region to the east of Vera Street and the banks of Toowong Creek.

A large number of plant species native to the area and wildlife habitat have been retained in the backyards of the area.