Arnwood Place is a natural channel design project which extends beyond the confluence of Sandy Creek with Norman Creek to Barr Street Park.  Current work aims to control weedy vines and improve habitat; a bushcare group meets here regularly to progress rehabilitation. 

N4C artist Karen Cipressi is helping community members express themselves, with re-launched art classes that are inspired by nature! At $10 per class, it's a great way to spend a Friday morning.

This natural channel restoration project aims to link upstream and downstream habitat associated with Arnwood Place.

N4C has been conducting Baseline Ecological Monitoring at a number of sites in the catchment.  The goal of this work is to be able to track long-term changes in the catchment, to gauge the effect of our work and the effects of development or other events.  It's one of many citizen science projects going on around the country: projects that collect useful data by getting members of the public involved in finding out about nature in their local area.

Bowie's Flat is a wetland project on Bridgewater Creek in Coorparoo. This project was designed to find out how effective wetlands could be in removing pollutants from urban run-off before they reach Moreton Bay.

Bridgewater Creek is the only freshwater stream entering below the tidal zone of Norman Creek. Our creek rehabilitation work here borders netball courts, BBQ & playground facilities, off leash dog park and general open field areas. 

A new bushcare group has started on the banks of Norman Creek beside Buranda State School.  The group aims to improve habitat and stabilise creek banks, along with engaging school students in caring for the environment.

A community project has started in the green "finger" of Octantis Park in Coorparoo.  It could be the beginnning of a rehabilitation across the headwaters of Bridgewater Creek!

A site that exemplifies how a bare area may be transformed into mature habitat. The group works with the nearby school and the local community.

N4C has completed a number of GIS projects and plans to continue mapping sites of interest in our catchment.

A section of open creek through a Council park has had a major rejuvenation and is the home of a new bushcare group.

A lovely patch of rainforest behind Greenslopes Private Hospital, on the main channel of Norman Creek. This beautiful site has seen some momentous changes, with a massive riparian restoration project in 2000 and repeated impacts from transport development.

Hanlon Park and the area upstream was once referred to as Burnett Swamp. N4C's aim here is to bring Norman Creek to life through Greenslopes by removing the existing concrete channel and replacing it with a naturalised waterway. Please view the Concept plan and Strategic plans below and tell us what you think by sending us an email.

Heath Park is well-used by sport enthusiasts, but is also home to some beautiful saltmarsh vegetation beside this tidal section of Norman Creek.  An enthusiastic local does targeted weeding here, to give the native plants the upper hand.

This project commenced in 1994 under the name CREEK FREECS. This was before the formation of N4C. The aim of the project was to rehabilitate 4ha of what was bare earth resulting from a re-direction of the creek. Today the site is now 70% vegetated as a result of community plantings. It has the highest biodiversity of any N4C catchment site and is testament to the tenacity of volunteers to restore a waste land.  The site is now invaluable as a place of a solitude for both human and native fauna.

N4C has a nursery attached to its HQ at 66 Baron St Greenslopes, and we re-launched it in 2015.  The goal of the nursery is to provide plants for bushcare sites in our catchment and surrounding areas, and to involve the local community in an enjoyable social activity (ie not as sweaty as bushcare!). You can get free plants too!  Read on...

A small tributary of Norman Creek in Tarragindi which has its headwaters in Toohey Forest.

This bushcare site on state government land is on the head waters of Perrone Creek, and is blessed with some fantastic eucalypts.  And some dedicated volunteers!

Tarragindi Reserve protects a valuable area of Eucalyptus woodland on the banks of Sandy Creek.

What's your Nature? is a project to create and strengthen connections between Brisbane people and their creeks and other waterways.  You may have noticed beautification going on at many of our sites.