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Heron Island, 72 km (45 mi) off the coast off Gladstone in Queensland, has two time zones: the island resort follows DST all year round, whereas the Marine Research Centre and the Parks and Wildlife office on the island remain on Eastern Standard Time. Resort manager Alistair Cooray says no-one is sure how the time zone came about.
The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of Greater Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council . The LGAs in the other mainland state capitals ( Sydney , Melbourne , Perth and Adelaide ) are generally responsible only for the central business ...
As the capital city of Queensland, Brisbane is home to the Parliament of Queensland at Parliament House at Gardens Point in the CBD, adjacent to Old Government House. Queensland's current Government House is located in Paddington. The bulk of the state government's executive offices are located at the 1 William Street skyscraper.
Nine News Queensland is the flagship state-based news bulletin of the Nine Network in Brisbane. Like all Nine News bulletins, the Queensland bulletin runs for one hour nightly at 6:00pm. [ 1 ] The bulletin also airs, albeit on a half-hour delay, in the Northern Territory.
There are three species of flying-fox in Brisbane: the black flying-fox, little red flying-fox and grey-headed flying-fox. [11] Brisbane is located within the South East Queensland biogeographic region. The city contains several iconic tree species, such as the Moreton Bay fig, a very large evergreen banyan with imposing buttress roots.
In 2008, census data revealed that Burbank has the most three-car households in Brisbane, at a rate of 40%. [13] As at 2010, residents of Burbank remained living in the suburb for an average of 13 years, which is the fourth longest in Brisbane, behind nearby Sheldon and both Point Lookout and Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island. [14]
Cannon Hill railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to the Brisbane CBD and Cleveland. The Cannon Hill bus station is a major interchange for the area. Bus routes include to the Brisbane CBD, Chermside, DFO and Carindale. State Route 20 (Creek Road): Connects Cannon Hill to Mount Gravatt and Murarrie
ABC Radio Brisbane (callsign: 4QR) is an ABC Local Radio station in Brisbane, Queensland.It is one of the largest stations in the network, serving as a base for Queensland programming – many programs are broadcast across the ABC Local Radio network in regional and rural areas of Queensland when those stations are not carrying local programming.