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The Redcliffe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the City of Moreton Bay in the northeast of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. The area covers the suburbs of Clontarf , Kippa-Ring , Margate , Moreton Island , Newport , Redcliffe , Rothwell , Scarborough and Woody Point .
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With the announcement of the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line some 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the centre of Newport and rapid growth projected for the Moreton Bay Region, Redcliffe Seaside Estates Pty Ltd, the developer of the entire Newport suburb, sold their remaining 143ha of land to Stockland in late 2014. [5]
Redcliffe Peninsula road network is a group of roads that provide access to the Redcliffe Peninsula in Queensland, Australia, and enable travel between the contained communities. The area serviced by the network includes the localities of Clontarf , Kippa-Ring , Margate , Newport , Redcliffe , Rothwell , Scarborough and Woody Point .
Margate is a coastal suburb on the Redcliffe Peninsula, and, along with neighbouring coastal suburbs on the Redcliffe Peninsula, is a popular recreational destination for South East Queensland. Margate was part of the City of Redcliffe until 2008, when it was amalgamated into the Moreton Bay Region, now known as the City of Moreton Bay. [2]
The estate map shows the Redcliffe railway line terminating at a railway station just to the north-east of the estate (in the area of present-day Macnaughton Street). [9] However, the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line was not opened until October 2016 (138 years later) and the terminus was located in neighbouring Kippa-Ring. [9] Beachside path, 1906
Balboa Peninsula – in Newport Beach, Orange County. Monterey Peninsula – between Monterey Bay , the Salinas Valley , and the Santa Lucia Range in Monterey County . Palos Verdes Peninsula – along the Pacific between Santa Monica Bay and San Pedro Bay , in the South Bay Region of Los Angeles County .
Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. Today's Newport Harbor emerged only after dredging millions of tons of silt. In the late 1860s, James McFadden and his brother, Robert, purchased a large portion of the future site of Newport, including the oceanfront of Newport Beach, much of Balboa Peninsula, and the sandbars that were to become Balboa Island ...