Brisbane
Rivers and Lakes of the River City
River City has a wide array of paddling opportunities, with the Brisbane River passing right through the centre of the city.
The Brisbane River is a river with four characteristics.
- The first is a small farmland stream that rarely flows down into Lake Wivenhoe.
- The second is the Lake Wivenhoe, the largest lake in South East Queensland. This is covered in the Inland Waterways section for SE Qld.
- The third is a usually gentle flowing stream that feeds water to the Mt Crosby Water Treatment Station that supplies over half of the region's drinking water.
- And finally the last main section is the lower tidal river that flows through Brisbane giving it the honourable nickname of the River City.
The latter three all offer paddlers a varied experience to explore this important river.
Deception Bay
Deception Bay is an embayment of Moreton Bay stretching from Bribie Island down to Redcliffe Peninsula. The major river in the catchment is the Caboolture River.
Bramble Bay
Bramble Bay is an embayment of Moreton Bay stretching from Redcliffe Peninsula down to the Brisbane River. Major river in the catchment is the Pine River.
