Originally posted by tuggie76 My niece lives in Brisbane and is always taking about 'nudgee', what is it?
It's a small world indeed.
Nudgee is a suburb that sits on Moreton Bay, north of the Brisbane River. Moreton Bay is a Ramsar Wetland, and Ramsar wetlands are those that are representative, rare or unique wetlands, or are important for conserving biological diversity. In reality it means it's a Mangrove Swamp and a great place for donating blood to the local Mosquito population. The suburb itself is very small, but the area has waterways for kayaking, walking tracks and bike tracks, some good fishing spots, and a recreational area with decent loo facilities and BBQ facilities. But I think the biggest draw card for many people are the sand flats at low tide. This makes it popular for the locals and visitors to get the dog out for a good walk off leash. There's always people walking dogs there when the tides out, sometimes you see people riding horses, and then there's those people like the one if the challenge image who must be called Nigel as they're on their own.
The location is popular with photographers too as the sand flats create an open expanse at low tide and when the tide is in the water can be like a mirror. Try a Flickr search using Nudgee, there's way better images of the place than anything I've ever captured, like this:
Clearing From Grey | **Explore #3 June 2, 2010** ISO100 | 18? | Flickr
For a more formal description of Nudgee here's what smarter people than me have to say about the place:
Nudgee | Queensland Places
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