06 November 2015

Greetings from Burbank



Well apparently it is Rochedale South!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! however it was advertised Burbank and the mail has Burbank on it so Burbank it is - where/what is Burbank.

Burbank is a large, greenbelt suburb in south-east Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It has been claimed the suburb was named after Alfred Harry Burbank, a surveyor and farmer, who was a resident in the area from 1890 to 1908 or that it was named after Frank Burbank, a local horse dealer. Mount Petrie lies just to the north of the suburb. Burbank has a number of small intermittent creeks winding between cleared and uncleared rolling hills. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 1,137.
The main road across in the area is the Mount Gravatt-Capalaba Road. There are also a couple of working and hobby farms. There are a few palm nurseries and at least two turf farms in the area. Burbank has a number of churches and temples and there is a jewish school. The closest public primary school is Mount Petrie State School in Mackenzie. There are no shops in the suburb and public transport is very limited.

We are on 5 acres which Brian thinks is wonderful for his golf practise - still not hitting the ball that well
hahahahaha - heaven help me. It is just brilliant here so much space, bird life, kangaroos on the back paddock. There is a small dam which does not have alot of water in it. The owners here have gone to the USA they ran the New York Marathon last Sunday, Garry doing it in 3hr 30mins and I think Christine his wife only did 10kms as she has had a bad back and leg injury. They fly home next Wednesday the 11th when we head to the Sunshine Coast and friends for 2 days before heading to our next house sit at Redland Bay.