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7 unusual facts about Springwood


Kuraby, Queensland

Kuraby is serviced by a fast electric train service to Brisbane city and the Gold Coast, whilst a bus service takes commuters to the large shopping centres of Upper Mount Gravatt and Springwood.

Logan Road, Brisbane

It runs 16 km from Springwood in Logan City to Woolloongabba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as state route 95.

Pommerhelix monacha

The type locality is "Australia", which can be specified to Sassafras Gully, Springwood, New South Wales, Australia.

Springwood

Springwood, New South Wales, a suburb in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia

Springwood, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, south of Brisbane, Australia

Springwood, New South Wales

The Catholic community was originally part of the Penrith parish, but were given their own building in 1892: St Thomas Aquinas Church.

In 1815, Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his wife stopped by what Macquarie called a spring.


Artesia, California

The Artesia Water Tower was also featured in the motion picture, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare in 1991 and was known in the film as the Springwood Water Tower.

Eight Mile Plains, Queensland

In the 1970s, this southern part of Eight Mile Plains, along with the southern part of Rochedale and Springwood became the new suburb of Underwood.

Longroyd Bridge

The dominating feature of the area is the viaduct carrying the Sheffield—Huddersfield Penistone Line railway over the valley of the River Colne from the station at Lockwood to Springwood Junction and tunnel where the line continues under Greenhead to arrive at Huddersfield railway station.

Royville, Fort Wayne

Originally a suburban rural development in unincorporated Allen County, the area was incorporated inside the Fort Wayne city limts on March 16, 1963 as part of Fort Wayne's Springwood Addition Annexation.

South East Busway

Currently, transit lanes on the Pacific Motorway enable better connections between the South East Busway, Springwood and Loganholme with additional stations in between at Underwood and Paradise Road, for the benefit of Logan City Bus Service passengers travelling to the city.

Springwood Australian Football Club

The Springwood Pumas Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Underwood, a south-eastern suburb of Brisbane, Australia.

Springwood High School

Some of the most notable ex-Springwood high students include actress and singer Amie McKenna, professional Australian cricketer Nathan Bracken and Home Beautiful Magazine Editor Wendy Moore.


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