Just ten kilometres south from the centre of Brisbane is Mount Gravatt which has become a pretty trendy and popular suburb of Queensland's Capital city, With a University next door and being so close to the city any accommodation in the area is in high demand.
It was named after Lieutenant George Gravatt who was in charge of Queensland's first settlement for a while. Before that the traditional custodians called it Kaggurmabul or Caggara-hahbill which means “place of echidna” or “echidna rests here” Unfortunately we did not seen any Echidna today but there is a large bush reserve area there and they do get seen occasionally, we were lucky enough to see one last year down in Tasmania.
The Echidna we saw in Tasmania, photo by @consciouscatBack to Mount Gravatt Central, we did a short walk around the main street shopping complex, checked out a few of the second hand charity shops and looked for some where to eat.I photographed these 3 murals in one of the shopping arcades which gave a great insight on how things have changed over the years.After the quick look around we decided on this little CaféWe were there mid morning so the place was pretty empty as the breakfast rush was over and it was still a bit early for Lunch.We chosen a spot out the back as sitting on the main street and in side was a bit noisy with traffic and takeaway coffee and food orders.@consciouscat had the Eggs Benny.I had the Vegan Rainbow Stack. Sourdough, hummus, roasted pumpkin, avocado, pineapple, beetroot, cherry tomato, rocket, corn salsa and dukkah all for $20 Aud. Tasted as good as it looked.
After our early lunch we checked out the Mount Gravatt Summit lookout at 950 metres above sea level.Brisbane Central Business District.The lookout is part of the Toohey Forrest Nature reserve I have run lots of these trails and tracks over the years but today was just a drive up to the lookout.
