Correction: At 12:36 I mention I am approaching the site of the old Brisbane Cash and Carry. That building was actually on the other side of Gympie Road.

Thank you i grew up in the area of Chermside West. i am of the age to know 3 quarters of what you chat about i lived other side of the roundabout until my 20's. there was a tannery in that area near the roundabout till 1967 I think. .i remember the trams and steam trains in town as well and the green buss that you could catch to school. my early life there . and I worked at prince charles hospital for 8 years.

I'd love to see a history video of Gympie

I would love to see history of Toombul some day too!

I grew up in Chermside - 1950's, 60's and 70's. A bit sad to see how it's ended up, a barren concrete high rise jungle. Unrecognisable to me today. Kittyhawk Drive with its souless multi storey apartments was all bushland when I was a kid.

In 1958, my mother was admitted to the Chermside Hospital, as it was then, for Tuberculosis, and spent about 6 months there before transferring to the old South Brisbane Hospital, that became the PA. Every weekend, my father would take my brother, two sisters and I out to Chermside by tram, and we would play in the playground while he went up to the hospital to visit mother. At the end of his visit he would come back to the playground and get us to look up the hill, to see our mother up there, waving wildly down at us. That episode in my family's history had a profound affect upon us all.

The site where maccas is on Hamilton road was originally a large saw mill then became Byrne ford

These docos are getting better and better! JUST FANTASTIC = Thanks Rob

Thanks for this Rob, love learning the deeper history of Bris through your videos. My partner and I often ride along kedron Brooke on the e bike, all the way up to Redcliffe sometimes, through chermside and kedron, but often through the wetlands in boondal and nudgee. It’s so beautiful out there at sunset, and I feel lucky to be so close to such hidden gems in my opinion. This is great history to finally learn about an area I’ve lived in most of my life.

You need to come up and show everyone 'Where the hell is Burpengary?' 😂 Keep it up. Love your videos rob.

If that's the new camera, it looks great!

I`ve just discovered your channel today. It was wonderful seeing all the old photos, and hearing the history of Chermside. I was born in Nundah in 1942, and grew up in Wavell Heights. I had my first job in the drive in shopping centre on weekends and school holidays in 1956. I just can`t believe the changes in the area, I moved away from Brissy in 1974. I really didn`t recognize it at all. Thank you so much for your research, and for making this video. I`m looking forward to watching all of your videos.

Chermside has a big hole in my heart as my sister and my self went every weekend to the Chermside Chest Hospital to see our mum but children under 16 years old weren't aloud in hospital grounds, my mum spent 7 years in hospital there about ,Mum past away there in 1963 i was 13 years old my sister was 12 years old , have photos of her now. Am 75 years old now

Hi Rob, another great video,I live in Chermside myself, 👍🍺

Catnip for criticism : The first supermarket was opened in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 by Clarence Saunders. As the groceries were bought on a cash-only basis (a cash and carry) the incentive to shop there was cheaper prices due to self-service .The Chermside Shopping Centre was the first car-centred shopping mall to open outside the United States. I did not know about George Marchant's critical funding of the temperance Canberra Hotel. So this video is full of interesting social history. Thank you for your efforts. You are not lazy, Rob. I am appreciative.

Loving you looking at some of the old bridges in Brisbane along your travels. 25 years ago i use to work for BCC and was the northside inspector of Bridges. If you look under bowan bridge near the royal brisbane you can see how they have expanded it over the years to accommodate more lanes. The bridge/s on Gympie road running over Downfall creek shows the different styles of bridges used over the past 80 odd years. If you get up to the gap check out the arch bridges on waterworks road and how they have added to them.

I grew up just up the road in Bald Hills and our company. We've been working out. There as one of the contractors on the road. There's a tramline under the ground and a bridge and even an old horse carriage were found. Very interesting place.

Thanks Rob, really interesting. I’ve lived in Chermside West for 14 years on land that was once Basnett’s dairy farm and subdivided mid to late 50’s. There are some remnants of an old Cobb & Co site to the rear of Vellnagels blacksmith shop. It’s in the bush, you have to go looking, council used to have small sign there for the nerdy history buffs like me 😂

Sir, I've watched a few of your videos but when I came across this one, we just HAD to watch it. We've lived in Chermside 24 years and your video is fascinating. Some of the information I already knew, others came at a complete surprise. Chermside Historical Society also have a great record of history of the suburb and surrounds. We take our dogs for walks around the very historical places you covered. Earned a sub, look forward to more about Brisbane, particularly Brisbane Northside;-)

Excellent video, refreshing to see some intelligent content on this platform! Would like to see a part 2 on the hills district, particularly my suburb Arana Hills 👍 keep up the great work Rob. I imagine there is significant time spent researching and editing, from a pleased viewer, you should know it is well worth the effort.

Another excellent video Rob. I believe Chermside is the second largest shopping centre in Australia after Chadstone in Melbourne.

7th brigade park before it was made into an army camp was part of Alonzo Sparkes paddock, I think it was for his slaughter yard as he was a butcher. There was another camp i think located near to where Prince Charles Hospital is now that was responsible for receiving and translating enemy radio broadcasts during the war. And the work there was only recently recognised due to the secrecy surrounding it finally being lifted.

1. The roundabout at Hamilton and Webster was the first roundabout in Brisbane. 2. Gympie Rd is a declared road, which means it’s up to the Dept of Transport and Main Roads to plant trees along it, not Council.

I was wondering if you could do a walk around on Bribie Island and the surrounds, show off the old world war bunkers on the beach etc

I worked for Myer and my first boss was working at Chermside when, in 1972, a Woolworths employee left a record player going overnight which started a fire that burnt the place down.

The missing history is that there was a housing commission camp where the WW2 camp was. People lived in the huts and under canvas until their house was built. This was around 1948.... My mother lived in that camp as a 5 yo. Somehow this history seems gone from the record ....

7:54 "...and his dopey wife!" 🤣 Brutal

Hi Rob.That was interesting to see Chermside in the old days. That beautiful home, Bernie Bray, should never have been demolished. The architectural style was amazing. You are absolutely right about needing more trees.

What a great video. Apparently I have a 94 year old aunt living on Hamilton Road who has been there for about 70 years. It looks like such a barren landscape with no trees around. Just awful. On another note, Merry Christmas to you and yours Rob and a wonderful, prosperous New Year 😊🎉

Excellent! -- and yes - new tree planting is needed!

Love the videos. Could you possibly do Petrie/Pine Rivers please? Keep up the great work 👍

Thanks Rob, great video, learnt a lot. What a tragedy that Burnie Brae wasn’t preserved for its historical value. We live in West Chermside and it’s really terrific- so close to everything. Our house would have been built around the time of that roundabout photo. We are five minutes or less to Westfield, the hospital, Qld transport, etc etc, whilst not too far into the city (just 15 mins), and only a few traffic lights to the Bruce Highway so very easy to “escape” to the Sunny Coast … (as long as it’s not peak hour.) Having said that, this constant increase in population and high rises along Kitty Hawk drive etc is rather sad. They call it progress, but is it really?

Brilliant yet again Rob. Thank you so much for this insightful tour. As a Kedron local and history buff I love your tours!

Fabulous documentary Rob, thank you so much. Moved to the area nearly 5 years ago and have always wondered about the history. 7th Brigade park on Murphy rd is absolutely beautiful. Huge playground, nice tracks and lots of wildlife. Lots of complaining on here 😂 I'm from Darwin and you all have no idea how good you have it. There are so many fantastic parks here, so many playgrounds, puplic toilets, always fun for families. Darwin has hardly any parks, and the ones they do have are constantly vandalised, full of broken glass, litter and drunks.

The PMG Technicians Training School used to be in Banfield Street, but it got swallowed up by the shopping centre expansions. Another great video Rob. Thanks for all the effort you put into producing them. They have so much interesting historical info.

Merry Christmas Rob, and best from an expatriate Aussie in Poland ( BTW its just started to snow!)

Thanks Rob I frequent various Chermside areas quite a bit so it was very interesting.

Great video rob love these history videos

After the round about was built, for a time the old straight road on Hamilton was still there, and my boyfriend and I would drive across it, avoiding the roundabout.

I loved Chermside back in the late 70s ..had a great shopping centre

Great video and history, thanks. At 3:00 some would say nothing has changed since 1867, there is no decent road between Brisbane and Gympie!

Thanks Rob. Have a merry Christmas!

Was expecting you to mention the old shoe.

Very interesting,i come from Aspley. Like a trip down memory lane.❤

Ambliance. Funny stuff Rob.

Awesome.

That was jolly interesting! The only thing that could have been added was the original K Mart in 1970.

Surely Gympie and the gold rush years need to be revisited, love your thorough uploads

A interesting area to look it is around Warner , Joyner from my understanding there was a lot of usa bases in this area including long range listening station

I have fond memories of the old Chermside library (and its musky smell!)... Thinking back to my childhood in the 80s, there used to be a Salvation Army Thrift Store in that area behind the library you describe as a "School of Arts" hall, so I suppose that's what became of it, before it was demolished entirely. Thanks for the historical insights into my old neighbourhood. Edit: @15:13 - I can remember my teacher in Grade 4 and 5, Tess Quilter, saying that the old bridge in the middle of that roundabout used to be the cause of many accidents. Apparently, it was not uncommon to see a car flipped up on its side.

Awesome Rob👍

Self-service back in those days meant you picked it off the shelf yourself and put it in a trolley, as opposed to a staff member gathering your goods for you. Staff still took your money.

Another great video 🤗🌏 Thankyou Rob 👏 👍 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🎁🎄

Really enjoying your series Rob! As a Brisbanite, I'm finding this all super interesting and entertaining. Thanks!

That’s really interesting to learn about Chermside

I grew up going to the old brick Chermsiede Uniting Church on the corner of Hamilton and Rode. One of the parishioners was a descendant of the Hamiltons. I remember climbing up behind the old organ after sunday school. The church was amalgamated with the Kedron Uniting Church and took over the old Chermside State School site, which the church outbid McDonalds for. The church's thrift shop was the only remaining school building (if its still there). The two churches organs were amalgamated into a new organ in the new church.

Thank you Rob for the Chermside tour - love it keep it coming - its great to learn about history on the northside of town - merry xmas

Dear Rob, I think you will find that the BCC supermarket building still exists, on the other side of the road, cheers... loved the video..

Lived in Sydney almost all my life. Been here in Redbank Plains going on 5yrs now, and I've learnt so much about Brisbane already, in only 5 months. Some of your quips crack me up. It's like dry humour 10:38 "where babies could sing arias" - 15:34 "Amblience" 🤣😭 Also, loving the Xmas balls hanging from the trees. Thanks Rob, you're a treasure to the internet. Wishing you the merriest Xmas with many more to come. Have a wonderful day tomorrow mate.

Great Work again Rob, excellent.

Duly noted Brisbane City council Chermside needs more Streetscaping, i agree with Rob, thx for the tour i didnt know the roundabout had a part off road history i will have to check it out nowa days i think we wont less traffic lights on Gympie road i would even hasard a guess that like all highways that went thru towns chermside was a popular shops by the road now with everything under one roof at Westfields maybe allot of roadside buildings can be demod for street scapeing

love your work keep it up going to get my kids to start watching

Yes, there is a huge need for shade trees along the main drag in Chermside.

Amazing as always mate ^_^

Thanks for the insight. Always interesting.

Chermside is flush with history. As a we called it in our teens "Germside" it is far from that now just like you said needs trees and a bit more gentrification. Great video Rob!!!

Interesting as always, lovely vision..

Love to see more about the area...

Love your channel mate! So fascinating! Would love to see more Gold Coast content

Used to work at Chermside Westfield. Thanks for telling the history of Chermside.

Now that you posted this, I actually remember living just north of the corner of Webster and Gympie Roads for a few weeks. There was a Service Station on the corner, and we lived next door on Gympie Road

Cool as always

You know it's a hot day when you can hear the Red-eyed black cicadas in the trees.

Ah. The Canberra Hotel. Opposite "The People's Palace" and "Central Station". There was a solicitor working in that building and was the last to leave before it was demolished. He had a long lease, and refused to leave without compensation. They turned off the power and elevators, and an extra suit was issued to the new developer. In its dieing days, "Sensoria" (a punk rock venue) was hosted on the top floor after moving from the "Curry Shop" in George Street. It was the only gig at the Canberra to ever serve alcohol.

I just moved here 2 months ago. :) Nice video, cool to know the history.

Thanks again Rob for such an informative walk. Used to work opposite Marchant Park and was lucky enough to overlook the park from the my fifth floor office cubical but tore down the pine trees and made a larger parking area. I still had a desk with a view across the The road and to the entrance gates for at least five years. Have an amazing Christmas and New years Rob, take a relaxing break. We look forward to 2024's new adventures. Cheers Sheila 🤶🎄🍻

👋🏻 thankyou for this very informative vid 😊 Have a great day and Merry Christmas and happy new year 🎄🌆 my cousin got married in that brick church on the corner of Hamilton and Gympie Rds 😊 And in the "70's my dad used to play cricket on Marchant Park Used to love going to the Dawn cinema 😞 its gone

Nice video, thanks!

Another great video, thanks. It is always infuriating to hear how major heritage structures such as Burnie Brae were demolished by those who had no sense of history.

I grew up in lutwyche but moved to chermside 5 years ago. I love chermside. Im very familiar with the area now. I live just near merchant park. Enjoyed learning about the history of chermside.

This is clickbait and yet the content is so good I'll let it pass.

i grew up in chermside in the 70s. and it was good back then.im glad i lived there back then..now part of history

Woooooowwwww! I used to go guppie hunting on the bridge on the roundabout. Had a friend that lived further up Webster Road and we would get chased by bulls :). Thank You ROB :)

Another great video. loving the new camera footage. You kind of forget that you are not doing this with a cameraman.

Isn't it funny, as a kid in school I absolutely hated history but now I'm a bit older ........ I love these remarkable history lessons you are uploading. Thanks Rob! 😃❤✌ Now if only my school teachers had your sense of humour, I might have learned something. 📚

great video, sent link to Sen Rennick suggesting his office address should be thunder bolt vs kittyhawk, and chat to local councillors plenty, about trees, they did massive plantings along kedron brook as park of millions plant by BCC, will send this re last suggestion, and reckon the empty post office could be the creatives collective location i was looking for, but probably dreaming vs doing..

yeah you're not wrong about trees around chermside, the place absolutely cooks in summer

Hey Rob, I could not agree with you more about the need to plant more trees, hot, noisy place with too much traffic. If it was not for the well maintained parks, the area would be a lot worse.

Merry Christmas Rob!

Awesome.. :D

Gympie Road, Chermside is one giant heat island.

I wonder if the Milne Bay Memorial Library & Research centre at 12:02 relates to Milne Bay In PNG? Unusual to locate it in Chermside? Another great video. Keep them coming.

Hey Rob! Love the videos. Question, are you gonna drop a video on Petrie or Old Petrie Town?

that was fun

I loved going to the movies at the Dawn theater. There were still old canvas chairs and tickets were really cheap.

Wouldnt it be amazing if ol charlie came back and renames PCH

How are the parks looking? My company Maintains all the grass in the parks and roadsides in that area

Thought you could post a picture of the miles of parked cars stretching from Aspley right up to the Gateway merge every afternoon, oh hang on that's just traffic we have to put up with every afternoon..

I also found it funny that they wanted to change the name from Downfall Creek or Deadmans gully when I grew up in a place called Deception Bay and despite calls to change that name it never happened.

Agree Rob. The whole Chermside, Aspley, etc. area is a dry, treeless hot box with no local vibe. Step away from Chermy or Gympie Rd and there's crap public transport and everyone worships the oversized mobility scooters known as cars. A bunch of giant suburbs where if you want anything you have to cram into a car and drag yourself at a snail's pace down the giant scar Gympie Rd, to worship at the homgenised corporate consumer paradise that is Chermside shopping centre. Really badly planned.