Don't forget to watch this documentary in lovely, sexy 4K!

Hi Rob my father was the stationmaster in the 1960's at Woodridge and i lived in that railway house for some time and was the first time that i saw electricity went to woodridge state school and knew every street in the area back then, love your work mate keep it up

Back in 2008 my wife and I ran a bouncy castle hire franchise and our area was from Logan out to Redland Bay. Our best customers were always in the Logan/Woodridge area. We were always offered help to put the castle up and take down, always offered something to eat or drink and the castles were always well looked after. Unlike some of the more affluent suburbs where sometimes they were almost destroyed.

I grew up in Woodridge in the 1970's. It was a bunghole then and now, 50 years on, it's still a bunghole.

That was another award worthy mini documentary Rob. I was initially stationed at Woodridge ambulance station when it was a highset house that had sheds and carports added to over the years. We nicknamed it "The Bronx". In about 2005 we worked out of a house on the grounds of Trinder Park Nursing Home until the present station was built. Police and ambulance crews knew that Woodridge was, let's say more diverse with workload than other areas. It has the only ambulance station in the state that has had an ambulance vandalised with graffiti. Sadly, many other parts of the state nowadays are just as rough if not worse.

I lived in Woodridge for a couple of years back in 90/91. I am sure it has changed a lot in that time. It had a reputation then too, but we never saw any evidence of rampant crime. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed this history.

I had to go through Woodridge on my way to Ikea. Very quickly learnt a lot about the area

You're work at the "Hall of Fame" is pure comedic gold! Great video Rob!

I like Woodridge. It has a charm to it. Honestly, people exaggerate the violence that occurs there. The worst you'll get is yelling.

Well done Rob. I appreciate your videos very much. My late wife was Pastor of the Baptist Church there before we were married in 1970.

Thank you for the history lesson, I found it very interesting and enjoyable, as a resident of Woodridge/Logan Central and on Stubbs Road I was happy to hear of the origin of the name. I am the workmate that TRocks mentioned.

Yet another informative video with the occasional dry humour quip, love it. Keep up the great work Rob...

This was fantastic. I actually went to the opening of Woodridge Plaza 😊

We finally Escaped From Trinder Park and Woodridge in 1990 after we moved there from Britain in 1973. What a Nightmare and Hell Hole of a Place. Fortunately we live in a Far Better Place Now in another part of Australia.

I live in Sunnybank, everytime I go to Woodridge for work, I see a lots of Holden Commordore lol

G'day Rob, what a step back in time!!! I grew up in Kingston in the early 60's!!! Back when steam trains ruled the train lines!! The days of wood stoves and kero fridges!!! I'm also one of the 218 kids that went to Woodridge State High school in 72, also known as a "foundation student". The Chinese take-a-way shop in Railway parade used to be a Fish n Chip shop where a school mate and I would share a 10 cent bag of hot chips on the way to high school!!! I've also got a colour photo of the old Kingston railway I had taken with a camera I got for my 13th birthday if your interested in it just in case you do a blog on Kingston. I grew up in "Hall Road" as it was named back in the 60's because obviously the village hall was on it, the it got changed to Mary street. We had the butter factory over the back fence on the other side of the Beenleigh train line. Juers road, Laughlin road and Kingston road all had factory houses built on them. Back then, Kingston road was just a thin single lane strip of bitumen and the local rubbish dump was up on gold mine hill. I remember a news cast show caseing Diamond street sludge leaching in peoples back yard and I knew where that came from! Our closest grocery shopping was done at Upper MtGravatt!!! How times have changed since then. Woodridge at the time had the same reputation as Inala, Roughsville!!! it's good to have the memory shoved to back then. Logan as they now call it, comes from Loganlea which was the next stop from Kingston. The train station resembled a bus stop and if you didn't get out and flag the train driver down, the train would just whip past ya!!! Loganlea was all dairy farms back in the day. Loganlea was just a cluster of houses near the train station and two pubs, the Club hotel and the Riverwild!!! My old haunts!! Thanks for the step back and history!! Cheers!!

"Woodridge is the highest station on the Brisbane-Southport railway, I mean in terms of elevation" 😅

In the early eighties you could pay 40 cents to see a movie at the Woodbridge hall. No one seemed to care about ratings. I remember seeing movies as a young lad that maybe I shouldn’t have😂

I grew up in Casuis street , I remember the sound of that train crash like it was yesterday , I was playing in the back yard and I thought the neighbor who owned a backhoe had just dumped a load of steel into the back of a tipper , it was so loud.

Nice one mate! Another good little walk around!

wow, I'm 50 and went to both Woodridge primary and high school. I worked at macca's when it first opened there. Now I've traveled the world and lived a few other lives since then but cheers for the walk down memory lane. It's had an upgrade.

Lived in woodridge for 2.5 years recently. Absolute Sh*thole!

Hi Rob awsome video and thank you for it . nice meeting you at the Progress Hall loved your presentation well done

Awesome video rob. Cool to see the history of my home town on video.

I've never been to Woodridge as I've heard too many things that makes me wary but you made it look interesting. I like the artworks around. Thanks for another great video 😊

Nice video of the history of the burbs of Brissie. Next time maybe you could do a video of the birds. They seem keen to be in your vids.

Another great documentary walk!

Was in Woodridge Nov 2023 and at 11am heres a bloke dping a burnout in his Commy. In plain sight, normal public road. I didnt need Google Maps to know I was in Woodridge.

Well done Rob, another interesting walkabout, with facts and your own humour.😊

Thank you for this one. I go past there every day on the train, great to learn more about the area.

i grew up in woodridge between the age of about 6-11 years old (i am currently 41) on poplar ave very close to stubbs rd. i know exactly what woodridge/logan central can be like. thank you rob for helping me see my old stomping ground in a much better light. that point in time was not good for me with an alcoholic father/abused mother amongst other things. either way cheers to another awesome informative show from you Rob.

I grew up in that area after moving here from the UK in 1981. Worked at the maccas in high school….ahh the memories. Interesting video. Will share it with my parents as I’m sure they will find it interesting.

sorry Rob, don't have sexy 4k to watch it in, but looked good anyway. I commented before on a video you did of my childhood stomping grounds, but happy to see you have done one of my home for the last 18 years. The media does hype the crime and violence, but I have never seen anything but amazing community spirit, as you saw the local markets are great. I find it to be very much a model of successful multiculturalism Cheers

My Grandparents owned seven Donut shops around QLD, they always mentioned how the Woodridge plaza one made the most turnover in revenue, as it was a cheap area to live and people had money to spend. Shop was “Kelley’s Donut’s” 🍩 👍

I remember the opening of Woodridge Plaza. We lived in Kingston and it was so flash to have a shopping centre. Before that it was a trek over to Arndale at Springwood. Kingston is far more historical than Woodridge and would be a good one to look at. My grandfather used to live opposite the Kingston Butter Factory back in the 70s and he'd trade eggs from his chooks for butter with the workers.

Lived here too for a few years in 80’s

awesome! someone (Not sure if you) put one of your videos up on the brisbane subreddit and Ive been binging all your videos. As someone who migrated to Australia 8 years ago and settled in Logan I really really value being able to learn why thing are the way they are, so interesting

Great lil history docu @walkabout. Woodridge will always have a special place in my heart. Was good learning more about the place. Keep up the great work mate!

@Walkaboutwithrob Love your videos mate; always SO well researched! 👌

Just moved to Slacks Creek , it ain't all that bad

I grew up in Kuraby & remember the bang of the trains colliding! Never knew it was called Spring Creek. Love your vids 😃

Dude, you were on my street. Thanks for all this.

Nice history lesson mate. I only moved to Kingston 6 years ago but it was interesting to learn about the area.

Another great show Rob good onya mate love your shows they look so professionally done and researched 🤔well I guess you are a professional 👍

As usual, Great Vid Mate, A mat of mine lives in Stubbs Road, now he knows where the name comes from, T-Rocks 😎

This was super interesting all no more than a minute from my house, stuff I had no idea about.

Thank you for the historical knowledge of Woodridge

Great video Rob. Spent a bit of my youth down that way, interesting to hear about the history of it.

When I worked in the railway on track crew, the old guys told me the track was winding as they got paid more for each bend, 2 pound 😎

Thank you Rob, another interesting video. love your work.

Great video and channel. A few years ago I worked on all those streets for Logan Council without knowing anything about the history. Really interesting.

i've been watching through all your documentaries on brisbane and enjoying them greatly!! thanks for your hard work and research rob! i've lived here nearly 10 years and didnt know hardly any of what you're bringing up, and so i appreciate the knowledge immensely :)

Interesting as usual. Nice job.

I was a trolley boy at K mart while in school in 1979, grew up in sunnybank and Coopers plains ,been down the Gold Coast for 35 years ,PalmBeach ,retired 8 years ago ,life is good 😊

Brilliant! Do Macleay Island next…

Absolutely fantastic video again Rob, I live in the Burbank area and have always wondered about the history of the Bushland here

Thank you for this one... my old stomping ground.

Another great video Rob.

Great video, Rob.

Have to love the grand piano painted on the progress hall wall.

That was really awesome. Well done.

People yelling typical bogan Logan activities,,I like how you used less cut meme scenes this time,,well done again mate👍

I practiced Taekwondo in that progress hall in the late 80s/early 90s!

Rob, this is brilliant! Keep up the brizzo history!

my homee was so surreal seeing places ive walked alot to be covered by you, even photos of my street. so strange, fire vid bruh

Bought my first bottle of wine in woodridge! I was 14 years old

Great vid. You ever plan on doing viccy point or redland bay?

Glad you didn’t get robbed, Rob

Loved this!

We went there in 68 and attended Woodridge school and in 69 to Woodridge north school. We had to catch the train to go to high school as none in the area. Ended going to Sunnybank one. We left in 72.

Great video

Wow never seen newsreader Geoff Mullins as a young chap lol .

Woodridge Station is hectic. Mad fullas 🤪

oh yeah i remember that head on train collision. and oh hey my street was shown in the old map around 10:59. I don't recall there ever being a time capsule outside of Coles.

So it’s like Dandenong in vic

very informative

On ya Rob. Heared you met my parents.

Nice. I really enjoyed this one. An old great-uncle of ours used to live in Woodridge back in the ancient 20th century. BTW, where the hell is Mundurno?

Great and very interesting. Tried to read who the famous people where. 😊 unfortunately couldn’t read them.

wow the police park has changed so much over the years! looks way different, the years i spent walking through that park on the way home from the highschool

Can you please do a video at the Beenleigh Historical Village and Museum? Love your videos😊

My hood ! ❤

Well done.. I now live in the Philippines, formerly of good 'ol 'Logan.. I think the best of Loganites could take on those from THE TONDO and win.. LOL Thanks for the memories..

16:40 Wow look at all that violence.

is that same concept with Brunswick st station rebranded as fortitude valley station ????

Many memories

"Herman!" 😆😆😆😆

Excellent video mate. I'm developing a PC game set in Australia, was wondering if i could use the some of the voice audio from your videos to put in the game and expand the world building.

😂😂 reach out 😂😂

Thankyou ❤

my uncle who worked for Harry Cameron ( Beenleigh electrician) post-war , did electrical work on Vince Trinder's house which i think was 46 Railway Parade. Any possibility thats where Trinder Park's name came from ?

Its a pity the Albert & Logan news became a victim of greed when it got shut down during the pandemic.

That was great.

4114!

You need to do a show on Coochie Mudlow Island

The station masters house was actually inside the train line fence, up near Trinder Park Station

Nothing mentioned about the old church that use to be opposite the Woodridge train station- makes me sad…

Interesting video!! How about Kirchheim now Haigslea

The people yelling sounded like my grandmothers pet Galah !

Had worked at a store briefly in Kingston/Marsden, but that's it. Oh, everytime I drive into Logan, someone wants to race me.