Archerfield Wetlands Parkland

About this destination

Archerfield Wetlands Parkland is located in Brisbane’s south-west, approximately 12 kilometres from Brisbane’s Central Business District (CBD). The 150-hectare parkland contains a variety of habitats including eucalypt forest, open grassland, freshwater wetlands and creeks. These habitat areas support over 150 different bird species. 

Things to do

Archerfield Wetlands District Park 

The four-hectare District Park sits within the wider 150-hectare Archerfield Wetlands Parkland and includes a range of facilities for the community to connect with nature and each other. Park features include: 

• A large adventure play space with water play features such as misting elements and water pumps, inspired by the site’s history as a water treatment plant. 

• A youth hub with basketball court. 

• A community event lawn. 

• A bush resources garden.  

• Oxley Creek Catchment Association’s headquarters including a native plant nursery to support environmental rehabilitation of the Oxley Creek catchment. 

• Picnic shelters and barbeque facilities. 

• A versatile, bookable community meeting and event room 
  
• Access to the Archerfield Wetlands Discovery Trail. 

Park accessibility features: 

• Two accessible car parking spaces are located within the main car park. 
  
• All park features are accessible from the main car park. 

• Picnic tables incorporate wheelchair seating spaces. 

• The two park toilet facilities include accessible and ambulant stalls. 
  
• The playground includes accessible play features, including water play. 

Park sustainability features: 

• 67,000 new trees, shrubs, grasses and ground covers have been planted within the District Park to cool the site, soak up excess stormwater and provide habitat for birds and animals. 
  
• The construction materials selected for the park structures and landscaping are low maintenance and long lasting. 

• The concrete used in the project is eco concrete, which means there is less carbon generated in its manufacture than normal concrete. 

• Existing relics of the decommissioned Inala Wastewater Treatment Plant were repurposed rather than demolished. These relics have found new lives on site as seating, landscape features and even a stormwater cleaning basin. 

• The roof water collected off the roof of the Wetlands Community Hub building is piped to two 10,000 litre water tanks. The water collected in these tanks is used by Oxley Creek Catchment Association for plant watering in their nursery. 

• The Wetlands Community Hub building has a rooftop solar array providing electricity to the building as well as a solar hot water heater. 
  
• Landscaped rain gardens, swales and basins across the park collect the stormwater running off the car park and other paved areas. As the stormwater passes through these features the soil, gravel and plants work together to gradually filter out pollutants and rubbish before the water is then released into the adjoining wetlands.  

Wetlands Discovery Trail

Archerfield Wetlands District Park provides a western gateway into the wider 150-hectare Archerfield Wetlands Parkland via the Wetlands Discovery Trail. 

Enjoy birdwatching, bushwalking and off-road cycling along the nearly 3-kilometre-long trail. An additional, short 450m walking track, accessed via the Wetlands Discovery Trail, leads to a shady lookout and picnic spot with views over the wetlands.  

Please note that the Wetlands Discovery Trail has a combination of concrete and gravel surfaces along its length, while the Wetlands Lookout Trail has a gravel surface. 

Identify the birds you spot on your walk using the Archerfield Wetlands bird brochure (over 150 species of birds have been surveyed at the wetlands!) 

For more information on cycling and walking trails at Archerfield Wetlands Parkland, including downloadable maps, visit Tracks and Trails.

Wetlands Community Hub  

Bookable Event & Meeting Room

The Wetlands Community Hub Event and Meeting Room is located within the grounds of Archerfield Wetlands District Park located at 455 Bowhill Road, Durack. This facility has on-premise disability parking and an accessible toilet. 

To note: the room will be available for bookings commencing November 2024. A link to Brisbane City Council’s website booking page will be provided here once the room is ready for bookings. 

Facilities

Cutlery / crockery not provided. Not a commercial kitchen. On-premise parking available. 

Oxley Creek Catchment Association Headquarters 

The Wetlands Community Hub building also includes the headquarters of the Oxley Creek Catchment Association (OCCA).  The Oxley Creek Catchment Association is a not-for-profit community-based organisation. Their mission is: 

To protect and enhance the natural environment and resources of the catchment of Oxley Creek by partnering, advocating, educating and participating in catchment management. 

OCCA’s headquarters has a native plant nursery that focuses on propagating native plants for rehabilitating the Oxley Creek catchment. The nursery provides plants free of charge to local bush care groups and also sells directly to the public. 

For more information on OCCA, including volunteering opportunities, go to https://www.oxleycreekcatchment.org.au/. 

Archerfield Wetlands District Park – Construction timelapse videos

View the timelapse videos of the Archerfield Wetlands District Park and Wetlands Community Hub building construction works below. 

View towards catchment centre

View towards youth hub

More information

For more information on the Oxley Creek Transformation Project, including other projects along the Oxley Creek corridor click here.