Seven Hills Bushland Reserve
When Covid first hit and we were confined to within a few kilometres of our homes, I Googled bushwalks near me and found my new, near daily routine: Seven Hills Bushland Reserve.
When I first walked this track I did it with Google Maps open on my phone, consulting various signposts as I went. I now know the track so well, I have no need for my phone (except to listen to podcasts) and can even provide directions to others.
There are many entry points to this city-bush spot. I sometimes park on Richmond Road, Cannon Hill, but really any street nearby that is easy to park and not a nuisance to locals is fine. Within the 50 hectare reserve, there are essentially two loops and it’s up to you whether you want to do it as a figure-eight or a letter B, or you can just start with a single loop.
Despite the Seven Hills Bushland Reserve being in the middle of southern Brisbane suburbia, I’ve seen a koala up a gum tree, the most incredible black cockatoo holding still on a tree stump, a fluorescent green tree snake and in the Perrin Creek gully there are often blue-winged butterflies.
A friend, who I had cajoled into walking with me, asked if I get scared walking on my own? Not at all. I walk the track so much I know many of the regular walkers by sight. Am actually in debt to the Seven Hills bushwalking community as one time I lost my car keys and so I asked everyone I saw, if they found my keys to leave them on the wooden post at a particular junction spot. When I had completed the