Nundah's history and water
Settled early
German missionaries set up at Zion's Hill, now Toombul, in 1838, and the area took the name Nundah after the railway station opened in 1882. Nundah Cemetery, from the 1840s, is the oldest surviving cemetery in Queensland.
Water in the name
Brisbane City Council's heritage trail says Nundah is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning a chain of waterholes. Its creek flood alerts list the suburb under Kedron Brook, and under Cannery Creek and Pound Creek.
A brook that's been reshaped
Past Kalinga Park, the council says, Kedron Brook becomes a highly structured waterway, then the Kedron Brook Floodway, flowing into Moreton Bay near Nudgee Beach.
Mosquitoes after a wet week
Brisbane City Council's mosquito program goes after saltmarsh mosquitoes from coastal wetlands and freshwater mosquitoes from temporary ground pools. The third kind is the one in your yard: the container-breeding mosquito lays its eggs in small amounts of stagnant water, in bird baths, pot plant saucers and tyres.
That's why a walk around the yard the day after rain does more than most people expect. A pest business can talk through a yard treatment, but it can't reach what's breeding over the back fence.
A walk around the yard after rain
- Tip out saucers, buckets and anything else that's caught water.
- Look in the gutters for sitting water and leaf litter.
- Check any rainwater tank for gaps in its screens.
- Change bird bath water, and rinse the pet bowls.
Older homes and termites
An older Nundah home gets the same questions as any timber house: what's under the floor, what's been added, and when was it last inspected? Look for damaged wood and mud tubes. If you find either, leave them exactly as they are and say where they are.
Termite work in Queensland needs a QBCC licence as well as a pest management licence, so ask to see both. If you're buying, a building and pest inspection usually means two reports, and one person can only do both if they hold both licences.
Our take on Nundah
We'd make the after-rain yard walk a habit from spring, and keep termite inspections current on any older house. For anything you can see or hear, tell us what it is and your postcode.
Want someone to look at it?
Tell us what you've seen and your postcode, and a local pest business that handles exactly that calls you to talk it through.
