Park
Wilson Outlook Reserve
Clifftop lookout carved from a former stone quarry, with sweeping river and bridge views.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Wilson Outlook Reserve in New Farm, Brisbane, starts at the cliff itself, an old porphyry quarry that once fed Brisbane's roads, foundations, and river wharves. It follows the stone trade that carved this ridge and then turns to Thomas Wilson, the shearer-turned-mining investor whose fortune made him alderman and, twice, mayor of Brisbane, and whose name the park still carries. It is a story about who profits from the ground beneath a city. Look for the crusher's old scars in the rock face below the lookout.
This audio guide was created using AI.