Australian Country Homes

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

As you drive west along Brisbane’s busy Waterworks Rd, eventually the heavy traffic lessens and the urban views give way to hilly vistas. You’re still in the city, only 10 kilometres from the CBD, but you’ve driven into The Gap, a peaceful suburb that is blessedly free from major shopping centres and the like and completely surrounded by hills. As the gateway suburb to Mt Nebo, Mt Glorious and

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