LOCATION - CLEVELAND
A suburb of Redland City.
Set in the heart of
south of south-east Queensland, the Redland City is one of Australia's unique
regional coastal areas. Redlands is rich in history - both Aboriginal and
early European.
Aboriginals of the
Quandamooka region have lived around Moreton Bay and what is now the Redlands
for tens of thousands of years. They survived with nature's bounty from both
the ocean and the land and continue to maintain a strong influence in the
region, particularly playing a significant role in the North Stradbroke
Island community.
Following the visits
of Captain Cook in 1770 and explorer Matthew Flinders, European settlement began
in the mid 1800's with Cleveland Point selected as a port site in 1850. The
area's rich red soil led to it being quickly developed for agriculture and
horticulture including the state's first commercial sugar cane and cotton
crops. By the middle of last century the Redlands had become the "salad bowl"
for Brisbane.
Today the nation's
rapidly expanding third largest city, Brisbane is just 30 kilometres north-west
of the Redlands with the neighbouring Gold Coast to the south and Logan City to
the south-west.
Redland City area covers
539 square kilometres with a population of 120,000 and includes the sub-tropical
islands of North Stradbroke, Coochiemudlo, Karragarra, Lamb, Russell and Macleay
with more than 30 kilometres of Moreton Bay marine park coastlines.
Feel free to contact our Web Co-ordinator and Membership Director
Celeste for any information.
IN APPRECIATION
In
recognition of the contribution of the Lions Clubs of Turkey, especially Lion
Dr. Enzar Tore, in providing free web page hosting for Lions Clubs everywhere,
the Lions Club of CLEVELAND CHALLENGE proudly displays the flag
of Turkey on our site.
Click on the flag to go to the web site of Lion Dr. Enzar's home club - the
Lions Club of Canakkale.
As an extension to the Turkish
Lions' contribution, the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club of MD 201 Q1 (Australia)
offer assistance to Lions Clubs who want to take advantage of the Turkish
Lions offer, but are not familiar with web publishing. They've already set up
many sites for Lions Clubs world-wide, using Lionwap.
If your club wants to be on the internet, and would like some help, leave a
message in the Ekibin Guest Book by clicking on the image above. This is a
FREE SERVICE, so you don't spend a cent for their work. As Lionwap is also
FREE, this means you get a web site that you NEVER have to pay for. - Is that
a deal or what?
All your Club has to do it have some-one update and maintain your page, which
needs not take more than a few minutes each month. The Ekibin Lions will even
give you some tips on that!
