Jacarandas - St Lucia campus

The Univeristy of Queensland was established in 1910 and is now one of Australia's largest Universities. The main campus at St Lucia is located on a wonderful 114-hectares site situated on the banks of the Brisbane River, and only seven kilometres from the heart of the City of Brisbane. The campus features a number of heritage-listed buildings, modern teaching and research facilities, excellent indoor and outdoor sporting arenas, and parklands and lakes that are open to public use.

Cycling on University sites is administered by UQ Traffic & Parking, which is responsible for bicycle infrastructure such as racks and secure storage rooms. Entry to secure storage rooms is effected by means of the staff and student ID card which is encoded for the appropriate room. There is no priority, and access is provided on a first-come, first-in basis. Once encoded, access is continued until the person graduates or leaves employment. Undergraduates who proceed to a higher degree will need to remember to re-apply for access.

Cycling is encouraged by the University because, other than walking, it is the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport available to commuters and visitors. A sign of its intent to support bicycle-users is the development of a plan to provide a number of secure storage rooms for bicycles at appropriate places on the St Lucia campus, together with improved posts in open-air bicycle-parking areas. The plan will be gradually implemented through the next five years, so that campus-users will have a realistic alternative to motorised transport, and at the same time have the comfort of leaving their bicycle in secure conditions while they go off to work or study.

The Eleanor Schonell Bridge (popularly known as the Green Bridge) is a further example of the University's desire to ensure that the main campus enhances its reputation as a green, friendly, and accessible icon within greater Brisbane. The new cable-stayed bridge spans the Brisbane River linking Dutton Park to the University's St Lucia campus and has two 70-metre high piers and a 114-metre span. Opened on 17th December 2006, it is the first bridge in Australia designed exclusively for buses, cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the first public transport bridge built in Australia since the early 1900s. The construction of the bridge required the creation of a new road through Dutton Park, the expansion of Annerley Road, a new bus station for the University of Queensland (UQ Lakes terminus), and the permanent redirection of College Road on the St Lucia campus.