Robertson Park, Taringa

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025, was a fine morning to explore Robertson Park, Taringa. As one can see from the gallery below, the park has a walking path that starts from Indooroopilly Road and heads towards the backstreets present behind the adjacent school. From there is a chance to get back onto Lambert Road and follow it around to the St Lucia Golf Club. Robertson Park is officially located on the corner of Indooroopilly Road and Lambert Road, where the suburbs of St Lucia, Taringa, and Indooroopilly meet, opposite St Lucia Golf Club , which is officially on Carawa Street but also where Carawa Street meets Indooroopilly Road at a rather complicated set of two intersections. Otherwise, it is mainly known as being on Indooroopilly Road , even though much of it is visible from Lambert Road. It is denoted as being part of Taringa because it backs onto Iona Terrace, which is associated with a Taringa postcode, but the actual park's location is amazingly part of all three suburbs. Please note that all photos in this review aside from the map are by the article author in the year 2025.

At Robertson Park, Taringa, a coffee van operates by the name of Hetty and Herm's for six days a week in the mornings. It sells hot drinks, bottled drinks, and iced lattes, which complement a bit of a walk or a few laps of the park. It is located on the corner of Lambert and Indooroopilly roads, at a major park access point. The coffee van does carry mobile EFTPOS, so you can purchase drinks with a card or phone. I can't be more appreciative of the coffee van as a mobile business idea, even just for adding more colour to my review with its huge pink umbrellas, which I have left photographed later in this review.

Robertson Park also has playground equipment with swings, outdoor gym exercise equipment, electric barbeque facilities, a basketball half court, and bike equipment beside its washrooms. It is a highly useful park for community events, but it's difficult to pinpoint why. I'd say the location and the space combine perfectly for community events when compared to other possible venues in the local area. If wanting to visit Robertson Park by bus, the 432 bus stops outside the park on Lambert Road and onto Indooroopilly Road. The 432 bus connects UQ and the western suburb of Kenmore. The park is appreciated by locals as a place to observe kookaburras, and I saw about four or five congregate in the trees over Lambert Road. This is especially due to the many towering gum trees near running water in the park and surrounds being an ideal kookaburra habitat.

I also think, from reading reviews of the park, that it is well appreciated by locals. Having visited the park and looked around its many features, I think it's a pleasant combination of things, where you have adequate fitness and play equipment, a bit of a waterway, lots of shade, and even plenty of nearby on-street spaces for car parking. A dog off-leash area is across the road from the park itself, adjacent to the golf club, so it's not too congested with attendees exercising and pet owners competing for space. Instead, it is a pet-friendly park that offers plenty of peace and quiet, with shade, washrooms, and plenty of walking paths for those who want a proper walk around the trees.

To find information about the Brisbane City Council's parks and green spaces, see the city council's online park finder tool . While the waterway through the park is a bit mysterious, it is likely Sandy Creek or a tributary/diversion of it. For more details on Sandy Creek, see the major waterway catchments map at this pdf document by Moggill Creek dot org dot au . The park's history is rather obscure; it is likely named after former UQ Vice-Chancellor William N. Robertson . While not inclusive of Robertson Park, this document link about local parks and creeks provides insight about how the parks were allocated in the days around the establishment of the University of Queensland (UQ).



Park Gallery
Some photos of the path below are included to give an idea of what a visit to the park involves. As seen below, the park is just over a kilometre from Indooroopilly Train Station .













The coffee van was definitely quirky, and having read some of its reviews, I decided to go for the iced latte for six dollars. I really appreciated the visit and the aesthetics of this mobile cafe business with its shading umbrellas at the counter. I've included two photos with the menu that can be zoomed and read legibly on a mobile phone. That's just to ensure potential visitors have a proper concept of the menu. I think they serve a few cookies as well to go with the drinks. Due to the inclusion of mobile EFTPOS at the van, I liked how I could pay with a card rather than with cash. In that sense, the coffee van was certainly a great story for how improving mobile technology makes a wider range of businesses possible. Overall, I thought the coffee van was outstanding because it presented well, and the drink I bought really hit the spot after a proper walk of the park.





From the park signage on Indooroopilly Road, opposite the golf club, there is a major community event on May 18th to be held in the nearby suburb of Chapel Hill. It was unfortunately postponed in March due to the recent weather concerns but is now on course for a rescheduled date. It is called the Barks, Bands, and Bites neighbourhood party , and is a day where people of all ages can attend a day out in the park where bringing along a pet dog is part of the theme of the party. However, anyone can attend, as it is a major neighbourhood party and community event. Just to confirm, the event is in Chapel Hill, not Robertson Park, Taringa.





In Summary
The visit to the park was good for some exercise, especially as it could be explored in a short amount of time, yet it still had enough space for a proper leg stretch. The coffee van is such a super addition to the park visitor's overall experience, and so I recommend middle or early morning as an ideal time to visit the park. Note that the coffee van is not open on Sundays at the time of publication. But do follow the coffee van's Instagram pages for a better idea of the operating hours of the coffee van. The photos included above were really intended to help get the bearings, but leaving the park itself as a pleasant surprise that is worth a visit. The park really is quite memorable for its subtle combination of things, and when reviewing the park, it became apparent that it had many notable features, rather than just a few. That is especially given the park's area compared to other parks in surrounding suburbs. This park certainly has plenty to see and do despite being relatively compact. So by all means, if intending to travel to the area, try a visit to Robertson Park, Taringa, for reasonably priced coffee and a pleasant green space experience.

Note that all photos in this review aside from the map screenshot were taken and edited by the article author in the year 2025.

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