The South Pine River starts near Highvale, below Mount Glorious, and passes through the Samford Valley in the Moreton Bay Region. It flows generally east, to form its confluence with the North Pine River at Lawnton, where the river forms the Pine River. The river passes mostly through the Moreton Bay Region before snaking through the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane where it divides the suburbs of Eatons Hill and Brendale to the north and Albany Creek to the south. In this area it is joined by its major tributary, Dawson Creek.
Meeting with Albany Creek in the suburb of the same name, it defines the city council boundary between Moreton Bay Region and Brisbane down to its confluence. To the north-west of the South Pine River are the Moreton Bay Region suburbs of Strathpine and Lawnton, while on the south-east are Brisbane City Council suburbs Bridgeman Downs and Bald Hills. The river descends 297 metres over its 41 kilometre course.
The beautiful Cedar Creek flows into the South Pine River. On early maps the river was called Eden River.
Like lots of areas with open spaces, Moreton Bay Region has lots of those large ‘gigantor’ type power lines that wend their way through the landscape. A cache placed for you to find along the river to celebrate the power that we use.