Smaller numbers of people travel by ferries, bicycle and walking. In urban terms, rapid growth is causing some important concerns to be raised. Brisbane and region needs to face issues of habitat protection and sensitive species, high vehicle numbers and congestion, photochemical smog and other atmospheric pollution, suburban development, renewal, urban infill, gentrification and rising land values. About one thousand students attend, travelling to school by car, bus, train, walking and cycling. The College celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998.
More resistant patches remain as elevated outcrops.
Hills in sight of us are composed of quartzite, granite and volcanics. Low land to the north-east is composed of more recent sedimentaries and unconsolidated sediments. Many of the older timber homes have been refurbished. The suburb is steadily becoming 'greener', a result of more trees planted and maturing. While the school itself reflects a diversity of student population, the majority of students were born in Queensland, Australia, and have English as their first language.