Meeting Point: Outside Woolworths, Montague Markets
End Point: Same as meeting point
Guides: Helen Abrahams and Melissa Buirchell
Tour Length: Approximately 1.5km on relatively level ground with defined footpaths
Access: Accessible via public transport
This tour is for anyone who:
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lives in an apartment building
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manages an apartment building
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designs apartment buildings
Join Resilient Kurilpa to explore how Brisbane communities can prepare for, withstand, and recover from flood events. Through this short, practical walking tour and screening, you’ll discover the innovative, place-based work happening in West End to build resilience from the ground up — quite literally.
The tour begins with a short video presentation before heading out to visit nearby apartment buildings where residents have implemented real-world initiatives to improve flood preparedness and community response.
About the Guides:
Helen Abrahams is a founding member of Resilient Kurilpa and a passionate advocate for her neighbourhood. She previously served as a Councillor for Kurilpa in Brisbane City Council and brings a wealth of experience in community-driven change.
Melissa Buirchell is an architect and active member of Resilient Kurilpa. Her insight into the design aspects of resilience and community wellbeing brings an important perspective to the conversation.
ABOUT
Kurilpa Futures: Founded in 2012, Kurilpa Futures began as a grassroots, volunteer-led group focussed on local planning issues. Since then, we have been advocating for meaningful community consultation in decision-making processes, ensuring that our voices are heard in the rapidly densifying Kurilpa area. Our work prioritizes:
- Managing climate change through initiatives such as Resilient Kurilpa.
- Promoting active transport and street safety for our diverse community
- Expanding green spaces through community gardens, street and park plantings
- Collaborating with other community organizations to address urban planning challenges locally and beyond.
Resilient Kurilpa: Founded in 2022 in response to the major flood event in February 2022 that impacted thousands of residents on the Kurilpa Peninsular, Resilient Kurilpa is a volunteer-led, grassroots community group focussed on climate change preparedness and resilience in a city built on a flood plain. Our vision includes:
- To nurture an informed, skilled, and connected community, empowered to rapidly and safely respond and recover to climate disaster events.
- To support groups to learn from the past and implement practical and inclusive mitigation strategies.
- To be a leading community in grassroots disaster resilience building and share knowledge with local and global climate disaster communities to adapt for their own contexts.
West End Community Association (WECA): Founded in 2004, WECA is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit, incorporated association dedicated to creating a connected, diverse, and livable community within the Kurilpa Peninsula. WECA’s work focuses on advocacy, sustainability, arts, and cultural initiatives.
- Arts and Culture: Hosting events like the Kurilpa Derby, West End Festival, and First Nations-led projects to foster community connection through the arts.
- Representation: Amplifying community voices through candidate forums and keeping residents informed via social media and e-newsletters.
- Sustainability: Promoting livability with initiatives like Resilience Kurilpa, advocating for sustainable development and public space access.
- People: Strengthening the community by providing opportunities for volunteering, subcommittee participation, and student placements and training.