This walk, while quite long, does not feature the challenging gradients that abound in some others in this district and so would be more suitable for running for those with that inclination. (Indeed, I know it to have been so used by one future Officer Cadet, then resident at Fernberg, to train for the Army Basic Fitness Assessment.)

Set off along Fernberg Road to Boundary Road and ascend to the top of MacGregor Terrace, the most elevated point of this route. Cross at the lights, bearing right to enter Coopers Camp Road and follow it to its low point where it crosses Ithaca Creek. Having crossed the bridge, go hard left to reach the Ithaca Creek Bikeway that will take you under the bridge as you begin to follow the creek in an easterly direction. You soon cross the creek once more by a footbridge and pass Jubilee Park on the right as you walk through the delightfully shady Fletcher Parade Park. Here you will find a playground conveniently placed for the diversion and amusement of the young and perhaps even the young at heart, but I leave that to your discretion.

Before long, you come to the end of the park but continue to follow Fetcher Parade to its intersection with the very busy Jubilee Terrace. Following the bikeway, cross Ithaca Creek before continuing along its northern bank under the bridge. It will eventually cross the creek once more, having first enticed you with two footbridges on the right (whose temptations you should resist), before taking you to Gilbert Park. Here sits the Red Hill headquarters of the famous Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club.

Shrugging off fond reminiscences of premierships past (or not), continue on the serpentine path by the creek until you have passed under Waterworks Road and reached Glenrosa Road whose gentle incline you now ascend until you reach Waterworks Road. Cross at the lights and bear left to ascend to and follow Enoggera Terrace. As you proceed, you encounter a number of interesting commercial and residential buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first to strike your eye is the understated signage of the Red Hill cinemas, whose numerous manifestations since the 1920s have included the State Theatre and the Red Hill Skate Arena of my youth. Having suffered severe fire damage early this century, it has reverted to its initial function.

As you walk along you will also pass historic buildings that will be described in Walk 5 which shares part of its route with this one. However, at the far end of the terrace is another landmark not mentioned later, the old Ithaca Fire Station, built in two stages in the decade after the Great War but now repurposed for commercial use while largely maintaining its livery of old.

Now continue up Latrobe Terrace towards MacGregor Terrace and thence to Fernberg Road to complete your journey.