This walk leads to a high point of the district, where stands one of Brisbane’s signature landmarks. Leaving Fernberg, follow the now familiar route west to Boundary Road and then up to the roundabout to enter Latrobe Terrace which will eventually take you to Enoggera Terrace (both of these have been described in preceding walks and I am relying on you to have walked them in order. If not, see Walks 3 and 5). At the far end of Enoggera Terrace, turn right into Musgrave Road (Route 31).

Walking past a variety of shops and houses of various vintages you come to a short, elevated slip road that will bring you back onto Musgrave Road proper and to the towering fortress-like red brick structure of St Brigid’s Church, Red Hill. Designed by Robin Dodd and built just prior to the First World War, it was one of the first hilltop churches associated with the long career of Catholic Archbishop James Duhig. It provides Brisbane with one of its most strikingly visible and unique buildings.

The church grounds enjoy panoramic views over inner Brisbane and give access on the lower side to Cambridge Street which, if you walk a little further towards the city, brings you to the precipitously steep descent of Stoneleigh Street. Following the crooked course of Stoneleigh Street gingerly, you find yourself in Crystal Street whence you turn right into Charlotte Street (obviously a popular name in early Brisbane) and right again into Moreton Street and so to the somewhat tautologically named Neal Macrossan Playground Park. If you pause here, you will be able to admire an ancient fig tree that would do Middle Earth proud, growing close to Caxton Street.

Continuing on you pass another remarkable specimen at the corner with Downe Street before ascending to the intersection where Caxton Street is transfigured into Given Terrace. Cross here and walk a little way along Castlemaine Street on the side opposite Lang Park to turn into Hall Street. (Before doing so, devotees of Rugby League may wish to make a short detour before proceeding to admire the stadium and its forecourt featuring statues of State of Origin legends.)

You now navigate a zigzag course through typical Paddington suburbia with its many examples of late 19^th and early 20^th century domestic architecture. At the end of Hall Street, you will turn right into Isaac Street, then left into Nairn, then right into Moore, then left into Guthrie, then right once more into Royal that will mercifully bring you, hopefully not too bamboozled, back to Given Terrace where for the last time on this perambulation you turn, you have probably guessed it, left. You may have also noticed that you have achieved some substantial changes in elevation and therefore a short refreshing pause at this point could be forgiven. Notwithstanding this, the next point of interest is on the opposite side of the road. Here you will find a significant ecclesiastical precinct now centred on the Catholic Parish of Rosalie. You first come upon one of the most charming monastic buildings in Brisbane, Our Lady Help of Christians Convent. Here a storyboard informs us that the convent was opened by Archbishop Duhig in 1919 for the Sisters of Mercy, providing accommodation for nuns teaching at the nearby Sacred Heart School that provided education for the Rosalie Parish from 1906 to 1995.

Further along the terrace, you encounter the impressive Romanesque edifice of Sacred Heart Church, the foundation stone of which was laid, once again, by Archbishop Duhig in 1917.

When you come to Fernberg Road, you see on the far side the main building of what was the Marist Brothers College, Rosalie. The College provided secondary education for children of the area from the late 1920s until its controversial closure in 2008. To your right and just below the school, stands the Marist Brothers Monastery, opened by Archbishop Duhig in 1929.