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australia website http www.riverlife.com.au housed in brisbane s heritage listed naval stores riverlife is an adventure centre on the kangaroo point of brisbane in queensland australia providing leisure activities . it can be found via lower river terrance and is known for its guided kayaking tours instructed rock climbing and abseiling . it also offers equipment hire for kayaks mountain bikes kick scooters and rollerblades . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 aboriginal culture 3 tangatours 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the word riverlife was coined in december 2003 . after 18 months of market research project development and public consultation riverlife was launched on 5 april 2005 from the heritage listed kangaroo point naval stores . the building is one of two constructed in 1886 1888 as a depot for the queensland marine defence force . the other naval stores building burned down in 1987 . the distinctive pink and green stone of the kangaroo point cliffs was quarried from the imposing cliffs from the early days of the moreton bay penal colony until 1976 . evidence of the quarrying can be seen on the cliff face and the stone itself known as brisbane tuff can be seen on many of brisbane buildings . the january 2011 queensland floods revealed a damage bill for riverlife of over 100 000 . in 2012 riverlife has been rated by the public in the top 4 of brisbane s attractions and things to do . 3 and it is nominated as one of queensland s must do experiences . 4 aboriginal culture edit aboriginal people settled the area at least 22 000 years before the arrival of the europeans in 1823 . the river supplied fish and shellfish and the stringy bark trees growing along the river were used to build canoes . the dreamtime story of the rainbow serpent tells of the creation of the cliff area along the river bank at kangaroo point . various aboriginal groups shared this story and owned parts of it . in 2005 riverlife mirrabooka was created and a joint venture between riverlife and the nunukul yuggera dance troupe began operating in brisbane and on moreton island and exhibiting rich australian aborigines cultural heritage of both regions . it performs welcome to country ceremonies and play traditional musical instrument didgeridoos . it is a member of aboriginal tourism australia and is completing the respecting our culture roc tourism business development program . 5 tangatours edit in 2008 riverlife established tangatours in moreton bay moreton island also known as tangalooma . it invested and purchased segways for guided tours along the beach . see also edit tangalooma references edit riverlife adventure centre . visit brisbane . retrieved 2012 07 24 . riverlife adventure centre in brisbane australia . lonely planet . retrieved 2012 07 24 . riverlife adventure centre 219 reviews of riverlife adventure centre . tripadvisor . retrieved 2012 07 24 . brisbane river adventures queensland 150 must dos . 150mustdos . com.au . retrieved 2012 07 24 . champion profiles . aboriginaltourism.australia.com . retrieved 2012 07 24 . external links edit riverlife home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title riverlife adventure centre & oldid 702396235 categories companies based in brisbanevisitor attractions in brisbanehidden categories orphaned articles from october 2015all orphaned articlesarticles with topics of unclear notability from june 2012all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add 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