Chequered swallowtails are often found resting in long grass. Featured areas: (1) Suburban Keperra, (2) Grovely Sports Ground, (3) Kindlinen Place, (4) Keperra Bushland Reserve, and (5) Dash Street Park. Image courtesy of Google Maps. Located just 9km outside of the Brisbane CBD, Keperra is a busy suburb that has been fortunate enough to retain a decent amount of bushland. The reason behind this lies in the suburb's topography, as much of its southern region lies atop a sharply-rising escarpment. Alongside Kedron Brook, which forms the northern border of the suburb, the gentler inclines have allowed more development to occur. Once used as a military camp, the area underwent a housing boom in the 1980s, and a large shopping centre, Primary School, retirement village and the Ferny Grove train line all service the area now. Keperra was given its name by the local Yuggera people, whose name for the place ('Kipper') referred to its use as a venue for initiation cere...