The inner-north suburb of Wooloowin is far from the edge of the world – it’s less than 10 kilometres from Brisbane’s city centre – but it might as well be if you’re on a hired e-scooter.

Users are bound by an invisible line, known as geofencing, that keeps the large hire fleet in the city’s inner-ring.

This travel restriction has led to e-scooters being abandoned at the fringes of the map, sometimes across footpaths, other times in messy piles.

Lime and Neuron e-scooters and e-bikes at Bridge Street near the Wooloowin train station. Credit: Felicity Caldwell

On Bridge Street, next to the Wooloowin train station at the edge of the geofence boundary, e-bikes and e-scooters can be seen dumped in a large heap.

If you hire a Lime or Neuron e-scooter in Brisbane, you can ride it within

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