Burleigh Waters

Worth seeing in and around Burleigh Waters

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Bond University

   Bond University is Australia's first private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its opening on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a trimester timetable.

   2.4 km · private university in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Reedy Creek Observatory

   Reedy Creek Observatory is an amateur astronomical observatory and is the location for observations of near-Earth objects by John Broughton, an Australian astronomer. As of 22 October 2025, Reedy Creek Observatory was ranked 36th in the world by the Minor Planet Center on its list of "most prolific discovery sites", with 1,237 discoveries between 1997, the year of its first light, and 2008.

   3.7 km · observatory located in Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   David Fleay Wildlife Park

   David Fleay Wildlife Park is a heritage-listed wildlife park at Fleays Wildlife Park Conservation Park, Tallebudgera Creek Road, Tallebudgera, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1952 to 1983.

   2.4 km · wildlife park in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Burleigh Head National Park

   Burleigh Head is a small national park at Burleigh Heads in the City of Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia.

   2.3 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   West Burleigh Store

   West Burleigh Store is a heritage-listed general store at 33 Tallebudgera Creek Road, Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1935 to 1935.

   2.8 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Burleigh Waters

Airports

Gold Coast (OOL), 11 km · Brisbane (BNE), 84 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 170 km

Stations

Varsity Lakes railway station, 3.7 km · Burleigh Heads light rail station, 1.7 km

• Brisbane → Burleigh Waters

  80 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · A$10–14
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• Maroochydore → Burleigh Waters

  164 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · A$23–30
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• Toowoomba → Burleigh Waters

  157 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · A$23–30
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