Gilston
Worth seeing in and around Gilston
3 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.
- 01William Duncan State School
William Duncan State School is a public co-educational primary school located in the City of Gold Coast suburb of Highland Park, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 570 students and a teaching staff of 45, as of 2023.
4 km · government primary school in Highland Park, QLD, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Hinze Dam
The Hinze Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam across the Nerang River, in the Gold Coast hinterland of South East Queensland, Australia. The main purpose of the dam is for potable water supply of the Gold Coast region.
2.5 km · dam in Australia · Wikipedia - 03H2 Hinde Tree
The H2 Hinde Tree is a heritage-listed tree of the species Macadamia integrifolia at Colliston, 926 Gilston Road, Gilston, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 14 August 2008.
1.7 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gilston
- Airports
- Gold Coast (OOL), 25 km · Brisbane (BNE), 74 km · Toowoomba Wellcamp (WTB), 157 km
- Brisbane → Gilston68 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · A$9–12
- Toowoomba → Gilston142 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · A$22–29
- Maroochydore → Gilston155 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · A$22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Gilston
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gilston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
- Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.
From Wikivoyage: Gold Coast, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Gilston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Gilston
Gilston is 13 km from Gold Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Worongarysuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.7 km