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Manly West

Manly West is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Manly West
Manly West · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Manly West is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Manly West had a population of 12,436 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Manly West

10 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
    Wynnum Ambulance Station

    Wynnum Ambulance Station is a heritage-listed museum and former ambulance station at 33 Tingal Road, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1926 to 1927.

    1.8 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Wynnum State High School Block A

    Wynnum State High School Block A is a heritage-listed building at Wynnum State High School, Peel Street, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1943.

    1.3 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Wynnum Wading Pool

    Wynnum Wading Pool is a heritage-listed tidal pool on the foreshore of Moreton Bay at The Esplanade, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shallow oval-shaped pool was built in 1932 by relief workers during the Great Depression and opened to the public in 1933.

    2.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Manly War Memorial

    Manly War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at 184 Carlton Terrace, Manly, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1920 to 1921.

    1.6 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Mount Carmel Convent

    Mount Carmel Convent is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic former convent at 199 Bay Terrace, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Dods and built in 1915 by William Richard Juster.

    2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Hemmant Gun Battery

    The Hemmant Gun Battery is a heritage-listed fortification at 214, 228 and 274 Fleming Road, Hemmant, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built during 1942.

    3.8 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Lota House

    Lota House is a heritage-listed villa at 162 Oceana Terrace, Lota, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1865 to c. 1910.

    2 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Michael Gannon residence

    The Michael Gannon residence is a heritage-listed holiday home at 150 Kingsley Terrace, Manly, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1888.

    1.9 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nazareth House, Wynnum

    Nazareth House is a heritage-listed benevolent institution at 272 Wynnum North Road, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1924 to 1939.

    3.8 km · historic site in Queensland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Waterloo Bay Hotel

    Waterloo Bay Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 75 Berrima Street, Wynnum, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1889 by George Gibbs and extended in 1918 to a design by George Henry Male Addison.

    2.4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Manly West

Airports
Brisbane (BNE), 10 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 85 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 97 km
Stations
Wynnum North railway station, 3.1 km · Lindum railway station, 3.4 km · Lota railway station, 2 km · Manly railway station, 1.3 km · Thorneside railway station, 3.4 km
  • Gold Coast → Manly West
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · A$9–13
  • Maroochydore → Manly West
    91 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · A$13–18
  • Toowoomba → Manly West
    120 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · A$17–23
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Manly West

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 Manly West. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.
  • Get aroundFerries have become an icon of the city and are a fantastic way to tour Brisbane.
  • Get aroundBrisbane River ferries – Brisbane City Council operates an extensive network of ferries that traverse the Brisbane River.
  • Get aroundThe routes include: F1 Northshore Hamilton–UQ St Lucia (all stops service) F11 Apollo Road–Riverside (express service, peak hour only) F12 West End–QUT Gardens Point (express service, peak hour only) F21 Bulimba–Teneriffe (cross river service) F22 Sydney Street–Dockside (cross river service) F23 Riverside–Holman Street (cross river service) F24 Maritime Museum–QUT Gardens Point (cross river service) Moreton Island ferries – Passenger ferries operate from Holt Street Wharf in Pinkenba to Tangalooma on Moreton Island.

From Wikivoyage: Brisbane, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    251 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,763 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,839 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,321 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,981 km

If you know how people move in Manly West – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Manly West

Manly West is 14 km from Brisbane, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Wynnumsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.3 km
  • Gumdalesuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.5 km
  • Wynnum Westsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.4 km
  • Ransomesuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.9 km
  • Thornesidelocality in Queensland, Australia3.8 km
  • Wakerleysuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.2 km