Toowong
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Toowong is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Toowong had a population of 12,556 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Toowong
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.
- 01University of Queensland
The University of Queensland is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Established in 1909 by an act of the Queensland Parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone universities; an informal designation for the oldest university in each state.
2.9 km · university in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Lang Park
Lang Park and known under naming rights as Suncorp Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton. It is primarily used for rugby league, rugby union, and soccer as the home ground of the Brisbane Broncos, and the Dolphins in the National Rugby League, the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, and Brisbane Roar FC in the A-League Men.
2.7 km · multi-purpose stadium in Brisbane, Queensland · Wikipedia - 03Queensland University of Technology
The Queensland University of Technology is a public research university located in the city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a city campus in Gardens Point and a campus in Kelvin Grove.
3.8 km · public research university in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04State Library of Queensland
State Library of Queensland is the state public reference and research library of Queensland, Australia, operated by the state government. The Library is governed by the Library Board of Queensland, which draws its powers from the Libraries Act 1988.
3 km · main research and reference library in Queensland · Wikipedia - 05Queensland Museum
The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland, funded by the Queensland Government, of natural history, cultural heritage, science and human achievement. The museum, operating under the Queensland Museum Act 1970, has custody of over 15.2 million items relating to the State's natural and cultural heritage, including those from the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous cultures.
2.9 km · state museum of Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Gallery of Modern Art
The Gallery of Modern Art is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. Opened on 2 December 2006, the GOMA is Australia's largest gallery of modern and contemporary art.
3 km · art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Infinity Tower
Infinity Tower is a 262-metre skyscraper by Meriton completed in 2014 at 43 Herschel Street Brisbane, Australia. It was the tallest building in Brisbane until it was surpassed by 1 William Street in 2016.
3.3 km · skyscraper in brisbane · Wikipedia - 08Queensland Art Gallery
The Queensland Art Gallery is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art building, situated only 150 metres away.
2.9 km · art museum in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Parliament House, State of Queensland
Parliament House in Brisbane is the meeting place of the Parliament of Queensland, housing its only chamber, the Legislative Assembly. It is located on the corner of George Street and Alice Street at Gardens Point in the CBD, and is next to the Queensland University of Technology and City Botanic Gardens.
3.7 km · House of Parliament for State of Queensland, Australia. Opened 4th August 1868 · Wikipedia - 10Museum of Brisbane
The Museum of Brisbane is a history and art museum in Brisbane, Australia. The museum explores contemporary and historic Brisbane through a program of art and social history exhibitions, workshops, talks, guided tours, and children's activities.
3.6 km · history museum in Brisbane City Hall, King George Square · Wikipedia
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Getting to Toowong
- Airports
- Brisbane (BNE), 17 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 92 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 99 km
- Stations
- Central railway station, 4 km · Roma Street railway station, 3.4 km · King George Square busway station, 3.7 km · Auchenflower railway station, 900 m · Milton railway station, 2.1 km
- Gold Coast → Toowong72 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · A$10–13
- Maroochydore → Toowong93 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · A$13–17
- Toowoomba → Toowong102 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · A$14–19
- 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 Toowong
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 Toowong. 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.
- 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.
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If you know how people move in Toowong – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Toowong
Toowong is 4 km from Brisbane, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- City of Brisbanelocal government area of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia3.7 km
- South Brisbanesuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.7 km
- Mount Coot-thasuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.5 km
- Miltonsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1.9 km
- Taringasuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2 km
- Indooroopillysuburb of Brisbane, Australia2.6 km