Toowoomba
Toowoomba is a city on the border of the South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia.
Toowoomba is a city on the border of the South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located 132 km (82 mi) west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 census was 142,163, having grown at an average annual rate of 1.45% over the previous two decades. Toowoomba is the second-most-populous inland city in Australia after the nation's capital, Canberra. It is also the second-largest regional centre in Queensland and is often referred to as the capital of the Darling Downs, or the 4th biggest city in South East Queensland after Brisbane, Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. The city serves as the council seat of the Toowoomba Region which has a population of 186,276 as of 2025.
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Worth seeing in and around Toowoomba
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 Southern Queensland
The University of Southern Queensland is a public research university based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the sixth largest city in the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1967 after a successful campaign by the local Darling Downs community, the university is a founding member of the Regional Universities Network.
4.5 km · university in Australia · Wikipedia - 02St Patricks Cathedral, Toowoomba
St Patrick's Cathedral is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral on James Street, South Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Toowoomba architect James Marks and was built from 1883 to 1935.
500 m · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Glen Alpine, Toowoomba
Glen Alpine is a heritage-listed villa at 32–36 East Street, Redwood, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Toowoomba architect Harry Marks and built c. 1918.
2.8 km · heritage-listed house in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Fernside
Fernside is a heritage-listed villa at 4–6 Fernside Street, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1876 to c. 1915.
2.5 km · heritage-listed villa in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Toowoomba Maltings
Toowoomba Maltings is a heritage-listed malthouse at 11 Mort Street, Newtown, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1899 to 1907.
2.8 km · heritage-listed malt house in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Tyson Manor
Tyson Manor is a heritage-listed house at Ruthven Street with the grounds of Downlands College in Harlaxton, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Strathmore.
3.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Boyce Gardens
Boyce Gardens is a heritage-listed garden and citrus farm at 6 Range Street, Mount Lofty, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1930 to 1950s.
3.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Unara
Unara is a heritage-listed detached house at 9–13 Tourist Road, East Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1906.
2.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Picnic Point, Toowoomba
Picnic Point is a heritage-listed park at 168 Tourist Road, Rangeville, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 13 November 2008.
4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia - 10The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association Limited Factory
The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association Limited Factory is a heritage-listed factory at 57 Brook Street, North Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Dairy Farmers Factory.
2.1 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Picnic Point, a beautiful outlook on the edge of 'The Range'.
- 01Cobb+Co Museum
A museum displaying many different horse carriages, tools and pretty much everything used in 19th-century inland Queensland.
- 02Bunya Mountains National Park
The second national park in Queensland established in 1908, best known for the 10-kilogram bunya pine, hence its name.
- 03Crows Nest National Park
- 04Ravensbourne National Park
- 05Queens Park and Botanical Gardens
The prime botanic garden of Toowoomba, and is also one of the oldest in Queensland, having gazetted in 1869.
- 06Ja Raku En
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Things to do
There is a tourist drive around the City, there are distinctive signs that mark this route. Empire Theatre, 54-56 Neil St, toll-free: 1300 655 299Country code missing. Established in 1911, watch a show at the heritage-listed threatre. The seating capacity is 1,565. Visit the Sunday Markets at the Toowoomba PCYC The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is hosted by the city in late September each year.
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Where to eat
Toowoomba doesn't have many budget restaurants, but there are plenty of fast food chains that are there if you're on a budget.
- 01Dee's Vintage Thai
515 Ruthven St, pvintage2007@hotmail.com.
- 02La Pizzaiola
A southern Italian restaurant, well, known for its pizza as the name of the restaurant says.
- 03Sofra Turkish Cuisine
A very vivid and vibrant Turkish restaurant, claiming to be authentic – as for that, the interior gives a Turkish vibe, and many of the dishes are homemade Turkish dishes.
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Getting to Toowoomba
- Airports
- Toowoomba Wellcamp (WTB), 15 km · Brisbane (BNE), 117 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 156 km
- Stations
- Toowoomba City Aerodrome, 4.7 km · Toowoomba railway station, 1 km
- Brisbane → Toowoomba106 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · A$15–20
- Maroochydore → Toowoomba151 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · A$27–36
- Gold Coast → Toowoomba153 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · A$22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Toowoomba
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 Toowoomba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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