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Varsity Lakes

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Varsity Lakes

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

    Private university in Australia

    1.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Reedy Creek Observatory

    Observatory located in Reedy Creek, Queensland, Australia

    1.7 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    David Fleay Wildlife Park

    Wildlife park in Queensland, Australia

    3.7 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    West Burleigh Store

    Historic site in Queensland, Australia

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Robina Town Centre

    Shopping centre in Gold Coast, Queensland

    3 km · 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.

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Getting to Varsity Lakes

Airports
Gold Coast (OOL), 13 km · Brisbane (BNE), 84 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 170 km
Stations
Varsity Lakes railway station, 1.5 km · Robina railway station, 3.9 km · Burleigh Heads light rail station, 4 km
  • Brisbane → Varsity Lakes
    79 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · A$11–14
    GuideToday
  • Maroochydore → Varsity Lakes
    162 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · A$23–30
    GuideToday
  • Toowoomba → Varsity Lakes
    155 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · A$23–30
    GuideToday
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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 Varsity Lakes

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 Varsity Lakes. 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.

From Wikivoyage: Gold Coast, 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

    321 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,744 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,778 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,249 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,039 km

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

Around it

Next door to Varsity Lakes

Varsity Lakes is 10 km from Gold Coast, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Burleigh Headssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2.8 km
  • Robinasuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.8 km
  • Burleigh Waterssuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2.3 km
  • Miamisuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia3.5 km
  • Burleighstate electoral district of Queensland, Australia2.2 km
  • Reedy Creeksuburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia2.9 km
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