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Wakerley

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Wakerley

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.

  1. 01
    Wynnum State High School Block A

    Historic site in Queensland, Australia

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hemmant Gun Battery

    Historic site in Queensland, Australia

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Lota House

    Historic site in Queensland, Australia

    4 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 Wakerley

Airports
Brisbane (BNE), 12 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 83 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 99 km
Stations
Lota railway station, 3.5 km · Manly railway station, 3.8 km · Thorneside railway station, 3.6 km
  • Gold Coast → Wakerley
    64 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · A$9–12
  • Maroochydore → Wakerley
    92 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · A$13–18
  • Toowoomba → Wakerley
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · A$17–23
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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 Wakerley

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 Wakerley. 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

    253 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,761 km
  3. 03
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,836 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,319 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,981 km

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

Around it

Next door to Wakerley

Wakerley is 13 km from Brisbane, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Manly Westsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1.5 km
  • Gumdalesuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2 km
  • Wynnum Westsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.7 km
  • Belmontsuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.9 km
  • Chandlersuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3.5 km
  • Ransomesuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia2.4 km