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Wooloowin

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

Wooloowin
Wooloowin · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Wooloowin is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Wooloowin had a population of 4,029 people.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Wooloowin

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
    Ballymore Stadium

    Ballymore Stadium, known simply as Ballymore, is a rectangular stadium located in the Brisbane suburb of Herston in the Australian state of Queensland. It is the headquarters of the Queensland Rugby Union and the Australia women's national rugby union team, and is currently host to the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby AUS. The Ballymore site also hosts several rectangular pitch's as well as the National Rugby Training Centre, a state-of-the-art training facility.

    3.4 km · multifunctional Australian stadium in Brisbane · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Brisbane Showgrounds

    The Brisbane Showgrounds is a multi-purpose venue located in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Australia. Established in 1875, it hosts more than 250 events each year, the largest being the Royal Queensland Show.

    3.5 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Allan Border Field

    Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland, Australia. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004, using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia.

    1.8 km · Australian cricket ground in Queensland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Perry Park

    Perry Park is a 5,000-capacity sporting ground located in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Perry Park is home to the Brisbane Strikers, which plays in Queensland Premier League 1.mPerry Park is owned by Brisbane City Council, and managed by the YMCA, who run facilities in the complex.

    2.6 km · sports ground in Brisbane, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Johnstone Gallery

    The Johnstone Gallery was a private gallery located in the suburb of Bowen Hills in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia co-owned by Brian Johnstone and his wife, Marjorie Johnstone. It was the leading Brisbane commercial gallery exhibiting contemporary Australian art from 1950 until 1972.

    3.1 km · commercial art gallery operating in Brisbane 1951–1972 · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Old Museum Building, Brisbane

    The Old Museum Building is a heritage-listed former exhibition building, former museum and now performance venue in Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is made from 1.3 million red bricks and bordered by Gregory Terrace and the Exhibition Grounds.

    3.8 km · building in Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Miegunyah

    Miegunyah is a heritage-listed detached house at 35 Jordan Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia. It was built c. 1885.

    2.9 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church

    Our Lady of Victories Church is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic war memorial church at 29 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Hall & Prentice and built from 1919 to 1962.

    2.9 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Newmarket State School

    Newmarket State School is a heritage-listed state school at 320 Enoggera Road, Newmarket, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Queensland Department of Public Works and Boulton & Paul Ltd and built from 1910 to 1960.

    4 km · historic site in Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Eagle Farm Racecourse

    Eagle Farm Racecourse is a heritage-listed horse racing venue in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located at the northern end of Racecourse Road in the suburb of Ascot, 7 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district.

    2.7 km · heritage listed horse racing venue in Brisbane, 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 Wooloowin

Airports
Brisbane (BNE), 8 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 92 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 95 km
Stations
Bowen Hills railway station, 2.9 km · Exhibition railway station, 3.6 km · Newmarket railway station, 3.4 km · Wilston railway station, 2.9 km · Ascot railway station, 2.5 km
  • Maroochydore → Wooloowin
    85 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · A$11–15
  • Gold Coast → Wooloowin
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · A$10–13
  • Toowoomba → Wooloowin
    108 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · A$15–21
  • 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 Wooloowin

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 Wooloowin. 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
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    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

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  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,756 km
  3. 03
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    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

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  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,331 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    3,968 km

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

Around it

Next door to Wooloowin

Wooloowin is 6 km from Brisbane, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Gordon Parksuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia1.6 km
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  • Wavell Heightssuburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia3 km
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