Delve into Westlake
The district Westlake of Brisbane in Brisbane (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 579 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 58% |
Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 54% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 29th of April 2024
24°C (76 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 30th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Wednesday, 1st of May 2024
23°C (73 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
MT OMMANEY HOTEL APARTMENTS
JEPHSON HOTEL
Toowong Villas
Central Cosmo
The Pixy Bed & Breakfast
Darra Motel and Conference Centre
Forest Lodge Apartments
Toowong Central Motel Apartments
TOOWONG INN AND SUITES
INN ON THE PARK
Videos from this area
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Centenary Bridge
The Centenary Bridge is a motorway crossing of the Brisbane River. As it forms part of Brisbane's Centenary Motorway it is used primarily by vehicular traffic, although it includes footpaths for pedestrian traffic. Built to service the new "Centenary" suburbs of Jindalee, Mount Ommaney and Westlake, the original two lane bridge opened in 1964. It was subsequently duplicated in the 1980s. During the 1974 floods, the bridge was badly damaged when a barge rammed into its upstream side.
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre is an Australian prison located on the Ipswich Motorway at Wacol in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. It is a high security prison (with a maximum security unit) that is used for remand prisoners, and also for the temporary detention of prisoners while their 'security level' is ascertained. The prison is a relatively modern facility with TVs, showers and toilets in all rooms and shared dining facilities.
Brisbane Correctional Centre
Brisbane Correctional Centre, formerly the Sir David Longland Correctional Centre, is a prison facility located at Wacol, Queensland, Australia. The prison is expected to receive its first inmates, after refurbishment and expansion, in January 2008. The newly-renovated prison houses a water conservation system, a unit specifically designed for 17-year-old prisoners, and an ultra-modern maximum security wing for dangerous offenders.
Wacol railway station
Wacol Station is a railway station on the Ipswich Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in a transition precinct between Zone 4 and Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. Bright murals depicting domestic wildlife, forests and farmlands have been painted on the walls of platforms buildings. The animal theme was chosen because the RSPCA Animal Care Campus moved to Wacol in December 2011.
Wolston Correctional Centre
Wolston Correctional Centre is an Australian prison facility located in Richlands, Queensland, Australia. Wolston is a 'protection' prison, and as such houses many paedophiles, sex offenders and high profile prisoners.
Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre
Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre is an Australian prison, located at Wacol, Brisbane. It was commissioned on 28 May 1999. Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre replaced the old Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, located at Woolloongabba. The centre has a capacity of 264 cells and is divided into two accommodation areas of 122 secure cells and 142 residential cells. The centre is the only reception, assessment and placement centre for female offenders in southern Queensland.
Jindalee, Queensland
Jindalee is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia 12 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD, and is a part of the Centenary suburbs. It is bordered by the Brisbane River to the north. The Aboriginal meaning for Jindalee is "bare hills". Jindalee was the first of a series of suburbs originally called the "Centenary" suburbs, as planning for them commenced in 1959, the year of Queensland's centenary.
Bellbowrie, Queensland
Bellbowrie is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Bellbowrie lies 17 kilometres west-southwest of Brisbane's city centre. It is a rapidly developing semi-rural area due to Brisbane's growth heading in a westwards direction. The initial subdivisions in the area were commenced in the early 1970s. Development slowed in the aftermath of the 1974 Brisbane flood which saw much of the eastern, lower-lying areas of the suburb badly inundated with water.
Sinnamon Park, Queensland
Sinnamon Park is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 14 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Sinnamon Park is named for the pioneering Sinnamon Family. The land occupied by Sinnamon Village retirement complex and the river flats east of the Centenary Freeway were formerly the family farm. The suburb's northern boundary is marked by the Brisbane River. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 6,362.
Middle Park, Queensland
Middle Park is a predominantly residential suburb located 14 km south-west of the CBD of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Many properties on Sumners Road have an address in Middle Park but are not themselves actually in Middle Park and are disregarded in this article.
Westlake, Queensland
Westlake is a western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Westlake adjoins the suburbs of Jindalee, Middle Park and Mount Ommaney, and is a 20 minute drive from the Brisbane central business district. Westlake has a lot of riverside properties and in the early 1990s expanded to include the development Westlake Waters with the 'natural lakes'.
Wacol, Queensland
Wacol is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. According to the 2011 census, a total of 2,957 people lived within the boundaries of Wacol. The suburb is located on the east bank of the Brisbane River, 18 km south-west of the Brisbane central business district, on the Brisbane-Ipswich railway line.
Kenmore, Queensland
Kenmore is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the Brisbane River, 10 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Kenmore is a leafy suburb with a high number of professional residents and families. It is dominated by detached housing - units and townhouses are rare. Kenmore has benefited greatly from the Centenary Highway which gives it direct access to the city via Milton Road or Coronation Drive.
Brisbane Independent School
Brisbane Independent School (BIS) is located in semi-rural Pullenvale in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The community-run school operates within a cooperative family environment. The school is operated and owned by its members, who are the parent body of current students. The school has no religious or other affiliations and thus is one of the few truly independent schools.
Mount Ommaney, Queensland
Mount Ommaney is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia 14 kilometres south-west of the CBD on the Centenary Highway. Mount Ommaney was developed as part of the Centenary Project in 1959. It, along with surrounding suburbs such as Jindalee are known as the Centenary Suburbs. Mount Ommaney is located on the southern side of the Brisbane River and the majority of the properties are located on the hill itself.
Jamboree Heights, Queensland
Jamboree Heights is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 14 km south west of the CBD. Jamboree Heights was part of the 'Centenary Project', and along with surrounding suburbs was developed in 1959. As part of the Centenary suburbs, it offers excellent facilities such as a recently renovated large shopping centre, Fire Station, Police Station and numerous schools.
Sumner, Queensland
Sumner is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km south-west of the CBD. Sumner is split between residential and industry, with a large industrial estate Sumner Park.
Pinjarra Hills, Queensland
Pinjarra Hills is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km west of the Brisbane central business district on the northern bank of the Brisbane River. At the 2011 Australian census the suburb had a population of 664. Pinjarra Hills is mainly rural, a large portion of land is owned by the University of Queensland's Veterinary School. Moggill Road is the main road route through the suburb.
Pullenvale, Queensland
Pullenvale is situated approximately 15 km west of the Brisbane CBD of Queensland’s capital city. Pullenvale is named after early settler, Michael Pullen who in 1852 is said to have cleared a patch of dense bush around what is now Pullenvale with a single ox. Located in the southern foothills of Mount Elphinstone, Pullenvale features rolling hills and areas of bush land, and is spread over an area of approximately 24.4 square kilometres .
Richlands, Queensland
Richlands is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 16 km south-west of the CBD. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 2,076. The suburb features the cross over of the Ipswich Motorway (M7) and Centenary Motorway (M5), and is home to Queensland Lions Football Club who play in the Brisbane Premier League.
Riverhills, Queensland
Riverhills is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 15 km south-west of the CBD. Riverhills, along with surrounding suburbs, was developed in 1959 as part of the ‘Centenary Project’ and the area is now more commonly referred to as the Centenary suburbs.
Jindalee State School
Jindalee State School (JSS) is a co-educational primary school in the western Brisbane suburb of Jindalee. It caters for students from Prep to Grade 7, and is a feeder school to Centenary State High School. The current enrolment number of children is around 800, down from a peak of 981 in 1981.
Centenary Suburbs
The Centenary Suburbs are a group of seven suburbs located in the outer-west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, bordered by the Brisbane River to the North and West, the Centenary Highway to the east and Wolston Creek to the South, and their name honours the centenary of the state of Queensland, which separated from New South Wales in 1859. All suburbs have the postcode of 4074.
Moggill Creek
Moggill Creek is a creek in Brisbane, the largest city in Queensland, Australia. The creek rises on the Taylor Range and runs in a south-easterly direction from the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park in Kholo and Pullenvale, flowing through Upper Brookfield, Brookfield and joining the Brisbane River at Kenmore. Before entering the Brisbane River the creek is crossed by Moggill Road and winds through Rafting Ground Reserve.
Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre
Mount Ommaney Shopping Centre is located on Dandenong Road in the suburb of Mount Ommaney in the southwest of Brisbane. After a major expansion, which was completed in 2010, the centre now has 170 stores. Major tenants include Big W, Coles, Kmart Australia, Target Australia, Woolworths and Aldi and JB Hi-Fi.