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The district Rocklea of in Brisbane (Queensland) with it's 1,499 inhabitants Rocklea is located in Australia about 582 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 73 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Evening Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 49% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Few clouds, covering 11% of sky |
General Conditions | Few clouds |
Wednesday, 15th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 16th of May 2024
19°C (66 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 17th of May 2024
21°C (70 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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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.
Yeronga railway station
Yeronga is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Yeerongpilly railway station
Yeerongpilly is a railway station on the Beenleigh line. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in a transition precinct between Zone 2 and Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. It was also the last station at which one could change trains to travel on the Corinda line, which is now closed.
Tennyson railway station
Tennyson Station is a disused railway station on the Corinda via South Brisbane Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. Prior to the opening of the Merivale Bridge in 1978, through trains ran from South Brisbane to Darra and Ipswich via Tennyson plus a local shuttle service between Yeerongpilly and Corinda calling at Tennyson. After 1978 the line lost some of its importance and most through trains were withdrawn.
Sherwood railway station, Brisbane
Sherwood (formerly Oxley West) is a railway station located in the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood, Queensland, Australia, on the Ipswich and Rosewood and Springfield lines. It is located in Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system, and is part of the Queensland Rail city network.
Corinda railway station
Corinda is a railway station on the Ipswich and Rosewood and Springfield lines in Corinda, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is located in Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system, and is part of the Queensland Rail city network. During peak hour on weekdays, trains ran between Brisbane Central and Corinda via Tennyson and Yeerongpilly until the line closed in June 2011. These services have been replaced by Brisbane Transport's Route 104 RailBus.
Moorooka railway station
Moorooka is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. It was the first Queensland station to experience an act of civil disobedience, when in 1976, young people took to protesting social ills on its platforms.
Rocklea railway station
Rocklea is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Salisbury railway station, Brisbane
Salisbury is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the QR Citytrain network. It is in Zone 3 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. There are two entrances via sets of stairs coming from Lillian Avenue and Dollis Street, unfortunately meaning there is no easy wheelchair/disabled access to this station. The station has an intensive surveillance system with cameras surrounding the station and the nearby carpark (off Lillian Avenue).
Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park
The Indooroopilly Island Conservation Park, located on an island in the Brisbane River, is the site of one of Australia's largest flying fox colonies. It is located seven kilometres west of the Brisbane central business district near the suburb of Indooroopilly. The Island comprises an area of 6.34 hectares. Vegetation on the island consists of two species of mangroves and forest red gum eucalyptus trees.
Moorooka, Queensland
Moorooka is a suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is seven kilometres south of Brisbane's central business district. At the 2011 Australian census the suburb had a population of 9,984. The suburb was originally founded as a stop-over for journeys from Brisbane south (Logan and Albert river valleys) and south-west. A section of the suburb's eastern boundary lies adjacent to Toohey Forest Park.
Switch 1197
Switch 1197 is a community broadcast radio station operated by Brisbane Interactive Radio Group Inc. which is a community based not-for-profit youth organisation based in Brisbane Queensland, Australia. Like other community radio stations that are located in the Brisbane licence area, Switch 1197 broadcasts on DAB+ Digital Radio, with the majority of its programming being that of a simulcast of its main terrestrial programming output.
Rocklea, Queensland
The large Brisbane suburb of Rocklea is located 12 kilometres south of the city. At times the suburb has experienced significant flooding from the nearby Brisbane River. The west of the suburb is bordered by the Oxley Creek. Its tributaries, Stable Swamp Creek and Rocky Waterholes Creek, are the cause of local flooding. The suburb's name is derived from the Rocky Waterholes in the area. It is also at one end of the Ipswich Motorway and has a train station on the Beenleigh line.
Oxley Creek
Oxley Creek is situated in South East Queensland, Australia and is one of the major tributaries of the Brisbane River with an estimated 260 square kilometres in area. Water from the large catchment area flows into Oxley Creek as it flows through the low hills in Scenic Rim Region, through western parts of Logan City and into Brisbane. It is Brisbane's longest creek and the only sand-based one in the city. Oxley Creek is crossed by the Ipswich Motorway and Logan Motorway.
Corinda, Queensland
Corinda is a suburb in Brisbane, Australia, located approximately 9 km southwest of the Brisbane central business district. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 4,695. It is believed that the name Corinda originates from a local cattle station owned by Sir Arthur Palmer, which he named after his Corinda pastoral station near Aramac.
Yeronga, Queensland
Yeronga is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located on the Brisbane River 7 km south of the Brisbane CBD. Yeronga is a residential suburb. It is home to the Yeronga Devils.
Yeronga Park
Yeronga Memorial Park was one of Brisbane's second earliest parks, originally reserved in 1888. The sprawling park caters for sports and recreational activities and is a significant World War I and World War II place of remembrance. Yeronga Park is situated on Ipswich Road in the suburb of Yeronga. A Brisbane City Council 50 m swimming pool complex is situated on the southern edge of the park. Also nearby, the Yeronga railway station is about 500 m to the west of the park.
Yeerongpilly, Queensland
Yeerongpilly is a suburb of in Brisbane, Australia. It is eight km south of the Brisbane central business district. The suburb had a population of 1,984 at the 2011 Australian census. Has a large Asian population and a growing Sub-Saharan African population. Yeerongpilly is derived from the Aboriginal words "yarung" meaning sandy or gravelly or "yurong" meaning rain and "pilly" meaning gully or watercourse. Yeerongpilly grew from an area named Boggo, which was logged for timber for Brisbane.
Tennyson, Queensland
Tennyson is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 7 km south of the CBD on the Brisbane River. At the 2011 Australian census the suburb had a population of 859. The area was originally named Softstone by James Strong, one of the original settlers, but by 1897 the name was changed to Tennyson. Tennyson is named after the British poet Alfred Tennyson. The Queensland Tennis Centre is located in Tennyson. It is built on the site of the demolished Tennyson Power Station.
Queensland Tennis Centre
Queensland Tennis Centre, known during its development as the Tennyson Tennis Centre, is a tennis venue in Tennyson, Brisbane, Australia. It is a A$82 million state-of-the-art tennis facility opened on 2 January 2009. It was designed by internationally recognised stadium designers HOK Sport Venue Event and The Mirvac Group's in-house architectural practice, HPA Pty Ltd and constructed by Mirvac as part of the Tennyson Riverside development.
St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School
St Aidan’s Anglican Girls' School is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Corinda, a western suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was named after Aidan of Lindisfarne, an Irish saint. Founded in 1929 by the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and caters for approximately 857 students from Prep to Year 12.
Brisbane International
The Brisbane International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. It is held annually in January at the Queensland Tennis Centre just before the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open.
Metroad 7 (Brisbane)
The M7/A7 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is a major urban road corridor. It extends from the M2/M7 Ipswich Motorway/Logan Motorway junction at Gailes via Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba, Clem Jones Tunnel and Airport Link to the junction with Southern Cross Way which links with the Gateway Motorway.
Shire of Yeerongpilly
The Shire of Yeerongpilly was a local government area in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland. The shire, administered from Rocklea, covered an area of 175 square miles, and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1925, when it was split up following the creation of the City of Brisbane under the City of Brisbane Act 1924.
Corinda State High School
Corinda State High School (CSHS) is a non-selective, co-educational, state secondary school, located in Corinda, Queensland, Australia.
Nyanda railway station
Nyanda is a disused railway station on QR Citytrain suburban network in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is located between Rocklea and Salisbury stations on the Beenleigh line. It opened in 1885 as Nyanda Crossing and was positioned so one person could manage the station and attend to the Beaudesert Road level crossing.