Delve into Wacol
The district Wacol of in Brisbane (Queensland) with it's 2,582 habitants Wacol is a subburb in Australia about 577 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 26°C / 79 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 45% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Monday, 25th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
29°C (83 °F)
20°C (69 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
23°C (73 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
MT OMMANEY HOTEL APARTMENTS
SPRINGFIELD LAKES HOTEL
The Pixy Bed & Breakfast
Darra Motel and Conference Centre
Forest Lodge Apartments
Hotel Space St. Lucia - Hostel
Harbour Vista Inn
Videos from this area
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Happy Easter RSPCA Qld
A Very Happy Easter to you and your families! With guest appearances from Odie : An 8 month old Mastiff cross Staffordshire Bull Terrier at RSPCA Qld's Wacol shelter (animal ID: 688812)....
Penny and Checkers - Adopted
Meet Penny (adopted) and Checkers, a Male Muscovy Duck available for Adoption at Wacol RSPCA - (animal ID 688665) Hello, my name is Checkers and I am a male Muscovy Duck! If you have a ...
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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.
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.
Darra railway station
Darra is a railway station in the suburb of Darra on the Ipswich and Springfield lines. The station has wheelchair access to all platforms. It is located in a transition precinct between Zone 3 and 4 of the TransLink integrated public transport system, and is part of the Queensland Rail city network.
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.
Gailes railway station, Brisbane
Gailes Station (formerly Dingo Hill) is a railway station on the Ipswich Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the Queensland Rail City network. It is in Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system.
Division of Oxley
The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley is located in south east Queensland, and covers the south western suburbs of Brisbane, as well as part of the city of Ipswich. The original Division of Oxley was established in 1901, and was abolished and replaced by the Division of Griffith in 1934.
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.
Darra, Queensland
Darra is an older Brisbane suburb located about 14 kilometres southwest of Brisbane central business district. It is known for its high migrant population. The first subdivisions in the area occurred in 1864. The houses are mainly of the Queenslander style built in the 1940s and 1950s. The majority of blocks in Darra are large enough to be subdivided, which is becoming popular in the suburb, hence making room for more modern homes.
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.
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.
Ellen Grove, Queensland
Ellen Grove is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia and is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Ellen Grove was subdivided for housing around 1959, with the name of the suburb gazetted in 1962 due to lobbying from the Ellen Grove Progress Association. The subdivision were between two and four acres in area with no services provided. In 2009, the suburb was extended both to the north and south, increasing the population significantly from 351 to 5,209 people.
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.
Carole Park, Queensland
Carole Park is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 19 kilometres south west of the Brisbane central business district. The Place Names Board designated the suburb and its name in 1972. Carole Park is half residential, half industrial, with the Logan Motorway separating the two areas. The industrial side is part of the City of Ipswich, while the residential side comes under City of Brisbane.
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.
Ipswich Road, Brisbane
Ipswich Road is one Brisbane's main roads connecting Brisbane to the nearby city of Ipswich, via the Ipswich Motorway. Logan Road, Pacific Motorway, and Beaudesert Road are the other major roads in the south of Brisbane. The road was an important transport route in 19th century Brisbane. Travelling south the road begins at the Woolloongabba Five Ways intersection with Stanley Street and Logan Road, connecting the inner southern suburbs with southwest Brisbane.
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.
Gailes, Queensland
Gailes is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The origin of the suburb name is from the Western Gailes Golf Course in Ayrshire, Scotland as it was the name given to the local Gailes Golf Club. Previously the area was named Dingo Hill.
Camp Columbia
Camp Columbia was a United States Army military camp located in Wacol, near Brisbane, built during World War II to accommodate American troops. The Sixth US Army Headquarters was stationed there and it was an Officer Candidate School from 1942 to 1945. After World War II it was used by the Australian military and then served as a migrant reception and training centre. The camp was then known as the "Wacol East Dependants Holding Camp for Displaced Persons".
Richlands railway station
Richlands is a railway station in the suburb of Richlands on the Springfield line of the Queensland Rail Citytrain network. The rail extension to Richlands is the first step in the progressive construction of the Springfield line to Springfield. The station has car parking spaces available for 650 vehicles. According to local councillor David Morrison, these are filled as early as 8:30 AM.
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.
The Park Centre for Mental Health
The Park Centre for Mental Health is a psychiatric hospital located in Wacol in Queensland and is one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Australia. The hospital provides a range of mental health services, including extended inpatient care, mental health research, education and a high security psychiatric unit.