Preston
in Toowoomba of Queensland, Australia
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Stanthorpe Airport (9.728 mi) - Warwick Airport (9.748 mi)
- Dalby Airport (9.761 mi)
- Oakey Airport (9.772 mi)
- Toowoomba Airport (9.774 mi)
- Kingaroy Airport (9.814 mi)
- Brisbane Archerfield Airport (9.823 mi)
- Brisbane International Airport (9.836 mi)
- Allora Golf Club (Golf course, 9.755 mi)
- Toowoomba Middle Ridge Golf Club (Golf course, 9.773 mi)
- Laidley Golf Club (Golf course, 9.792 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 10:39 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:43 am and 6:50 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 36.933 and -25.133 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Figueiral - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Discover Preston
The district Preston of in Toowoomba (Queensland) is a subburb in Australia about 553 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital city.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 72 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 53% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from South-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 38% of sky |
| General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
23°C (73 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
25°C (76 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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KIMS BEACH HIDEAWAY
Comfort Inn Glenfield
City Golf Club Motel
Apartments 725 Ruthven
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM MOTEL
JACARANDA PLACE MOTOR INN
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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.
University of Southern Queensland
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is based in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, with campuses also in Springfield and Fraser Coast. The institution was established in 1967 as the Queensland Institute of Technology (Darling Downs). In 1971, it became the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education, then the University College of Southern Queensland in 1990 and finally the University of Southern Queensland in 1992.
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education
The Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education (DDIAE) was a tertiary education facility offering undergraduate (Bachelor level and below) degrees and certificates in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia, from the 1967 until it was elevated to University College status (1990) and later University status (1992) as the University of Southern Queensland. DDIAE was originally a campus of the Queensland Institute of Technology.
University College of Southern Queensland
A transition phase between the Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education and the University of Southern Queensland, tertiary education facilities based at Darling Heights, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The UCSQ existed between 1990 and 1992.
Toowoomba South State School
Toowoomba South State School is a primary school located on the southern edge of the Toowoomba CBD in Queensland, Australia. Toowoomaba South is one of the oldest primary schools in Queensland. It is the oldest State School in Toowoomba proper (Drayton State School is older). It was first opened in 1865, as school number 112. Initially the school was co-educational.
Electoral district of Toowoomba East
The Electoral district of Toowoomba East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1960 redistribution and removed by the 1972 redistribution. The seat was based on the City of Toowoomba. The member for Toowoomba, Mervyn Anderson successfully stood for election in Toowoomba East in 1960 after his previous seat was lost in the redistribution.
Electoral district of Toowoomba
Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into Toowoomba, East Toowoomba and Drayton. Toowoomba was abolished in the 1960 redistribution. The seat was based on the City of Toowoomba. The member for Drayton & Toowoomba, James Tolmie, successfully stood for election in Toowoomba in 1912 after the split.
Electoral district of East Toowoomba
The Electoral District of East Toowoomba was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in 1912 when the old seat of Drayton & Toowoomba split into East Toowoomba, Toowoomba and Drayton. East Toowoomba ceased to exist in 1950. In the 1960 redistribution, a seat of Toowoomba East was created that lasted until 1972. When East Toowoomba was lost to redistribution, Sir Gordon Chalk contested the seat of Lockyer successfully.
Electoral district of Drayton and Toowoomba
Electoral District of Drayton and Toowoomba was the original seat for the urban settlement on the eastern Darling Downs. In 1912, it was redistributed into Drayton (1912–1927), Toowoomba (1912–1960) and East Toowoomba (1912–1950). The district elected one member from 1860 to 1878 and two members from 1878 to 1888. The seat is notable for Member and perennial Toowoomba Mayor William Henry Groom who went on to be the region's representative at the first Commonwealth Parliament in 1901.
Darling Heights, Queensland
Darling Heights is an outer southern suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland. Its Local Government Area is the Toowoomba Region. It lies on the southern edge of the city, on the west ridge. The land falls away steeply to the west toward Drayton, the slope being occupied by detached bungalow housing with an admixture of larger homes, duplexes and small blocks of units. Most of these dwellings are less than 10 years old, the area having previously been mostly horse paddocks, of which few remain.
Centenary Heights State High School
Centenary Heights State High School is a State High School located in the suburb of Centenary Heights in Toowoomba, Queensland, with an enrolment of 1200 students. The school is one of several schools in Toowoomba, including two other state high schools, Toowoomba State High School and Harristown State High School.
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyond. It has an estimated operating budget of A$162 million.
St. Joseph's College, Toowoomba
St Joseph's College is located in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The school was founded by the Irish Christian Brothers as an all-boys school in 1956. The school, off James Street, Toowoomba, is no longer administered by the Christian Brothers. Its website is here. The school motto is to "Serve Him In Others", meaning to serve God in others. There are currently approximately 700 students enrolled at the college.
Toowoomba Grammar School
Toowoomba Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding grammar school for boys, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The school was founded in 1875 as a consequence of the Grammar Schools Act of 1860 passed by Queensland's first parliament. The original building was designed by Willoughby Powell and completed in 1876, first opening its doors to boys on 1 February 1877.
Centenary Heights, Queensland
Centenary Heights is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 4 kilometres from the central business district. Previously part of Middle Ridge, the area was named Centenary Heights in 1960 in honour of the separation of Queensland from New South Wales in 1859.
Mount Rascal, Queensland
Mount Rascal is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 12 kilometres from the central business district. The suburb is named after a local land feature which was named by the Minister for Lands in April 1969.
Vale View, Queensland
Vale View is a rural locality south of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 14 kilometres from the central business district.
Top Camp, Queensland
Top Camp is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 9 kilometres from the city centre via New England Highway.
Hodgson Vale, Queensland
Hodgson Vale is a locality near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 12 kilometres south of the city centre via New England Highway. The locality is believed to be named for Sir Arthur Hodgson, a pioneer and member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Warrego in 1868–1869. The area is mostly rural.
Kearneys Spring, Queensland
Kearneys Spring is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 5 kilometres south of the city centre via New England Highway. The suburb was named for a family who had a dairy farm in the area. An early irrigation scheme consisting of wooden pipes transported water from the springs, providing Tooowoomba's water supply. Kearneys Spring is divided into western and eastern portions by the wetlands formed by West Creek.
Middle Ridge, Queensland
Middle Ridge is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 6 kilometres from the city centre. Middle Ridge was named in the 1860s, as the area between East and West Creeks where the teamsters who camped at Toowoomba turned their teams loose to graze. The suburb contains a primary school, Middle Ridge State School.
Preston, Queensland
Preston is a locality south-east of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to the east of Hodgson Vale. It was named in 1999.
Redwood, Queensland
Redwood is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 5 kilometres east of the city centre via Warrego Highway. Half of the suburb's area consists of Redwood Park, after which the suburb was named in 1981; the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land. The residents of Redwood live along the suburb's boundary with East Toowoomba.
Rangeville, Queensland
Rangeville is a suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located 5 kilometres south-east of the city centre. As closer settlement moved further along the range from Toowoomba, the suburb appears to have been named Rangeville to distinguish it from The Range, which was the general term for the area along the Range.
South Toowoomba, Queensland
South Toowoomba is an inner suburb of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, located directly south of the city centre. The suburb is home to City Golf Course, the Downs Shopping Centre, St Saviour's College and Toowoomba South State School.
Royal Bull's Head Inn
The Royal Bull's Head Inn is a historical property located in Drayton, Queensland, Australia. It is currently managed as a trust property by the National Trust of Queensland.
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