This is a point of interest page of all the places to visit when visiting Ipswich QLD. Feel free to let us know if we have missed anything.
Ipswich Hospital is a major acute teaching hospital located 40 kilometres west of Brisbane in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The hospital is part of the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service which provides services for over 280,000 people within the 9,521 kilometre West Moreton region.
Ipswich Hospital has 351 beds and has specialities including anaesthetics, emergency, medicine, surgery, intensive and coronary care, orthopaedics, obstetrics, paediatrics, palliative care, rehabilitation, mental health and allied health services.
Ipswich Nature Centre in Ipswich’s historical Queens Park offers a magical opportunity to get up close and personal with Australian native wildlife. For 80 years, locals and visitors have been able to see animals on this site, and the 21st century version is up there with the best of wildlife refuges.
To make the cute and furry animals feel as at home as possible, there are lush landscaped gardens and exhibits that have been created to represent local bushland and flora communities. A handsome rotunda built in 1891 is the entrance to the Centre, a gold coin donation is asked at the entry to help with the upkeep of the animals.
From there, you stroll on shady walkways and enjoy the cute native residents including wombats, wallabies, emus, quolls, and a nocturnal bilby exhibit. A vibrant rainforest bird aviary is alive with colour and sound, and youngsters will have a ball in the barn that has chickens, goats, a bull and other farmyard friends.
Located in Australia’s fastest-growing city, Brisbane. UniSQ Brisbane is a vibrant engagement hub for business, industry, and government collaboration. The University of Southern Queensland acknowledges the First Nations of southern Queensland and their ongoing connection to Country, lands, and waterways.
Further, we recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first educators and researchers of Australia. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present.
Ipswich Girls' Grammar School (IGGS) is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for girls, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The school is one of the eight original 'Queensland Grammar Schools'. These schools are independent, non-denominational, not-for-profit statutory bodies of the Queensland Government.[1
They are not linked to, administered, or governed by any religious organisation or specific style of education. Both boys and girls are taught until year 6 at Ipswich Junior Grammar School situated on the Girls' School campus. Years 7 and above are girls only.[2] The boarding school starts at year 5.[3]
If it’s wide, green, open spaces you’re looking for in Ipswich, Limestone Park at Eastern Heights, just a few minutes from the Central Business District, has plenty of room for all sorts of outdoor activities. It’s proof that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a great time. Used regularly for team sports events with facilities suitable for soccer, football, cricket, athletics and netball, Limestone Park has picnic tables and barbecues with drinking water, gazebos and other shelters so the whole family can enjoy the pleasant surroundings.
Bring along a ball to kick around the large area so the kids can run themselves ragged, and there’s also playground equipment for the younger ones. It’s not unusual to see local walkers and joggers enjoying Limestone Park, including with strollers and pet dogs joining in on the exercise. There are recreational pathways and strength and agility stations, along with car parking, disabled access and public toilets. You can also hold a sporting event at Bill Paterson Oval by pre-arrangement with Ipswich Little Athletics.
Ipswich Central Library, located within the Nicholas Street Precinct, is a purpose built, start of the art facility with an extensive collection, study spaces and privacy pods. The library features a diverse, hand-curated selection of titles in the Marketplace, and unique interactive digital experiences in the Makerspace.
Tucked away in Ipswich’s gracious and historical Queens Park is Nerima Gardens – Japanese gardens designed in consultation with Ipswich’s Japanese sister city, Nerima. This idyllic retreat is a wonderful way to wind down your visit to Queens Park or take a break between enjoying its other numerous attractions.
The picture-perfect self-contained gardens sit behind the historic caretaker’s cottage and feature a series of winding paths through fir trees and Australian native plants – some of which are indigenous to Ipswich. There you can experience a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony, which are organised by the Ipswich Visitor Information Centre and held in the model traditional Japanese tea house with a small veranda overlooking a stream.
There are also boardwalks over an ornamental lake where you can feel the tranquility of being serenaded by constant running water. Nerima’s design takes the visitor on a journey of discovery, with the lower section portraying the ocean and Moreton Bay, while the upper area represents the Ipswich region with its undulating landscape, vegetation and river.