Hotels in Wallangarra, Queensland
Jennings Hotel
Jennings Hotel Home of the border Cup "Jennings pub at Wallangarra hosted a great Melb Cup lunch and Yabbie races. Place packed with all the ladies in their finery." - Brian McMillan
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Wallangarra Hotel (The First Pub)
Wallangarra Hotel The sign says it all. "The first pub in Queensland. Meaning first Pub in Queensland when driving north on the New England Highway, not the oldest Pub in Queensland The Pub closed in March 2013 and has been converted to...
Information on Wallangarra, QLD
Wallangarra Station
Wallangarra, Queensland
Southern Downs Region
Photo: Courtesy of Tourism Queensland
Wallangarra is a rural border town in Queensland's Southern Downs Region, situated 258 kilometres southwest of Brisbane at an elevation of 878 metres.
The town is famous for its historic railway station built astride the Queensland-New South Wales border in 1887, with each side reflecting the different railway gauges used by the two states. Now operating as a museum, the station showcases the colonial rivalries of pre-Federation Australia. Wallangarra is Queensland's coldest town by mean maximum temperature and is surrounded by spectacular granite country, bounded by Sundown and Girraween National Parks.
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Wallangarra is located on the New England Highway, making it the major inland border crossing between Queensland and New South Wales.
The town is accessible by car, approximately 3.5 hours' drive southwest from Brisbane or 30 minutes south of Stanthorpe. Scheduled rail services ended in 1997, though occasional steam train tourist services from Stanthorpe to Wallangarra still operate. The nearest major airport is Brisbane International Airport, approximately 260 kilometres to the northeast.
- Jennings (1km)
- Tenterfield (17km)
- Stanthorpe (30km)
- Drake Village (44km)
- Torrington (49km)