Explore Broadwater, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broadwater, QLD map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Locality | Broadwater |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Southern Downs Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -28.66137 |
| Longitude | 151.87073 |
| Area | 34.8 km² |
| Postcode | 4380 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 174 km southwest |
Broadwater is a locality in the Southern Downs Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. The locality covers an area of 34.8 km². It lies approximately 174 km southwest of Brisbane. Broadwater is located at 28.6614°S, 151.8707°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4380. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Broadwater breathes the dry, clean air of the Darling Downs, a place where the land slopes gently towards the horizon under an immense sky. It lies 122.8 km south of Toowoomba City, QLD (from Toowoomba City, QLD: bearing 184°T), and is situated 5.3 km west of Stanthorpe. The landscape here is a study in subtle shifts of ochre and olive; rolling plains, softened by the passage of seasons, give way to the rounded shoulders of low hills. Patches of hardy bushland, a mix of eucalypts and acacias, punctuate the cultivated fields, their leaves catching the light in a thousand shimmering facets, especially in the late afternoon when the sun dips low, casting long, languid shadows that stretch like a sigh across the earth. The very air seems to hold a stillness, broken only by the distant bleating of sheep or the low hum of a passing vehicle, a quiet testament to the vastness that surrounds Broadwater.
The economy of Broadwater has long been tethered to the soil, a tradition forged in the golden age of wheat farming that still defines much of its character. Generations have worked this rich, dark earth, coaxing sustenance from its depths, and the legacy of that agrarian past is etched into the weathered faces of its inhabitants and the stoic lines of the old farmhouses. While wheat remains a significant crop, the diversification into grazing, particularly sheep and cattle, has added another layer to the local rhythm, a continuous ebb and flow dictated by rainfall and market prices. Broadwater, in its quiet way, embodies the enduring spirit of the Southern Downs, a place where the past is not forgotten but rather informs the steady, dependable pulse of everyday life.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Broadwater, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Broadwater, in the Southern Downs Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Broadwater includes the postcode (4380), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Southern Downs Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Broadwater is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |