Explore Bunya Mountains, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bunya Mountains, 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.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bunya Mountains, Queensland, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Bunya Mountains and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Bunya Mountains.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Bunya Mountains |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Western Downs Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -26.87581 |
| Longitude | 151.56953 |
| Population | 193 |
| Density | 0.5 /km² |
| Area | 371.2 km² |
| Elevation | 781 m |
| Postcode | 4405 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 158 km west-northwest |
Bunya Mountains is a locality in the Western Downs Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 193. The locality covers an area of 371.2 km², giving a population density of about 0.5 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 781 m above sea level. It lies approximately 158 km west-northwest of Brisbane. Bunya Mountains is located at 26.8758°S, 151.5695°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4405. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Bunya Mountains is a place where ancient forests rise from rolling country, their emerald canopies a stark contrast to the ochre earth below. It lies 84.9 km north-north-west of Toowoomba City, QLD (from Toowoomba City, QLD: bearing 334°T), and is situated 43.2 km north-east of Dalby. The air here carries a perpetual coolness, a balm drawn from the dense growth of hoop pines and ancient bunya pines, their massive trunks etched with the passage of centuries. Mist often clings to the slopes in the early morning, softening the edges of the world and lending a dreamlike quality to the winding paths that thread through the undergrowth. Sunlight, when it breaks through, filters in shafts of liquid gold, illuminating the vibrant greens of ferns and the rich, dark loam of the forest floor. The silence is profound, broken only by the rustle of unseen creatures or the distant call of a bird, a quiet symphony that speaks of a world largely untouched by the hurried pace of elsewhere.
The history of Bunya Mountains is deeply entwined with the bunya pine itself, a tree revered by Indigenous peoples for its abundant, nutritious nuts, a source of sustenance and ceremony for millennia. The arrival of European settlers brought a shift in the landscape, with glimpses of cleared land and grazing paddocks appearing between the stands of timber, yet the core of the mountains has largely retained its wild character. The local economy, once influenced by timber-getting and small-scale farming, now leans heavily on the enduring allure of its natural beauty, drawing travellers seeking respite and immersion in this unique environment. This is a place where the past whispers in the rustling leaves, where the rhythm of life is dictated by the slow, deliberate growth of the trees and the gentle unfolding of the seasons.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
This page provides a street and satellite map of Bunya Mountains, 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 Bunya Mountains, in the Western Downs Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Bunya Mountains includes the postcode (4405), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Western 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.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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 Bunya Mountains is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |