Explore Buranda, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Buranda, 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 Buranda, 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 Buranda 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 Buranda.
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 | Buranda |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Latitude | -27.49648 |
| Longitude | 153.04067 |
| Elevation | 14 m |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 3 km south-south-east |
Buranda is a locality in Queensland, Australia. It sits at an elevation of around 14 m above sea level. It lies approximately 3 km south-south-east of Brisbane. Buranda is located at 27.4965°S, 153.0407°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving.
Buranda occupies a sloping ridge of land that catches the long, honeyed light of the afternoon as it tilts westward toward the distant mountain ranges. It lies 3.3 km south-south-east of Brisbane City, QLD (from Brisbane City, QLD: bearing 153°T), and is situated 10.9 km north of Sunnybank Hills. The terrain here rises in an uneven shoulder of earth, where the shadows of jacaranda branches lengthen across quiet suburban streets and the air carries the faint, metallic hum of a city constantly in motion. In the cooling dusk, the asphalt holds the day’s warmth, releasing it into the breeze while the silhouette of heavy rail infrastructure marks a boundary between the residential pockets and the sprawling transit arteries that define the local topography. This specific geography creates a natural amphitheatre where the sounds of the evening commute blend into the rustle of leaves, lending Buranda a sense of being a transient junction rather than a static destination.
Buranda evolved from a landscape of timber and light industry into a vital node of transit, its history anchored by the iron veins of the railway that have long dictated the pace of local life. The economy here is defined by this connectivity, serving as a gateway for the steady stream of students and workers flowing between the nearby university precincts and the central business district. While the small-scale retail and commercial centres have shifted and modernised over the years, the area retains a functional, industrious character, marked by the presence of significant medical and educational institutions that draw people from across the region. Even as new developments rise to reshape the skyline, the enduring rhythm of Buranda remains tied to the movement of the trains and the steady, purposeful pulse of people navigating their way toward the horizon.
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 Buranda, 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 Buranda.
Detailed location data for Buranda includes the postcode, telephone area code (07). 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 Buranda 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. |