Explore Flinders View, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Flinders View, 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 Flinders View, 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 Flinders View 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 Flinders View.
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 | Flinders View |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Ipswich City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Major Cities of Australia |
| Latitude | -27.65168 |
| Longitude | 152.78111 |
| Population | 5,719 |
| Density | 1057.1 /km² |
| Area | 5.4 km² |
| Elevation | 56 m |
| Postcode | 4305 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 31 km southwest |
Flinders View is a locality in the Ipswich City local government area of Queensland, Australia. It has a population of approximately 5,719. The locality covers an area of 5.4 km², giving a population density of about 1057.1 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 56 m above sea level. It lies approximately 31 km southwest of Brisbane. Flinders View is located at 27.6517°S, 152.7811°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4305.
Flinders View rises gently from the fertile plains, a landscape of rolling hills softened by the Queensland sun. It lies 18.5 km west of Forest Lake, QLD (from Forest Lake, QLD: bearing 259°T), and is situated 7.0 km west of Redbank Plains. The air here carries a faint, dry scent of eucalyptus and sun-baked earth, a subtle perfume that clings to the rough bark of scattered gum trees. Beyond the suburban fringes, paddocks of green and gold stretch towards the horizon, interspersed with the darker, more resilient scrub that hints at the deeper bush country. Evenings often bring a soft, diffused light, painting the sky in hues of lavender and rose as the day surrenders to the cool of the approaching night, a quiet beauty that settles over the land.
The character of Flinders View is shaped by its connection to Ipswich's industrious past and its ongoing evolution as a residential hub. Once part of the broader agricultural hinterland that fed the growing city, its economy now leans more towards services and providing a home for those who work in the surrounding areas. Traces of its rural heritage can still be found in the occasional weathered fence or the broad sweep of land that was once a working farm, now giving way to suburban development. The local primary school, a hub for young families, stands as a symbol of this continuing growth, a place where new stories are being written on the foundations of the old.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Flinders View, 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 Flinders View, in the Ipswich City local government area.
Detailed location data for Flinders View includes the postcode (4305), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Ipswich City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Major Cities of 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 Flinders View 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. |