The Bluff, Ipswich City, Queensland
Explore The Bluff, Queensland, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Bluff, 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 The Bluff, 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.
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Drag the map to pan to any area of Queensland or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of The Bluff 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 The Bluff.
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.
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| Locality | The Bluff |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Ipswich City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -27.61475 |
| Longitude | 152.53186 |
| Population | 39 |
| Density | 4.7 /km² |
| Area | 8.3 km² |
| Elevation | 159 m |
| Postcode | 4340 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 51 km west-southwest |
The Bluff is a locality in the Ipswich City local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 39. The locality covers an area of 8.3 km², giving a population density of about 4.7 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 159 m above sea level. It lies approximately 51 km west-southwest of Brisbane. The Bluff is located at 27.6148°S, 152.5319°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4340. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
The Bluff rises from the undulating landscape, a prominent rise of weathered sandstone that watches over the surrounding plains. It lies 42.8 km west of Forest Lake, QLD (from Forest Lake, QLD: bearing 271°T), and is situated 12.0 km east-north-east of Laidley. Its slopes, cloaked in hardy native grasses and dotted with scattered eucalypts, catch the sun's oblique rays, casting long shadows that stretch and shrink with the passing hours. The air here carries a dry, earthy scent, mingled with the fainter, sweeter perfume of unseen wildflowers in the warmer months, a subtle testament to the resilience of life in this sun-drenched corner of Queensland. From its elevated vantage point, The Bluff surveys a patchwork of cultivated fields and grazing paddocks, a gentle green and ochre quilt stitched across the horizon.
This land has long been shaped by the steady hands of those who have worked it, from the early pastoralists who carved out livelihoods from its wide expanses to the more recent ventures that have diversified the local economy. Historically, the region’s fortunes have been tied to the productivity of the soil, with agriculture and grazing forming the backbone of its sustenance. Evidence of this enduring relationship can still be seen in the weathered farmhouses and the enduring lines of fences that crisscross the terrain. The character of The Bluff is one of quiet perseverance, a place where the pace of life is measured by the turning of the seasons and the steady rhythm of daily tasks rather than the urgent pulse of a metropolis.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of The Bluff, 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 The Bluff, in the Ipswich City local government area.
Detailed location data for The Bluff includes the postcode (4340), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Ipswich City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner 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 The Bluff 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. |