Greater Goodna is the geographical centre of southeast Queensland



City of Ipswich boundary on the Ipswich
Motorway at Gailes
Greater Goodna has the unique distinction of being the geographical centre of southeast Queensland.

It is bounded by the Ipswich/Brisbane City boundary to the east, the Brisbane River to the north, Six Mile Creek to the west and south to the Logan City boundary between White Rock and Springfield Lakes.
 
Greater Goodna is traversed by the Ipswich Motorway and the Centenary Highway with the Logan Motorway on its eastern boundary.
 
The Ipswich Motorway splits at Riverview into the Warrego Highway (Darren Lockyer Way) to Toowoomba and the Cunningham Highway to Warwick.
 
Greater Goodna was discovered by John Oxley on his voyage up the Brisbane River in 1823 where he stopped at Termination Hill, adjacent to Woogaroo Creek Goodna.  His diary records that the party ventured southeast of Termination Hill for several miles where they spotted a dingo on a ridge.  This area was thereafter named Dingo Hill but was re-named Gailes in 1925. 

Dingo Hill now exists as an officially-named geographic feature standing a bare 59 metres above sea level - reputed to be the smallest officially-named hill in Queensland.
 
Greater Goodna is now the Gateway to Ipswich and the Darling Downs.
 
Southeast Queensland runs from the Gold Coast suburb of Coolangatta in the south, north to Noosa and the Sunshine Coast and west to Tooowoomba.
 
Greater Goodna is the physical geographic centre of southeast Queensland, making it a unique partner in the economic growth of Australia's fastest-growing region.