Miles
- Not to be confused with Miles City in Montana.
Miles is a town of 1900 (2021) in Queensland's Darling Downs region. It sits at the crossroads of two of the state's major road corridors: the Warrego Highway (A2) between Brisbane and Charleville, and Leichhardt Highway between Goondiwindi and Rockhampton.
Understand
Visitor information
- 🌍 Miles Visitor Information Centre, 141 Murilla St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1492. Daily 8:30AM–4:30PM.
Get in
By car
Miles is 4 hours west of Brisbane and 2.5 hours from Toowoomba via the A2 Warrego Highway. West of Toowoomba it's only an undivided single-lane road, but is well maintained. Most of the road is 100 km/h, but is 110 km/h west of Chinchilla.
From Goondiwindi (NSW/QLD border), Miles is about 2.5 hours north via A5 Leichhardt Hwy, and about 4.5 hours south of Rockhampton.
By coach (bus)
Greyhound's Brisbane to Mount Isa coach makes a stop to Miles daily, with stops at Toowoomba (wb); Longreach and Charleville (eb).
Miles is also the southern terminus for the Rockhampton–Miles coach.
By train
Queensland Rail Travel's twice-weekly Westlander makes a stop at Miles. From Roma St (Brisbane), the train arrives on Wednesday and Friday mornings; from Charleville, the train arrives on Thursday and Saturdays.
By plane
- 🌍 Miles Airport (WLE IATA), Leichhardt Hwy (about 19 km south of town via A5). QantasLink operates flights from Brisbane Airport – they are roughly $250-300 one way.
Get around
The core of the town is all walkable on foot; however, much of the town was designed for the car and thus can be somewhat hostile to pedestrians.
See
- 🌍 Miles Historical Village Museum, 141 Murilla St (next to visitor centre), ☏ +61 7 4627 1492, enquiries@mhv.org.au. Daily 8:30AM–4:30PM. An open-air museum featuring many original historical buildings from the 19th and 20th century. Sunset tours available seasonally. $24 (adults), $21 (seniors) and $12 (students).
Do
Buy
Eat
- 🌍 Mace's Hot Bread, 3 Pine St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1592. M–F 4AM–4PM; Sa 4AM–12:30PM (closed Su).
Drink
- 🌍 The Q Hotel Miles, 31 Murilla St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1152. Pub with some good food options and ample supply of XXXX beer.
- 🌍 Windsor Hotel, 39 Murilla St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1159. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. Pub + accommodation.
Sleep
- 🌍 Starline Motor Inn, 97 Murilla St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1322, starlinemotorinn@bigpond.com. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. min $128/night.
- 🌍 Swagsman Motor Inn, 1/9 Marian St, ☏ +61 7 4627 2663. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM.
- 🌍 Western Downs Motor Inn, 119 Murilla St, ☏ +61 7 4627 1211, info@westerndownsmotorinn.com.au. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. Has a 24/7 front desk (very convenient if you're coming from afar such as Sydney or Canberra and will be checking in late) and a restaurant on-site (open M–F 5:30–8AM, 5:30–8PM; Sa Su 6–8AM, 5:30–7:30PM).
Connect
Go next
| Longreach ← Roma ← | W A2 E | → Chinchilla → Brisbane |
| Goondiwindi ← Condamine ← | S A5 N | → Wandoan → Westwood (Rockhampton) |