43 Walcott Street, St Lucia QLD 4067, Australia
43 Walcott Street is a stand‑alone house. It is situated in the residential heart of St Lucia.
St Lucia is about 7 kilometres (approximately 4½ miles) southwest of the Brisbane GPO by road. The suburb is set on a peninsula surrounded by the Brisbane River.
The main shopping strip on Hawken Drive offers an IGA supermarket, a range of international restaurants, a medical centre, a dentist, and a post office. Friday evenings are especially lively as many locals dine out at the nearby eateries.
Bus routes terminate at the University of Queensland Bus Station, which is only 0.4 km away, and the NightLink service operates on Friday and Saturday nights. CityCat ferries stop at the Guyatt Park and UQ terminals, and there are well‑marked bicycle routes connecting to Toowong and the university campus.
St Lucia Golf Links, an 18‑hole public course, is located in the south‑west of the suburb. The area also features 15 parks, a free 5 km parkrun every Saturday morning, and nearby rowing and bowling clubs.
Yes, several heritage‑listed sites are nearby, including Great Court (0.6 km) and Union College (0.6 km) on the University of Queensland campus. Other historic landmarks such as the Langer House and Ironside State School are also in the vicinity.
The University of Queensland campus is just 0.6 km away, housing the Queensland Brain Institute, Australian Genome Research Facility, and the R.D. Milns Antiquities Museum, among others. Multiple specialised research centres, such as the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network and the Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, are also within a 0.6 km radius.
