6 Marral Street, The Gap QLD 4061, Australia
The Gap is about 10 km (6.2 mi) by road north‑west of the Brisbane GPO, so the property is roughly that distance from the city centre.
Enoggera Reservoir is approximately 2 km away, offering fishing, kayaking and walking trails, and Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre is adjacent to The Gap, providing wildlife displays and bushwalking in the D’Aguilar National Park.
The suburb boasts over 45 parks with playgrounds, BBQs and dog off‑leash areas, as well as the nearby Ashgrove Golf Club and easy access to mountain‑biking and bushwalking networks.
The Gap has a good bus service that connects the suburb to surrounding areas, and Waterworks Road provides a main arterial route to Brisbane via Musgrave Road.
The Gap Village shopping centre is within the suburb, and a local police station is located at 965 Waterworks Road, with a fire & rescue station nearby on Waterworks Road.
Originally inhabited by the Turrbal people, The Gap was heavily forested before timber felling gave way to farming in the 19th century, and it was named for the valley gap between Mount Coot‑tha and Enoggera Hill.
