280 Bridge Road, West Mackay QLD 4740, Australia
Alternate search: Unit 3, 280 Bridge Road.
The property at 3/280 Bridge Road is a unit. It is part of a residential building in West Mackay.
Mackay West State School is about 0.9 km away, and Mackay State High School is also roughly 0.9 km from the unit, making both primary and secondary education very accessible.
Several motels are within a 0.5‑0.8 km radius, including Mackay Resort Motel (0.4 km), White Lace Motor Inn (0.4 km), Tropic Coast Motel (0.4 km), Mackay Rose Motel (0.5 km), and Rover Motel (0.5 km).
Mackay has a humid subtropical climate with hot, very rainy summers and mild, dry winters. Summer temperatures average around 30.5 °C, while winter temperatures average about 22.8 °C.
The A1 (Bruce Highway) and State Route 70 (Peak Downs Highway) run through Mackay, offering convenient road connections north to Townsville and south to Brisbane.
The Bluewater Trail and Bluewater Lagoon are close by, providing pedestrian and cycling paths and a family‑friendly lagoon. The Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens are also within 1.2 km, offering landscaped gardens and walking tracks.
Mackay was founded in 1862 on land traditionally owned by the Yuwibara people and was originally called Alexandra before being renamed after explorer John Mackay. It developed as a sugar‑cane hub and later became a gateway to the Bowen Basin coal mining region.
