Westbrook (Toowoomba)

[Posnow]

Just wondering what thoughts people have (perhaps Queenslanders?) about the Westbrook area? What's it like as far as public transport, development, growth prospects, etc?

(As an aside....If anyone is interested - they are selling off the old prison up there in various parts of land, buildings, etc.... interesting opportunity for some investors).

 

[8fold]

Hi Posnow,
No other replies so I will give you my thoughts. Not sure of your depth of knowledge but Westbrook is not a suburb of Toowoomba but is a satellite town although only 10 minutes out of the southern side of town. Westbrook is a very small group of original houses surrounded by a large group of new brick places on reasonably large blocks. Even in the central part of Toowoomba public transport (buses) are not very efficient unless you want to go to a large shopping centre or school so the services to or from Westbrook are few and far between. There is a small group of shops around the Westbrook Tavern (nice spot ) although I think the pizza shop closed recently.

There is no land scarcity as it is surrounded my endless kilometres of farms and I am sure Clive owns more than a few acres out that way ready for development.

All that being said it is a popular area for people wanting to get out of town a bit and have a larger block with a shed etc. Very popular with the older generation and surprisingly so with some younger people as well.

For an investment property I would consider other areas as it is certainly not cheaper than in town although is the right side of town for the uni/bunnings/boral and some other larger employers. It is not convenient for a commute West to the resource centres though.

Post any other questions and I will answer them with what I know. My cousin recently moved out there and some a lot of workmates live in the Westbrook/Wyreema/Hodsonvale area.