Plan Your Trip & Travel Info

How to get to the meeting point to join your ballooning experience.

 

 

As you may have noted from our website tour options, customers are to arrange their own transfers or self-drive to the ballooning experience meeting point in Ipswich.  Brisbane CBD/ central or suburb pick-up transfers are not available. All transfers within our flight program are included only in this tour.

We currently meet all our guests/ passengers for the ballooning experience at the Ipswich Visitor Information Centre; just 30 minutes’ drive west of Brisbane CBD/ Central.

All transfers within our flight program are included for our guests/ passengers only in our tours (i.e. meeting point to launch site, landing site and to the restaurant if required). Accommodation venue transfers are not available.

We host our after-flight restaurant breakfast at Fourth Child Restaurant – 5 minutes up the road – where passengers and additional guests can chat with the Chief Pilot Graeme Day about ballooning and the region, and reflect and relive their ballooning experience whilst indulging in a freshly cooked hot breakfast (choice of 5-7), over a glass of bubblies and a personalized commemorative flight certificate presented to each passenger.

We advise our customers to either self-drive to the meeting point via own car, rental car, taxi, or rideshare eg Uber, DiDi, Sheba, Ola, etc.  (Approx $75 depending on location and options chosen).

We are happy to drop guests off at the train station if they wish to return by train to Brisbane either before or after the breakfast. (Trains from Brisbane to Ipswich only commence around 5.00 am, so do not arrive in time for an early morning sunrise ballooning experience.)

Given the current Queensland Government subsidy of public transport including trains, buses, and ferries within the Brisbane transport network; train fares from Ipswich to Brisbane are only 50 cents per trip ….. yes only 50 cents!! The train station is a short 500 meters walk from the restaurant.

Alternatively, guests may wish to book to stay locally in Ipswich, closer to the meeting point using the accommodation links provided on our website or you can arrange your own accommodation booking elsewhere.

The Link for addresses & maps: Plan your trip & meeting point

Brisbane Public Transport is convenient and economical – the Queensland Government has in place a 50 cents per trip program in place for all trains, buses & ferries. https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/journey-planner

You can find rideshare options for Brisbane to Ipswich through apps like Uber, DiDi, and Ola, or other services such as GoCatch and Shebah which offer on-demand transport using your mobile phone. Simply book a trip, and the platform will connect you with a driver, with options for upfront pricing and in-app safety features.  For pre-booked, fixed-price transfers consider using services such as 13cabs, Black & White Cabs or Yellow Cabs. If you are staying in hotel accommodation, you can ask the hotel concierge or reception for assistance here (maybe the day prior). Hope this assists.

For private luxury chauffeur services from Brisbane to Ipswich, you can contact companies like Hughes Luxury Cars, Blue Diamond Transfers, Black Luxe Chauffeurs and ChauffeurLink, which offer premium vehicles and door-to-door service for various needs from the Brisbane region. You can also use Blacklane for pre-booked, seamless transfers with transparent fares and professional chauffeurs.

If you have any further queries, please reach out. We look forward to sharing our ballooning experience with you soon.

Getting Here

Ipswich is situated 40 kms west of Brisbane. Getting to Ipswich is easy with many options available to visitors:

  • By Road Ipswich is adjacent to five major arterial roads allowing for easy access via road.
  • From the East the Ipswich Motorway links Ipswich to Brisbane.
  • From the West the Warrego Highway (Highway 54) links Ipswich to major regional centres including Toowoomba, Roma and Charleville.
  • From the North the Brisbane Valley Highway (Highway 17) links Ipswich to major regional centres including Esk, Kingaroy, Murgon, Kilcoy and the Sunshine Coast.
  • From the South the Cunningham Highway (Highway 15) links Ipswich to major regional centres including Warwick and Stanthorpe, along with the New England Highway from New South Wales.
  • From the South-East the Logan Motorway links Ipswich to the Gold Coast and Pacific Highway from New South Wales, and the Gateway Motorway to Brisbane Airport and Sunshine Coast

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Ipswich Queensland

 

Approximate times from major centres

  • Brisbane CBD – 30 minutes by road
  • Brisbane Airport – Approx. 60 minutes by road
  • Gold Coast – Approx. 60 minutes by road
  • Sunshine Coast – 120 minutes by road
  • Toowoomba – Approx. 60 minutes by road
  • Warwick – Approx. 90 minutes by road

Transportation options to Ipswich

By Train

The Brisbane City train network provides regular connections from Ipswich to Brisbane and also accesses the Gold & Sunshine Coast rail lines. For more information of train timetables visit Queensland Rail website. For Passenger Train Information phone 13 12 30.

By Bus

From the Brisbane Transit Centre, 151/171 Roma Street , Brisbane.
Daily coach connections are available. For more information phone (+61 7) 3236 2020.

From the Toowoomba Transit Centre

28 – 30 Neil Street , Toowoomba.
Daily coach connections are available. For more information phone (+617) 4699 4700.

By Air

From the Brisbane International & Domestic Airports. Ipswich is easily accessible. Ipswich is 60 minutes drive from the Airports. Ipswich can also be accessed using the Airtrain from the Airports or via Airport Express bus transfers. For more information visit Brisbane Airport and Airtrain websites.

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Useful maps and additional information

NB: Floating Images accepts no liability by other operators, information on this page is as a courtesy to our clients.

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