Laidley, located just off the Warrego Highway between Ipswich and Gatton, lies in the fertile Lockyer Valley and is known as Queensland's Country Garden. Established in the 1840s around a lagoon and inn where drovers rested their stock, it has since become the centre for an extremely productive vegetable growing industry that dominates the Lockyer Valley. Of interest in the area include the Laidley Pioneer Village which features many of the original buildings from the old township, Narda Lagoon and Flora and Fauna sanctuary, the historical Das Neumann house, and the town's main street which provides a variety of shops.

Population:

3976 ¹

Postcode:

4341

Location:

80 km west of Brisbane

Main Roads:

Cobb & Co Tourist Drive

Radio Stations:

FM:
ABC Classic (106.1 MHz), ABC News Radio (96.7 MHz), Faith FM (88.0 MHz), River 94.9 (94.9 MHz), Triple J (107.7 MHz) and Vision Christian Radio (87.6 MHz)

AM:
ABC Radio Brisbane (612 kHz), ABC Radio National (747 kHz), ABC Southern QLD (747 kHz) and RadioTAB (1008 kHz)

Entering Laidley:

Vaux St northbound as it enters the Laidley town centre, February 2022.

Image © Rob Tilley

Anzac Park:

View soldiers memorial in Anzac Park at Laidley, June 2009.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Laidley Town Centre:

Patrick Street as it passes through the Laidley town centre, June 2009.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Laidley Town Centre:

Patrick Street as it passes through the Laidley town centre, June 2009.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Laidley Town Centre:

Patrick Street as it passes through the Laidley town centre, June 2009.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Laidley Town Centre:

Patrick Street as it passes through the Laidley town centre, July 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade

Entering Laidley:

Whites Road (Old Warrego Highway) as it enters Laidley from the northeast, July 2004.

Image © Michael Greenslade