Name of General Manager 

Kate Bjur – assistant director

Year of Establishment

2020

Postal Address

PO Box 450 

ARCHERFIELD, Qld, 4108

Street Address

99 Wolston Park Road, 

Wacol, Qld, 4076

How to Get There

Public transport:

1. Bus from Brisbane Airport to Brisbane City:

• Route 590 (or other buses depending on time) operates from Brisbane Airport to Brisbane City (Queen Street Bus Station). This bus ride will take approximately 30 minutes.

2. Train from Brisbane City to Wacol:

• From the Queen Street Bus Station (or a nearby train station like Brisbane Central Station), catch a train on the Ipswich Line towards Ipswich.
• Get off at Wacol Station. The train ride will take about 25 minutes.

3. Walk to 99 Wolston Park Road:

• From Wacol Station, it will take approximately 10–15 minutes to walk to 99 Wolston Park Road, Wacol.

Car:

Exit Brisbane Airport:

• Head west on Airport Drive towards the M1 motorway.

Merge onto the M1:

• Take the M1 Motorway and follow the signs for Brisbane.

Continue on M1:

• Drive along the M1, heading toward Ipswich Road.

**Take the Exit for Wacol and Sumners Road:

• Follow the exit signs for Wacol.
• Stay on Sumners Road and head towards Wacol.

Turn onto Wolston Park Road:

• Follow Wolston Park Road to your destination.

Arrive at 99 Wolston Park Road:

• Your destination will be on the left.

Phone no. 

(07) 3021 0900

Population

Capacity

32

Number of Staff

Health Care Services

Education and Skill Development

Level of Security

When entering a centre you must:

• show proof of identification at each visit
• enter through the metal detector
• give us any items you want to bring in to be x-rayed.

Banned item and restricted items

Items not allowed in youth detention centres

• weapons/firearms
• explosives/ammunition
• knives / pocketknives / multi tools
• other cutting/sharp-edged item or material
• metal cutlery / utensils / scissors
• rope/cord
• non-prescribed or illegal drugs or drug-related items
• cigarettes
• lighters/matches
• keys
• alcohol or flammable substances
• aerosol sprays (non-medication)
• pornographic material

Restricted items

• mobile telephones
• laptop computers/tablets
• cameras or equipment with built-in cameras
• recording equipment
• DVDs, CDs and video cassettes
• USB devices and other electronic storage media
• hand luggage or briefcases
• reusable containers larger than 750ml

Availability of Activities

Contact with Outside World

General visiting hours:

Professional visiting hours: 

When visiting a youth detention centre, you can’t bring:

• food for your child
• gifts
• banned items like cigarettes or drugs.

Families can bring coins to use in the visits centre vending machines. Food you buy from the vending machines can be shared with your child only while they are in the visits centre.

Youth detention centres have rules about what you can wear when you visit. You can’t wear:

• clothing that has obscene or discriminatory words on it
• shirts without sleeves, including tank tops and singlets
• short skirts or short shorts
• very tight clothing
• clothing that you can see through
• clothing that is revealing.

You must wear closed-in shoes at all times. Stiletto heels are not allowed.

You may wear minimal jewellery.

Time Out of Cell

Additional Remarks