Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Brisbane, QLD, Australia is a submarine cable landing point in Australia (coordinates -27.4689°, 153.0228°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Australia's international connectivity infrastructure.

Brisbane is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Queensland and the third-most populous city in Australia, with a population of approximately 2.8 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of South East Queensland; a bio-geographical and urban region with an estimated population of 4.1 million as of 2024. The central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. Greater Brisbane sprawls across the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between the Pacific Ocean and the Taylor and D'Aguilar mountain ranges, encompassing several local government areas (LGAs). The City of Brisbane LGA forms the inner area of Greater Brisbane, and is the most populous local government area in Australia. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Brisbane, QLD, Australia, international traffic can reach 6 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Brisbane, QLD, Australia in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Hawaiki Nui 1 (2027) — Hawaiki Nui 1 is an intercontinental submarine cable system connecting Southeast Asia and Oceania, with 9 landing points across 6 countries including Batam, Indonesia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Changi, Singapore, Darwin, NT, Australia and others. As a major intercontinental system spanning 6 nations, it serves as a critical artery for international data traffic between continents. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.