RAAF Base Glenbrook
RAAF Base Glenbrook is a Royal Australian Air Force base located in Glenbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains, approximately 60 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia.- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Australian Air Force base
- Also known as: “RAAF Glenbrook”, “Royal Australian Air Force Glenbrook”, and “YGNB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lapstone Zig Zag and Lucasville railway station.
Lapstone Zig Zag
Photo: Ben Newton, CC BY 2.0.
The Lapstone Zig Zag was a zig zag railway built between Emu Plains and Blaxland stations on the Main Western Line of New South Wales in Australia. Constructed between 1863 and 1865 to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue… Lapstone Zig Zag is situated 300 metres east of RAAF Base Glenbrook.
Lucasville railway station
Photo: JohnsonL623, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lucasville railway station was a railway station on the Lapstone Zig Zag, part of the Main Western line in New South Wales. The station was open between 1878 and 1892. Lucasville railway station is situated 330 metres northeast of RAAF Base Glenbrook.
Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve
The Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve is a small botanical garden and arboretum of around 2 hectares in Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia, featuring Australian native plants, principally those indigenous to the Blue Mountains. Glenbrook Native Plant Reserve is situated 1¼ km west of RAAF Base Glenbrook.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenbrook and Lapstone.
Glenbrook
Glenbrook is a suburb of 5,000 people in the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It offers trendy cafes, boutiques, various tourist attractions, weekend markets, recreational opportunities, and native flora and fauna.
Lapstone
Village
Lapstone is an Australian township on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales at an elevation of 160 metres. Lapstone is located 62 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains and is part of the federal electorate of Macquarie.
Jamisontown
Suburb
Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Jamisontown is situated 3½ km east of RAAF Base Glenbrook.
RAAF Base Glenbrook
- Category: air base
- Location: City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.76272° or 33° 45′ 46″ southLongitude
150.63603° or 150° 38′ 10″ eastElevation
210 metres (689 feet)Operator
RAAFOpen location code
4RRG6JPP+WCOpenStreetMap ID
way 22931503OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q7274961
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In Other Languages
From German to Tajik—“RAAF Base Glenbrook” goes by many names.
- German: “RAAF Base Glenbrook”
- Indonesian: “YGNB”
- Japanese: “グレンブルック空軍基地”
- Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی استرالیا در پایگاه گلنبروک”
- Spanish: “Base RAAF Glenbrook”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате устуролеё дар пойгоҳи глнбрук”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knapsack Reserve and Quarry Lookout.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Former Lapstone Hill Hotel and AAFC - No 323 (City of Blue Mountains) Squadron.
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