Amaroo
Amaroo is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin and was gazetted on 18 October 1991.
Amaroo is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin and was gazetted on 18 October 1991. Amaroo means 'a beautiful place' in Nyoongar. Place names in Amaroo such as Shoalhaven Avenue are named after Australian rivers and lakes. Amaroo is adjacent to the suburbs of Ngunnawal, Gungahlin, Moncrieff, Forde, Bonner and Jacka. The suburb is bounded by Mirrabei Drive and Horse Park Drive and Gundaroo Drive. The suburb is located approximately 1.4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and 15 km from the centre of Canberra.
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Worth seeing in and around Amaroo
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
Gungahlin Enclosed Oval is a multi-use stadium located in the north Canberra region of Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory. It is the home ground for Gungahlin United, Gungahlin Jets, Gungahlin Bulls and Gungahlin Eagles.
1.5 km · Stadium in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Gungahlin Place
Gungahlin Place is a transport interchange in Gungahlin Town Centre. It is the northern terminus of the Canberra Metro R1 Civic to Gungahlin line and is an important connection point between light rail and bus transport.
1.7 km · light rail stop · Wikipedia - 03Mapleton Avenue light rail station
The Canberra light rail line serves the city of Canberra, Australia. The initial 12-kilometre light rail line links the northern town centre of Gungahlin to the city centre and has 14 stops.
3.2 km · light rail stop in Canberra · Wikipedia
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Getting to Amaroo
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 232 km
- Stations
- Nullarbor Avenue, light rail station, 3.7 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Amaroo234 km · quickest by road, 4h 7m · A$33–44
- Williamtown → AmarooTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Melbourne → Amaroo474 km · quickest by road, 9h 38m · A$75–105
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Amaroo
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Amaroo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIt is possible to use Canberra's off-road cycleway network to reach the airport.
- Get inOn some days, it is possible to make a day trip by train from Sydney and spend 5–6 hours in Canberra.
- Get aroundBicycles are a practical way to get around Canberra while visiting, and will get you to most attractions using a well-developed network of off-road cycle paths and bike freeways.
From Wikivoyage: Canberra, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Amaroo
Amaroo is 12 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.