Balgowlah
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling.
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Worth seeing in and around Balgowlah
10 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.
- 01Manly Beach
Manly Beach is a beach situated among the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. From north to south, the three main sections are Queenscliff, North Steyne and South Steyne.
2.8 km · beach situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The 392-hectare national park lies in New South Wales and was created progressively, from 1975.
3.6 km · National Park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach is a beach located in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to North Head and Fairy Bower.
3.7 km · beach in Manly, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Manly Dam
The Manly Dam is a heritage-listed dam near King Street, Manly Vale with a reservoir extending into Allambie Heights, both in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is often used as a place to have recreational activities.
1.7 km · dam in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Westfield Warringah Mall
Westfield Warringah Mall is a large indoor/outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Brookvale in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney.
3.2 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Fairy Bower Beach
Fairy Bower is a beach in the Manly area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Fairy Bower is an affluent area, located close to Shelly Beach and North Head.
3.2 km · beach in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Little Manly Beach
Little Manly Beach is situated on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour, within Little Manly Cove, which is separated from the larger Manly Cove by Manly Point.
2.9 km · beach in Australia · Wikipedia - 08Tania Park
Tania Park is an urban park located at 2 Bareena Drive, Balgowlah Heights, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Administered by the Northern Beaches Council, the park functions as a suburban park containing large dog exercise areas, sporting facilities and play equipment.
1.4 km · Park in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Grotto Point Light
Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light, is an active lighthouse located at Grotto Point, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia, on the north side of Sydney Harbour. It serves as the front range light, Rosherville Light serving as the rear light, into Port Jackson.
2.4 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Obelisk Beach
Obelisk Beach is a nude beach in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. The beach is on the southern side of Middle Head in Sydney Harbour and is part of Sydney Harbour National Park.
3.7 km · nude beach in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Balgowlah
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 18 km · Newcastle (NTL), 123 km
- Stations
- Middle Harbour, 1.2 km
- Williamtown → Balgowlah122 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · A$21–28
- Gold Coast → Balgowlah677 km · quickest by air, 5h 29m · A$250–360
- Toowoomba → Balgowlah696 km · quickest by air, 5h 17m · A$240–360
- 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 Balgowlah
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 Balgowlah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries dock on the harbour side of Manly a short walk across to the beach.
- Get inThe Manly Ferry crosses the Harbour to Manly every 30 min.
- Get inThe ferry takes around 30 min and total travel time from the city centre is about 45 min.
- Get inManly fast ferries cost $10.20 for the same trip, and complete it about 10 minutes quicker.
- Get inThis company also sells hop-on hop-off ferries passes for its ferries.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Manly, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Balgowlah
Balgowlah is 9 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Manlysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.4 km
- Principality of Wymicronation based in the Sydney suburb of Mosman2.6 km
- Mosmansuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Freshwatersuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
- Curl Curlsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Brookvalesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km