Balwyn North

Worth seeing in and around Balwyn North

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.

1. 01
   Heide Museum of Modern Art

   The Heide Museum of Modern Art, also known as Heide, is an art museum in Bulleen, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1981, the museum exhibits modern and contemporary art across three buildings and is set within sixteen acres of heritage-listed gardens and a sculpture park.

   3.9 km · art museum in Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lyon Housemuseum

   The Lyon Housemuseum is a hybrid residence and contemporary art museum located on Cotham Road, Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The Housemuseum displays the Lyon Collection of Australian contemporary art in a purpose designed building.

   3.7 km · art gallery in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Macleay Park

   Macleay Park is a multi-sports complex in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn North. It hosts Australian rules football, cricket, soccer, baseball and netball matches.

   1.3 km · park in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Greythorn Park

   Greythorn Park is a park in the suburb of Balwyn North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern part of the suburb known as Greythorn, from which the park gets its name.

   800 m · park in Balwyn North, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Boroondara General Cemetery

   Boroondara General Cemetery, often referred to as Kew cemetery, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Victoria, Australia, created in the tradition of the Victorian garden cemetery. The cemetery, located in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, is listed as a heritage place on the Victorian Heritage Register.

   3.9 km · cemetery in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Doncaster Hill

   Doncaster Hill is one of the highest points in the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the suburb of Doncaster, it is 120 metres above sea level and has uninterrupted views of the city, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges, the You Yang Ranges and Dandenong Ranges.

   3.4 km · hill in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Westfield Doncaster

   Westfield Doncaster is a large shopping centre and public transport interchange in the eastern suburb of Doncaster in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the first shopping centre built by the Westfield Group in Victoria.

   3.6 km · shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Chadwick House

   The Chadwick House is a villa located at 32–34 The Eyrie in Eaglemont, in the City of Banyule, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It is one of three neighbouring houses built by Harold Desbrowe-Annear, a leading Melbourne architect, in the Arts and Crafts style.

   3.7 km · heritage-listed house in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Maranoa Botanic Gardens

   The Maranoa Botanic Gardens is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden located in Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is significant as being one of the first and only botanical gardens in the world dedicated solely to Australian native plants.

   1.9 km · botanical garden in Balwyn, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Desbrowe Annear House

    The Desbrowe-Annear house is a villa located at 36–38 The Eyrie in Eaglemont, in the City of Banyule, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It is one of three neighbouring houses built by Harold Desbrowe-Annear, a leading Melbourne architect, in the Arts and Crafts style.

    3.7 km · heritage-listed house in Eaglemont, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Balwyn North

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 26 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 61 km

Stations

Chatham, 3.4 km · East Camberwell, 3.9 km · Deepdene railway station, Melbourne, 2.7 km · East Kew railway station, 2.9 km · Roystead railway station, 3.2 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Balwyn North

  9 km · quickest by road, 28 min · A$1.5–2
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  597 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · A$220–320
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• Adelaide → Balwyn North

  663 km · quickest by air, 5h 18m · A$230–340
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