Baulkham Hills
Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located within 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the local government area of The Hills Shire, of which Baulkham Hills was formerly the administrative seat and namesake of The Hills Shire. A small section of the suburb which is located south of the Hills Motorway-Windsor Road intersection is part of the City of Parramatta.
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Worth seeing in and around Baulkham Hills
4 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.
- 01Lake Parramatta
Man-made reservoir located near Parramatta in the Western Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia
3.8 km · Wikipedia - 02
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- 04Gilroy College
Catholic co-educational secondary day school in Castle Hill, Australia
2.3 km · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
West of Parramatta out to the Nepean and Hawkesbury was the site of some of Sydney's most important colonial development. The earliest colonialists built their first roads and railways here, away from the barren ground of Sydney Town to the fertile plains to the west.
- 01Koala Park
84 Castle Hill Road, West Pennant Hills, fax: +61 2 9484 8009, david@koalapark.com.
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Things to do
Park Berowra Valley Regional Park. Walking trails leading to the Great North Walk can be entered at the very end of Quarry Road, Dural. No motorcycles or dogs allowed.
- 01Cumberland State Forest
95 Castle Hill Road, West Pennant Hills, info@fcnsw.com.au.
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Where to eat
- 01Wildpear Cafe
Brunch and lunch, with much emphasis on the pear ingredient.
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Getting to Baulkham Hills
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 27 km · Newcastle (NTL), 133 km
- Stations
- Castle Hill metro station, 3.5 km · Hills Showground metro station, 3.5 km · Norwest metro station, 3.7 km
- Williamtown → Baulkham Hills131 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · A$20–26
- Gold Coast → Baulkham Hills681 km · quickest by air, 5h 53m · A$270–400
- Toowoomba → Baulkham Hills695 km · quickest by air, 5h 41m · A$260–390
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Baulkham Hills
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 Baulkham Hills. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe region is well serviced by public transport with trains, buses and ferries servicing the area.
- Get inThere are regular ferries from Sydney and it makes a great way to get to places near the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers.
- Go nextTake the ferry from Woolwich Wharf to historic Cockatoo Island.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Macquarie Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Baulkham Hills
Baulkham Hills is 23 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castle Hillsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km
- Northmeadsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.9 km
- Winston Hillssuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2 km
- North Rockssuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.3 km
- Bella Vistasuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Old Toongabbiesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km