Bentleigh East

Worth seeing in and around Bentleigh East

8 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
   Monash University

   Monash University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958.

   6.4 km · public university based in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Luna Park

   Luna Park Melbourne is a historic amusement park located on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria. It opened on 13 December 1912, with a formal opening a week later, and has been operating almost continuously ever since.

   9.9 km · amusement park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre

   The Melbourne Holocaust Museum is an Australian institution dedicated to Holocaust education, research, and remembrance, based in Melbourne. It was founded in Elsternwick, Melbourne, in 1984 by Holocaust survivors.

   7.1 km · holocaust museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Our Lady of Victories Basilica

   Our Lady of Victories Basilica is a Roman Catholic church located in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. Romanesque Revival in style, it was designed by architect Augustus Andrew Fritsch and was completed in 1918.

   9.7 km · church building in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   2024 Melbourne synagogue attack

   On 6 December 2024, at approximately 4:10 am local time, an arson attack took place at the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne in Ripponlea, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. The resulting fire injured one member of the synagogue and caused significant damage to the building.

   8 km · December 2024 firebombing of Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jewish Museum of Australia

   The Jewish Museum of Australia aims to "explore and share the Jewish experience in Australia". It is located in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne.

   9.8 km · Jewish museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Australian National Aviation Museum

   The Moorabbin Air Museum is an aviation museum at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1962 as the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, in an attempt to maintain a World War II-era Bristol Beaufighter aircraft.

   6.5 km · aviation museum near Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   National Theatre

   The National Theatre is a 783-seat Australian theatre and theatrical arts school located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda, on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets. The building was constructed in 1921 as The Victory Theatre, rebuilt as 2550 seat cinema in 1928, finally converted to a live venue in 1972/4 with 783 seats.

   9.7 km · Australian theatre and theatrical arts school in Melbourne · Wikipedia

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Getting to Bentleigh East

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 34 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 54 km

Stations

Moorabbin Airport, 6.8 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Bentleigh East

  10 km · quickest by road, 28 min · A$1.5–2
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Bentleigh East

  585 km · quickest by air, 5h 21m · A$220–330
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• Adelaide → Bentleigh East

  666 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · A$240–350
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