Blackburn South

Worth seeing in and around Blackburn South

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
   Wattle Park

   Wattle Park is a 41-hectare urban park in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. It is known for its plantation of 12,000 wattle trees.

   3.4 km · park in Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wobbies World

   Wobbies World was an amusement park which operated from about 1970 to the late 1990s in the Melbourne suburb of Nunawading, Australia.

   2.8 km · amusement park in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Blackburn Lake Sanctuary

   The Blackburn Lake Sanctuary is a 27-hectare bushland park located in Blackburn, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Formally set aside as a park in 1965, the regenerated and remnant bushland surrounds a man-made lake that was created in 1889 by the damming of the Kooyongkoot Creek.

   2.1 km · park in Blackburn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Box Hill Cemetery

   The Box Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located in Box Hill, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The 12.5-hectare site is known as the resting place of notable figures from Melbourne.

   1.9 km · cemetery in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Box Hill City Oval

   Box Hill City Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill. It is the home of the Box Hill Hawks, which plays in the Victorian Football League and VFL Women's competitions, and the Box Hill Cricket Club, which plays in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.

   2.2 km · Stadium in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Forest Hill Chase

   Forest Hill Chase (often called "The Chase" is a major regional shopping centre located in Forest Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It has approximately 200 shops across three levels and parking space for over 3400 cars.

   1.7 km · Shopping center in Forest Hill, Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Forest Hill College

   Forest Hill College is a co-educational state secondary college in Burwood East, Victoria, Australia. It was originally established in 1970 as Burwood Heights Secondary College, later re-opening as Forest Hill College in 1990.

   2 km · co-educational state secondary college in Burwood East, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Our Lady of Sion College

   Our Lady of Sion College is a Catholic school for girls located in Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia. The current principal is Rebecca Cetrola.

   2.5 km · Catholic school for girls located in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Blackburn South

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 33 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 63 km

Stations

Laburnum, 1.9 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Blackburn South

  13 km · quickest by road, 33 min · A$1.5–2
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Blackburn South

  590 km · quickest by air, 5h 22m · A$220–330
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• Adelaide → Blackburn South

  670 km · quickest by air, 5h 39m · A$240–350
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