Botany
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology that studies the growth, reproduction and evolution of plants over the last 3.5 billion years of life on earth.
Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology that studies the growth, reproduction and evolution of plants over the last 3.5 billion years of life on earth. As with all areas of biology and medicine, plants can be studied at range of levels from their biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and genetics to their ecology, pathology, anatomy, morphology and taxonomy. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who specialises in this field. Plants can be defined in multiple ways including approximately 410,000 species of land plants, and some 391,000 species of vascular plants, of which approximately 369,000 are flowering plants and approximately 20,000 bryophytes.
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Worth seeing in and around Botany
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.
- 01Alexandra Canal
The Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River, is a heritage-listed artificial waterway in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandra Canal was named after Princess Alexandra, who married Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863.
3.4 km · canal in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Westfield Eastgardens
Westfield Eastgardens is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Eastgardens in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
2.6 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03St Peters Church
St Peter's Anglican Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church located at 187-209 Princes Highway in St Peters, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the oldest churches in Sydney.
4 km · Anglican church in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Timber Slab Cottage, Tempe
Timber Slab Cottage is a heritage-listed residence at 44 Barden Street, Tempe, Inner West Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1840 to 1850.
3.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Southpoint Shopping Centre
Southpoint Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in the suburb of Hillsdale in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia, south-east of the CBD.
3.3 km · shopping mall in Hillsdale, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 06Astrolabe Park
Astrolabe Park is a 9.17-hectare public park in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Astrolabe Park is located south-east of Sydney CBD in the heritage suburb of Daceyville, and the park is also part of the heritage listed Botany Water Reserves.
3.2 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Botany Water Reserves
The Botany Water Reserves is a heritage-listed area that was historically used as part of Sydney's water supply system. It is located at 1024 Botany Road, Mascot, New South Wales, Australia.
1.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel
The Old Sir Joseph Banks Hotel is a heritage-listed former hotel at 23 Anniversary Street, Botany, Bayside Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1840 to 1874.
1.2 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09St. Spyridon Parish of South East Sydney
The St. Spyridon Parish of South East Sydney is the Greek Orthodox presence in the south-east region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3.5 km · church in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Sewage Pumping Station 38
Sewage Pumping Station 38 is a heritage-listed sewerage pumping station located on General Holmes Drive, in the Sydney suburb of Mascot, in the Bayside Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board.
900 m · heritage listed sewage pumping station at Mascot, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
It is outside the scope of Wikivoyage to act as a detailed botanical guidebook to where individual species might be specifically found. The listings given below are either major tourist sites, recognized internationally (by UNESCO or other organizations) or regions visited specifically because of their floral or botanical heritage.
From Wikivoyage: Botany, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
In conservation areas you should take care that the food that you bring with does not cause biosecurity breaches. Check your bags for any pests that may be trying to hitch a lift. Avoid bringing any food with you which would grow if accidentally dropped - you may need to leave fresh fruit and nuts behind, although cooked fruit may be fine.
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Getting to Botany
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 2 km · Newcastle (NTL), 141 km
- Stations
- Sydney Airport, 1.8 km · International railway station, 3.1 km · Domestic railway station, 2 km · Mascot railway station, 2.7 km · Sydney Airport Air Traffic Control Tower, 1.4 km
- Williamtown → Botany139 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Botany695 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$200–310
- Melbourne → Botany707 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · A$210–310
- 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 Botany
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 Botany. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOn cruise days there is a ferry operating to Darling Harbour, as well as taxis and transfer services organised by the cruise companies (usually to the city and airport).
- Get aroundThe public transport system consists of train, metro, light rail, ferry, and bus services, and can get you virtually anywhere in the city as well as the outer regions.
- Get aroundThe sign "T" in orange means train, "M" in teal means metro, "L" in red means light rail, "F" in green means ferry, "B" in blue means bus, and "C" in purple means coach.
- Get aroundSome ferries and buses have disabled access.
- Get aroundThe fare system covers all train, metro, light rail, ferry and bus services in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the surrounding regions.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Botany
Botany is 9 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mascotsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.6 km
- Kingsfordsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Matravillesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Alexandriasuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
- Roseberysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- Beaconsfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km