Botany Bay

Worth seeing in and around Botany Bay

3 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
   Kamay Botany Bay National Park

   The Kamay Botany Bay National Park is a heritage-listed protected national park in the eastern part of Botany Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The 456-hectare national park is situated approximately 16 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, on the northern and southern headlands of Botany Bay.

   2.4 km · National Park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   La Perouse Mission Church

   The La Perouse Mission Church is a heritage-listed former church building and now vacant building and unused church located at 46 Adina Avenue, La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1894 to 1930.

   1.8 km · church in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park

   Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, Eastern Suburbs Crematorium and Botany General Cemetery, is a cemetery and crematorium on Bunnerong Road in Matraville, New South Wales, in the eastern suburbs district of Sydney, Australia.

   2.8 km · cemetery in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Mascot

   A mixed developmental area on the northwestern shores of Botany Bay.

From Wikivoyage: Botany Bay, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Planespotting from the carpark behind the old control tower on the shore of Botany Bay adjacent to the main north-south runway. The carpark is closed after dark. There is a small beach and access to the security fence only metres from the main runway. At dawn you may see some of Sydney's racehorses being led into the water here for a swim.

From Wikivoyage: Botany Bay, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Hong Ha, 1151 Botany Rd, Mascot, honghabakery@gmail.com. 6AM – 4:30PM. This tiny Vietnamese bakery is an institution. Visit the original store, which gets queues down the street at lunchtime, and order their famous chicken roll (with optional fresh chilli).

1. 01
   The Grounds of Alexandria

   7a/2 Huntley St, Alexandria (depart at Green Square Station, and follow Bourke Road southwest (approx 10 minute walk)).

2. 02
   The Goni's Schnitzelria

   After 12 years at The White Cockatoo Hotel, Goni's has now relocated with the same old menu.

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Getting to Botany Bay

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 8 km · Newcastle (NTL), 145 km

• Williamtown → Botany Bay

  144 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · A$22–30
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• Gold Coast → Botany Bay

  699 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$210–310
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• Melbourne → Botany Bay

  703 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · A$210–320
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