Box Hill

Worth seeing in and around Box Hill

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.

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.

   2.7 km · park in Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Siena College

   Siena College is a Roman Catholic secondary school for girls in Camberwell, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1940.

   4 km · College in Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   South Surrey Park

   South Surrey Park is a park in Melbourne, Australia, located in the suburb of Surrey Hills. The park is progressively being replanted with indigenous native species.

   3.1 km · park in City of Boroondara, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Greythorn Park

   Greythorn Park is a park in the suburb of Balwyn North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern part of the suburb known as Greythorn, from which the park gets its name.

   3.8 km · park in Balwyn North, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Maranoa Botanic Gardens

   The Maranoa Botanic Gardens is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden located in Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is significant as being one of the first and only botanical gardens in the world dedicated solely to Australian native plants.

   3.4 km · botanical garden in Balwyn, Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   500 m · Catholic school for girls located in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   3.2 km · park in Blackburn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   900 m · cemetery in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   1 km · Stadium in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Doncaster Hill

    Doncaster Hill is one of the highest points in the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is in the suburb of Doncaster, it is 120 metres above sea level and has uninterrupted views of the city, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges, the You Yang Ranges and Dandenong Ranges.

    3.7 km · hill in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Box Hill

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 30 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 63 km

Stations

Canterbury, 3.9 km · Chatham, 3.3 km · Laburnum, 1.3 km · Union Station, 2.2 km

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  11 km · quickest by road, 34 min · A$1.5–2
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  593 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · A$230–340
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• Adelaide → Box Hill

  667 km · quickest by air, 5h 29m · A$240–360
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