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Coogee

Coogee is a beachside suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, eight kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district.

Coogee
Coogee · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Coogee is a beachside suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, eight kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Coogee

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
    2025 Bondi Beach shooting

    On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic and Islamic State –inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, allegedly shot dead 15 people, including 11 men, 3 women, and a 10-year-old girl.

    3.9 km · mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2025 · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    University of New South Wales

    The University of New South Wales is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949.

    2.1 km · public research university in Kensington, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Institute of Dramatic Art

    The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting, writing, directing, scenic construction, technical theatre, voice, costume, props, production design and cultural leadership.

    2.8 km · performing arts college in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church of Randwick

    The National Shrine and Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic church in Randwick in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is heritage-listed.

    1.3 km · Catholic religious building in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Waverley Cemetery

    The Waverley Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery on top of the cliffs at Bronte in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Opened in 1877 and built by R. Watkins and P. Beddie, the cemetery is noted for its largely intact Victorian and Edwardian monuments.

    1.5 km · cemetery in Bronte, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Randwick Racecourse

    Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters.

    2.5 km · Austalian racecourse · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Bronte Beach

    Bronte Beach is a small but popular recreational beach in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It is a division of the LGA of Waverley Council.

    2.1 km · beach in Waverley Municipal Council, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sydney Showground

    The former Sydney Showground at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales, Australia, from 1882 until 1997. The Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

    3.9 km · site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show (1882-1997) · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Coogee Oval

    Coogee Oval is a sporting ground, located in Coogee, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, Australia. The ground overlooks Coogee Beach.

    100 m · sporting ground in Coogee, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Westfield Bondi Junction

    Westfield Bondi Junction is a large shopping centre in the suburb of Bondi Junction in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.

    3.1 km · Shopping mall located in Bondi Junction · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Coogee

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 8 km · Newcastle (NTL), 136 km
Stations
Bondi Junction railway station, 3.2 km
  • Williamtown → Coogee
    134 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · A$22–29
  • Gold Coast → Coogee
    690 km · quickest by air, 5h · A$220–330
  • Toowoomba → Coogee
    710 km · quickest by air, 4h 48m · A$210–320
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Coogee

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 Coogee. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThen, follow Pioneers walking track to the very north of the carpark until you reach the entry of the national park.

From Wikivoyage: Malabar Headland National Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2024-02.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    985 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,098 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,293 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,861 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,272 km

If you know how people move in Coogee – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Coogee

Coogee is 7 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bondi Beachsuburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
  • Bondi Junctionsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 km
  • Maroubrasuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
  • Bondisuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 km
  • Randwicksuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2 km
  • Brontesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.9 km