Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Darlinghurst is located immediately east of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and Hyde Park, within the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is often colloquially referred to as "Darlo".
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Australian Centre for Photography
257 Oxford Street, Paddington, info@acp.org.au.
- 02Australian Museum
1 William St (opposite Hyde Park on the corner of William St and College St),.
- 03National Art School Gallery
- 04Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, admin@sjm.com.au.
- 05El Alamein Fountain
Fitzroy Gardens entrance (at the top of Darlinghurst Road).
- 06Paddington Reservoir Gardens
Interestingly designed gardens built in the old reservoir.
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Things to do
Oxford St Rock and Roll Walk of Fame, Oxford St, Darlinghurst & Paddington. Download the podcast from the City of Sydney website and do a walking tour of past and present landmarks from the Sydney rock'n'roll scene.
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Where to eat
= = Aperitif, 7 Kellett St, Kings Cross,. Daily 6PM-3AM. Hidden away in a leafy corner of Kings Cross. With the kitchen open until 2AM most nights of the week, this is one of the few options in Sydney for a late night meal that doesn't involve standing and looking up while ordering. Spanish menu featuring tapas and other plates best for sharing. Bootleg Bar and Italian Food, 175 Victoria St, Potts Point,.
- 01Yulli's
417 Crown St, Surry Hills,.
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Getting to Darlinghurst
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 8 km · Newcastle (NTL), 134 km
- Williamtown → Darlinghurst132 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · A$21–28
- Gold Coast → Darlinghurst687 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · A$220–330
- Toowoomba → Darlinghurst706 km · quickest by air, 4h 49m · A$210–320
- 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 Darlinghurst
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 Darlinghurst. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCircular Quay has the Opera House, Ferries, Harbour Foreshore and the Botanic Gardens.
- Get inThere is also a direct link to Barangaroo via the train station, which has a ferry wharf for ferries to Parramatta, North Sydney, and a more circuitous but scenic route to Circular Quay.
- Get inCircular Quay is underneath the railway station and close to the ferry terminal.
- Get inThe most pleasant way to arrive in Sydney city centre, or to get out and see the Sydney harbour or north shore, is by ferry.
- Get inMost ferry routes (from 41 wharves around the Sydney harbour suburbs) start or finish at Circular Quay, at the northern end of the CBD.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/City Centre, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is 2 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.