Fawkner

Worth seeing in and around Fawkner

8 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
   Edwardes Lake

   Edwardes Lake is a recreational waterbody in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.

   2.3 km · lake in Darebin City, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St James Old Cathedral

   St James Old Cathedral, an Anglican church, is the oldest church in Melbourne, Australia, albeit not on its original site. It is one of the relatively few buildings in the central city which predate the Victorian gold rush of 1851.

   2.6 km · church in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Truby King Baby Health Centre

   The Truby King Baby Health Centre is a child health care centre, located on City of Merri-bek Council property on Elm Grove, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The facilities in the centre are shared with the local brass band.

   3.7 km · heritage-listed child health care centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   B.T. Connor Reserve

   B.T. Connor Reserve is the home of the Preston Lions football club. It currently has room for about 6,500 spectators with 800 seats.

   1.1 km · Football stadium in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Fawkner Memorial Park

   The Fawkner Memorial Park, officially known as the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, and previously known as the Municipal Cemetery, Fawkner, and the New Melbourne Cemetery, is a cemetery and crematorium located adjacent to Sydney Road, Hadfield, a northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. At 114 hectares, it is the largest cemetery in Victoria and is managed by Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust.

   1.1 km · memorial park with crematorium and cemetery in Hadfield, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Scots Uniting Church

   The Scots Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting Church in Australia church, located at 1702 Hume Highway, Campbellfield, Hume City, Victoria, Australia. The church was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 October 1974 in recognition of its historical, architectural and archaeological significance; and has one of the four remaining churchyards in Victoria.

   3.6 km · heritage-listed church in Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Trinity Anglican Church Complex

   The Holy Trinity Anglican Church is an Anglican parish church located at 520 Sydney Road, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in stages between 1848 and 1883, the church was designed in the Gothic Revival style.

   3.6 km · Heritage-listed Anglican church and associated buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Murray Road Bridge

   The Murray Road Bridge, also known as the Merri Creek Bridge, is an arch stone road bridge across the Merri Creek and its associated trail, constructed by Victorian convicts, that carries Murray Road, located in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1871, the bridge was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 19 September 1996 in recognition of its architectural, historic and scientific importance.

   3.2 km · heritage-listed bridge over the Merri Creek in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Fawkner

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 12 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 57 km

Stations

Gowrie, 1.1 km · Regent, 3.9 km · Ruthven, 3.6 km · Batman, 3 km · Coburg, 3.9 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Fawkner

  14 km · quickest by road, 44 min · A$2.5–3
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Fawkner

  609 km · quickest by air, 4h 23m · A$180–270
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• Adelaide → Fawkner

  649 km · quickest by air, 4h 40m · A$190–290
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