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Gungahlin

Gungahlin is a district in the Australian Capital Territory and one of the fastest growing regions in Australia.

Gungahlin
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The place

Gungahlin is a district in the Australian Capital Territory and one of the fastest growing regions in Australia. The district is subdivided into suburbs, sections and blocks. Gungahlin is an Aboriginal word meaning either "white man's house" or "little rocky hill".

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Gungahlin

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
    Mapleton Avenue light rail station

    The Canberra light rail line serves the city of Canberra, Australia. The initial 12-kilometre light rail line links the northern town centre of Gungahlin to the city centre and has 14 stops.

    2 km · light rail stop in Canberra · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gungahlin Enclosed Oval

    Gungahlin Enclosed Oval is a multi-use stadium located in the north Canberra region of Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory. It is the home ground for Gungahlin United, Gungahlin Jets, Gungahlin Bulls and Gungahlin Eagles.

    600 m · Stadium in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Gungahlin Place

    Gungahlin Place is a transport interchange in Gungahlin Town Centre. It is the northern terminus of the Canberra Metro R1 Civic to Gungahlin line and is an important connection point between light rail and bus transport.

    300 m · light rail stop · 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.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Northside Garden Cafe

    Shop 8/39 O'Hanlon Pl, Nicholls, northsidegardencafe@gmail.com.

  2. 02
    Arirang

    Has great Korean flavours – Korean stews, soups, pancakes, chicken and BBQ.

  3. 03
    Da Nunzio Caffe Bar Ristorante

    76 Phyllis Ashton Cct, admin@danunzio.com.au.

  4. 04
    Jasmine House

    An Asian (or specifically Chinese) restaurant with lots of good options for a spicy pot (what they seem to call a "hot pot").

  5. 05
    Siren Bar and Restaurant

    30 Anthony Rolfe Ave, enquiries@sirenbar.com.au.

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

Go there

Getting to Gungahlin

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 232 km
Stations
Nullarbor Avenue, light rail station, 2.4 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Gungahlin
    235 km · quickest by road, 4h 5m · A$33–44
  • Williamtown → Gungahlin
    363 km · quickest by road, 6h 43m · A$55–70
  • Melbourne → Gungahlin
    474 km · quickest by road, 9h 38m · A$75–105
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Gungahlin

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt is possible to use Canberra's off-road cycleway network to reach the airport.
  • Get inOn some days, it is possible to make a day trip by train from Sydney and spend 5–6 hours in Canberra.
  • Get aroundBicycles are a practical way to get around Canberra while visiting, and will get you to most attractions using a well-developed network of off-road cycle paths and bike freeways.

From Wikivoyage: Canberra, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    916 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,077 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,173 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,912 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,230 km

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

Around it

Next door to Gungahlin

Gungahlin is 11 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Palmerstonsuburb of Canberra, Australia2.1 km
  • Cracesuburb of Canberra, Australia3.2 km
  • Moncrieffsuburb of Canberra, Australia3 km
  • Ngunnawalsuburb of Canberra, Australia2.3 km
  • Mitchellsuburb of Canberra, Australia3.7 km
  • Amaroosuburb of Canberra, Australia1.4 km