Higgins
Worth seeing in and around Higgins
6 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.
- 01Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra is a reservoir formed by the Ginninderra Dam, an earth-filled embankment dam across Ginninderra Creek, located adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre, in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.
3.6 km · artificial lake in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia - 02McKellar Park
McKellar Park is an association football stadium in the Canberra suburb of McKellar. The playing surface is rectangular in shape and is used almost exclusively for association football matches.
1.4 km · stadium in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Westfield Belconnen
Westfield Belconnen, also known colloquially as Belconnen Mall, is managed by Scentre Group and located in the Canberra suburb of Belconnen, Australia. The shopping centre is the largest in Canberra, featuring around 270 specialty stores.
3.5 km · shopping mall in Benjamin Way, Belconnen · Wikipedia - 04Hawker College
Hawker College is a senior secondary college in Hawker, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra. It caters to students completing their final two years of secondary education, and offers a wide range of curriculum choices.
1.5 km · College in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Belconnen Library
The Belconnen Library is the primary public library servicing the Belconnen district, one of ten libraries in the Libraries ACT network, and one of two in Belconnen, the other being Kippax Library.
3.9 km · public library in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Q5168612
Melba Copland Secondary School was opened in 1978 at Copland Drive, Melba, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In 2007, it was decided by the ACT Government to merge Copland College and Melba High School.
3.7 km · Canberra College Campus merged with Melba High School · Wikipedia
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Getting to Higgins
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 243 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Higgins243 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · A$34–46
- Williamtown → Higgins374 km · quickest by road, 6h 57m · A$55–75
- Melbourne → Higgins463 km · quickest by road, 9h 41m · A$80–105
- 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 Higgins
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 Higgins. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Higgins
Higgins is 11 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.