Hornsby

Worth seeing in and around Hornsby

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
   Hornsby Water Clock

   The Hornsby Water Clock, titled Man, Time and the Environment, is a piece of kinetic sculpture, a decorative fountain and an occasionally functional clock in the Florence Street pedestrian mall in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. Unveiled in 1993, the sculpture was designed and engineered by Victor Cusack and constructed of bronze, stainless steel and glass by Victor and his foundry floor manager Rex Feakes.

   200 m · Kinetic sculpture in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara

   Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara is the Roman Catholic cathedral church of the Diocese of Broken Bay, located in Waitara, Sydney, New South Wales. Australia.

   1.3 km · Cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Westfield Hornsby

   Westfield Hornsby is a large indoor and outdoor shopping centre in the suburb of Hornsby on the Upper North Shore of Sydney.

   400 m · shopping center in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Rofe Park

   Rofe Park Hornsby Heights is a bushland reserve in New South Wales, Australia. It has a heritage listing of local significance.

   2.4 km · park to the North of Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gilligaloola

   Gilligaloola is a heritage-listed residence located at 82-84 Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Norman Selfe who was involved in the design, and built in 1893.

   2.3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Highlands, Wahroonga

   Highlands is a heritage-listed private residence located at 9 Highlands Avenue, Wahroonga, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by John Horbury Hunt and built from 1890 to 1893.

   1.5 km · heritage-listed private residence · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Mount Wilga House

   Mount Wilga House is a heritage-listed former residence and rehabilitation hospital at 2a Manor Road, Hornsby in the Hornsby Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Its design is attributed to Henry Marcus Clark and was built from 1913 to 1914.

   1.2 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Old Man's Valley Cemetery

   Old Man's Valley Cemetery is a heritage-listed former cemetery and now memorial landscape at Old Man's Valley, off Quarry Road, Hornsby in the Hornsby Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by and built by members of the Higgins family between 1879 and 1931 with the assistance of monumental masons.

   800 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Purulia

   Purulia is a heritage-listed residence at 16 Fox Valley Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Hardy Wilson and built from 1912 to 1913.

   3.3 km · heritage-listed residence in Wahroonga, Sydney · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Mahratta, Wahroonga

    Mahratta is a heritage-listed former residence and bank executive training facility and now is the community group headquarters for the School of Practical Philosophy. It is located at 1526 Pacific Highway, Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai Council, New South Wales, Australia.

    3.3 km · Heritage listed building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hornsby

Airports

Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 28 km · Newcastle (NTL), 122 km

Stations

Normanhurst railway station, 2.1 km · Thornleigh railway station, 3.8 km · Waitara railway station, 1 km · Warrawee railway station, 3.2 km · Hornsby railway station, 100 m

• Williamtown → Hornsby

  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · A$18–24
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• Gold Coast → Hornsby

  672 km · quickest by air, 5h 56m · A$270–400
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• Toowoomba → Hornsby

  688 km · quickest by air, 5h 44m · A$270–390
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