Hughes
Worth seeing in and around Hughes
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.
- 01Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house, with the upper house being the Senate. The powers, role and composition of the House are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia as well as federal legislation and constitutional convention.
3.8 km · lower house of the Parliament of Australia · Wikipedia - 02Australian Senate
The Senate is a chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Australia; it is the upper house, with the lower house being the House of Representatives. The powers, role and composition of the Senate are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia as well as federal legislation and constitutional convention.
3.8 km · Upper house of the Parliament of Australia · Wikipedia - 03Parliament House
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative branch of Australia's federal tier of government. The building also houses the core of the executive, containing the cabinet room and offices of the prime minister and other federal ministers.
3.8 km · house of parliament for Australia · Wikipedia - 04Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Canberra suburb of Griffith. The area on which the ground is situated has been used for sport since the early 20th century, but was only enclosed in 1929.
4 km · stadium in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · Wikipedia - 05St. Christopher’s Cathedral
St Christopher's Cathedral, officially The Cathedral of St Christopher, is the main place of Roman Catholic worship and the seat of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, in the city of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The Cathedral of St Christopher is located in the suburb of Forrest, but in the local centre known as Manuka.
3.8 km · church in Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Capital Hill
Capital Hill is the location of Parliament House, Canberra, at the south apex of the land axis of the Parliamentary Triangle.
3.8 km · location of Parliament House, Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Australian Library and Information Association
The Australian Library and Information Association, formerly the Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia, is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Founded in 1937, its headquarters are in Canberra.
1.3 km · peak professional organization for the Australian library and information services sector · Wikipedia - 08Lovett Tower
The Lovett Tower is a 93-metre-tall building located in the Woden Town Centre, a commercial district in Canberra. The building is a Canberra icon and remains the tallest commercial building in Canberra offering vast 360˚ views across Woden valley.
1.7 km · Australian building · Wikipedia - 09ACT Heritage Library
The ACT Heritage Library is the state library of the Australian Capital Territory. It is the heritage section of the ACT Library and Information Services.
1.6 km · library in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · Wikipedia - 10Oakey Hill, Canberra
Oakey Hill is a hill near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It rises 80 metres above the adjacent south Canberra suburbs of Lyons, Curtin and Weston, and its 66 hectares is one of 33 areas which form Canberra Nature Reserve.
2.5 km · hill in Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hughes
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 245 km
- Sydney (Mascot) → Hughes245 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · A$34–46
- Williamtown → Hughes377 km · quickest by road, 6h 59m · A$55–75
- Melbourne → Hughes461 km · quickest by road, 9h 57m · A$80–105
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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.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hughes
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 Hughes. 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 Hughes
Hughes is 6 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Woden Valleydistrict in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia1.4 km
- Weston Creekdistrict in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia3.5 km
- Yarralumlasuburb of Canberra, Australia3.2 km
- Forrestsuburb of Canberra, Australia3.2 km
- Garransuburb of Canberra, Australia1.6 km
- Deakinsuburb of Canberra, Australia2.2 km