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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kaleen

7 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
    University of Canberra

    The University of Canberra is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is 2.5 km from Belconnen Town Centre, and 8.7 km from Canberra's Civic Centre.

    2.8 km · university in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Lake 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.

    3.9 km · artificial lake in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Dinosaur Museum

    National Dinosaur Museum, located in Gold Creek Village, Nicholls, Canberra, is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens. Established in 1993, the museum has grown into one of Canberra's premier tourist attractions.

    3.1 km · dinosaur museum in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    AIS Arena

    The AIS Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Canberra, Australia, located on the grounds of the Australian Institute of Sport that opened in 1981.

    3.3 km · multipurpose arena in Canberra, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Cockington Green Gardens

    Cockington Green Gardens is a park of miniatures, situated in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory. Doug and Brenda Sarah had the idea to create a miniature village in 1972, and Cockington Green was opened on 3 November 1979.

    3.4 km · miniature park in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    UC Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra

    University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, formerly known as Lake Ginninderra College until 2011, is a public secondary college for students in Years 11 and 12. It is located in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, situated on the lakefront of Lake Ginninderra.

    3.7 km · public secondary college in Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    University of Canberra Library

    The University of Canberra Library is the principal Library of the University of Canberra, located in Bruce, Australian Capital Territory. The Library is located in Building 8, University main campus.

    3 km · principal library of the University of Canberra · 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.

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Getting to Kaleen

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 237 km
Stations
Sandford Street light rail station, 3.6 km · Swinden Street, 4 km · EPIC and Racecourse light rail station, 3.7 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Kaleen
    237 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · A$33–44
  • Williamtown → Kaleen
    367 km · quickest by road, 6h 46m · A$55–70
  • Melbourne → Kaleen
    469 km · quickest by road, 9h 37m · A$75–105
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kaleen

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 Kaleen. 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

    912 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,074 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,178 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,911 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,231 km

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

Around it

Next door to Kaleen

Kaleen is 8 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Palmerstonsuburb of Canberra, Australia2.7 km
  • Cracesuburb of Canberra, Australia1.8 km
  • Giralangsuburb of Canberra, Australia1 km
  • Belconnensuburb of Canberra, Australia3.9 km
  • Lawsonsuburb of Canberra, Australia1.7 km
  • Evattsuburb of Canberra, Australia3.5 km