Killara
Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Killara is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Killara is located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. East Killara is a separate suburb and West Killara is a locality within Killara.
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Worth seeing in and around Killara
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.
- 01Lane Cove National Park
The Lane Cove National Park is a protected national park that is located within metropolitan Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The 670-hectare national park is situated about 10 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and features various vegetation types, such as, wet and dry sclerophyll forest, heathland, mangroves and tidal flats.
2.8 km · National Park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Eryldene, Gordon
Eryldene is a heritage-listed former family residence and now house museum located at 17 McIntosh Street in the suburb of Gordon, on the Upper North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Hardy Wilson and built from 1913 to 1936 by Rudolph G. Ochs.
1.3 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Tulkiyan
Tulkiyan is a heritage-listed former suburban residence and former house museum at 707 Pacific Highway, in the Sydney suburb of Gordon in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Bertrand James Waterhouse of Waterhouse and Lake, and built by Mr Ochs; garden laid out by Mr Mottram.
1.5 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Chatswood Chase
Chatswood Chase is a shopping centre in the suburb of Chatswood on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, Australia.
3.6 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Chatswood Oval
Chatswood Oval is located south of the Chatswood railway station in Chatswood, a suburb on Sydney's Lower North Shore. It has four small pavilions and seating surrounding the oval.
3.8 km · Australian cricket/rugby sports stadium · Wikipedia - 06Fullers Bridge
Fullers Bridge, officially called the Fullers Creek Bridge, is a road bridge that carries Delhi Road to Millwood Avenue across the Lane Cove River, in Chatswood West, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The concrete beam bridge is located 9 kilometres northwest of the Sydney central business district and connects Chatswood to North Ryde as part of the A38.
2.7 km · bridge in Australia · Wikipedia - 07The Concourse, Chatswood
The Concourse is a cultural centre in Chatswood, a suburb in Lower North Shore, Sydney. Opened in 2011, the complex includes facilities such as a civic pavilion, a concert hall, Chatswood Library, a theatre and other venues for cultural uses.
3.5 km · building in Chatswood, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 08Westfield Chatswood
Westfield Chatswood is a large indoor shopping centre in the suburb of Chatswood in the Lower North Shore of Sydney.
3.7 km · shopping centre in Chatswood, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Muston Park
Muston Park is a 2-hectare urban park situated in the suburb of Chatswood, approximately 7 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.
3.6 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Iolanthe
Iolanthe is a heritage-listed former residence and post office located at 691 Pacific Highway in Gordon, a suburb on the Upper North Shore region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1870.
1.3 km · heritage-listed building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Killara
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 20 km · Newcastle (NTL), 125 km
- Stations
- Chatswood railway station, 3.6 km · Gordon railway station, 1.6 km · Killara railway station, 400 m · Lindfield railway station, 900 m · Roseville railway station, 2.2 km
- Williamtown → Killara123 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · A$19–25
- Gold Coast → Killara677 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · A$250–370
- Toowoomba → Killara694 km · quickest by air, 5h 22m · A$240–370
- 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 Killara
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 Killara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextWisemans Ferry is a nice pleasant picnic spot on the Hawkesbury.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Upper North Shore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Killara
Killara is 12 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chatswoodsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km
- Macquarie Parksuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Lindfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.1 km
- Pymblesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3 km
- Castle Covesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- East Lindfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.5 km