Mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products.
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Worth seeing in and around Mascot
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.
- 01University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949.
3.7 km · public research university in Kensington, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 02National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting, writing, directing, scenic construction, technical theatre, voice, costume, props, production design and cultural leadership.
3.1 km · performing arts college in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Alexandra Canal
The Alexandra Canal, a tributary of the Cooks River, is a heritage-listed artificial waterway in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Alexandra Canal was named after Princess Alexandra, who married Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863.
3 km · canal in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Enmore Theatre
The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Enmore, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1908.
3.5 km · theatre and cinema in Enmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Randwick Racecourse
Royal Randwick Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing located in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Randwick Racecourse is Crown Land leased to the Australian Turf Club and known to many Sydney racegoers as headquarters.
3.8 km · Austalian racecourse · Wikipedia - 06Sydney Park
Sydney Park is a 41.6-hectare recreational area in the inner-city area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The parkland is located in the suburb of Alexandria, sitting along the borders with Newtown and Erskineville.
1.9 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Redfern Park
Redfern Park is a heritage-listed park bounded by Redfern, Elizabeth, Phillip and Chalmers streets in the inner-city suburb of Redfern in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The park's layout was designed by the civil engineer Charles O'Neill in 1888.
3.7 km · park in Australia · Wikipedia - 08St. Maron's Cathedral, Sydney
St. Maroun's Cathedral, also called St Maron's Cathedral, is a Maronite rite Eastern Catholic Church cathedral and church, located in the suburb of Redfern, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
3.9 km · church in Redfern, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Camperdown Cemetery
Camperdown Cemetery is a historic cemetery located on Church Street in Newtown, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The cemetery was founded in 1848 and was for twenty years the main general cemetery for Sydney, with the total number of burials being about 18,000.
3.7 km · cemetery in Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Waterloo Town Hall
The Waterloo Town Hall is a heritage-listed town hall located in Waterloo, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located at 770 Elizabeth Street, it was built in 1880–82 in the Victorian Italianate architectural style with Second Empire elements by John Smedley, Edward Hughes and Ambrose Thornley.
3.2 km · government town hall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mascot
A mixed developmental area on the northwestern shores of Botany Bay.
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Things to do
Planespotting from the carpark behind the old control tower on the shore of Botany Bay adjacent to the main north-south runway. The carpark is closed after dark. There is a small beach and access to the security fence only metres from the main runway. At dawn you may see some of Sydney's racehorses being led into the water here for a swim.
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Where to eat
Hong Ha, 1151 Botany Rd, Mascot, honghabakery@gmail.com. 6AM – 4:30PM. This tiny Vietnamese bakery is an institution. Visit the original store, which gets queues down the street at lunchtime, and order their famous chicken roll (with optional fresh chilli).
- 01The Grounds of Alexandria
7a/2 Huntley St, Alexandria (depart at Green Square Station, and follow Bourke Road southwest (approx 10 minute walk)).
- 02The Goni's Schnitzelria
After 12 years at The White Cockatoo Hotel, Goni's has now relocated with the same old menu.
From Wikivoyage: Mascot, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Mascot
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 3 km · Newcastle (NTL), 139 km
- Stations
- Sydney Airport, 3 km · Redfern railway station, 3.8 km · Wolli Creek railway station, 3.7 km · Macdonaldtown railway station, 3.3 km · Sydenham railway station, 2.7 km
- Williamtown → Mascot137 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · A$21–29
- Gold Coast → Mascot693 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$210–310
- Melbourne → Mascot708 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · A$210–310
- 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 Mascot
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 Mascot. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inOn cruise days there is a ferry operating to Darling Harbour, as well as taxis and transfer services organised by the cruise companies (usually to the city and airport).
- Get aroundThe public transport system consists of train, metro, light rail, ferry, and bus services, and can get you virtually anywhere in the city as well as the outer regions.
- Get aroundThe sign "T" in orange means train, "M" in teal means metro, "L" in red means light rail, "F" in green means ferry, "B" in blue means bus, and "C" in purple means coach.
- Get aroundSome ferries and buses have disabled access.
- Get aroundThe fare system covers all train, metro, light rail, ferry and bus services in Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong and the surrounding regions.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Mascot
Mascot is 7 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newtownsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
- Redfernsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Randwicksuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia4 km
- Botanysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.6 km
- Kensingtonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Marrickvillesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.5 km