North Sydney
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney Council.
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Worth seeing in and around North Sydney
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 Museum
The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum and Sydney Museum, is a state public museum in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated and funded as a cultural institution by the state government of New South Wales.
3.9 km · museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo Sydney is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman, on the shores of Sydney Harbour. It has views of Sydney Harbour and the city.
3.3 km · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales, founded as the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1872 and known as the National Art Gallery of New South Wales between 1883 and 1958, is located in The Domain, Sydney, Australia. It is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia.
3.4 km · public art gallery and museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, formerly the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, is located on George Street in The Rocks neighbourhood of Sydney. The museum is housed in the Stripped Classical/Art Deco-styled former Maritime Services Board building on the western side of Circular Quay.
2.3 km · art museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Citigroup Centre
Citigroup Centre is a 243-metre skyscraper located on Park Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The building draws its name from Citigroup Australia who is the anchor tenant.
3.7 km · skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Chifley Tower
Chifley Tower is a 53-storey skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by New York City-based architects Travis McEwen and Kohn Pedersen Fox, with John Rayner as project architect.
3 km · skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07St Mary’s Cathedral
The Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Mother of God, Help of Christians, Patroness of Australia, locally known as Saint Mary's Cathedral, is a Catholic basilica and the seat of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The cathedral is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the venerated title of “Our Lady, Help of Christians" and Patroness of Australia.
3.6 km · cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Hyde Park
Hyde Park, is an urban park, of 16.2-hectare, located in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the oldest public parkland in Australia.
3.8 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Sydney Town Hall
The Sydney Town Hall is a late 19th-century heritage-listed town hall building in the city of Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, housing the chambers of the Lord Mayor of Sydney, council offices, and venues for meetings and functions. It is located at 483 George Street, in the Sydney central business district opposite the Queen Victoria Building and alongside St Andrew's Cathedral.
3.7 km · city hall and performance venue · Wikipedia - 10ANZAC Bridge
The Anzac Bridge is an eight-lane cable-stayed bridge that carries the Western Distributor across Johnstons Bay between Pyrmont and Glebe Island, on the western fringe of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The bridge forms part of the road network leading from the central business district, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and Cross City Tunnel to the Inner West and Northern Suburbs.
3.8 km · cable-stayed bridge in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Sydney
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 12 km · Newcastle (NTL), 130 km
- Stations
- Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1.5 km · Port Jackson, 3.3 km · Mrs Macquarie's Chair, 2.7 km
- Williamtown → North Sydney128 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · A$21–28
- Gold Coast → North Sydney683 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · A$230–340
- Toowoomba → North Sydney702 km · quickest by air, 5h · A$220–340
- 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 North Sydney
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 North Sydney. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDouglas McCurdy Sydney Airport (YQY), a regional airport, is the closest airport Highway 105 (Trans-Canada Highway) travels directly to the Marine Atlantic ferry terminal.
- Get inThere are two ferry routes connecting to North Sydney from Newfoundland: From Port aux Basques (7 hours) located in south-western Newfoundland.
- Go nextNorth Sydney is the departure point for ferries to Newfoundland.
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Next door to North Sydney
North Sydney is 3 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sydneycapital city of New South Wales, Australia3.2 km
- The Rocksurban locality in Sydney's city centre in New South Wales, Australia1.9 km
- Circular Quaylocality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.4 km
- Woolloomooloosuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.7 km
- Mosmansuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- BalmainSuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.6 km