Parramatta
Parramatta is a city and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney.
Parramatta is a city and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. It is located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is commonly regarded as the second CBD of metropolitan Sydney.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The Parramatta Tourist information and Heritage Centre is where Church St crosses the river at Lennox Bridge. It has a free exhibition showing the history of Parramatta from colonial to modern times. As Parramatta was the first site of European settlement outside Sydney it contains many historical landmarks. How interesting this is to you will depend on your historical perspective.
- 01Old Government House
Parramatta Park, ogh@nationaltrust.com.au.
- 02Elizabeth Farm
Commenced in 1793, Elizabeth Farm contains part of the oldest surviving European building in Australia, built as the home of John and Elizabeth Macarthur.
- 03Experiment Farm Cottage
9 Ruse Street, Harris Park, ogh@nationaltrust.com.au.
- 04Hambledon Cottage
63 Hassall St (corner of Gregory Place), parramattahist@tpg.com.au.
- 05Brislington House
- 06The Lancer Barracks
2 Smith St (on the north side of Parramatta station).
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Things to do
Foundation Day in early November celebrates (appropriately enough) the foundation of Parramatta. Parramasala - the Australian Festival of South Asian Arts Riverside Walk - a walk along the Parramatta River from the Ferry Wharf to the Lennox Bridge in one direction and from the ferry wharf to the Gasworks bridge in the other direction.
- 01CommBank Stadium
Home to the local Parramatta Eels rugby league team and Western Sydney Wanderers football team.
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Where to eat
Parramatta has many restaurants, from the budget to upmarket. $50 mains are certainly not uncommon in the nicer establishments, so if you are on a budget, check the menu carefully. Restaurants are located in three broad precincts plus nearby Harris Park and Parramatta Park/Westmead: Eat Street is at the northern end of Church Street. The largest number of restaurants are between Phillip Street and Market Street.
- 01Criniti's
Try the beef ribs, fried chicken and cendol.
- 02Anderson Street Social House Dining & Bar
Cnr Parkes & Valentine Ave (in the Mantra Hotel).
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Getting to Parramatta
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 22 km · Newcastle (NTL), 137 km
- Williamtown → Parramatta136 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · A$20–27
- Gold Coast → Parramatta687 km · quickest by air, 5h 38m · A$250–380
- Toowoomba → Parramatta702 km · quickest by air, 5h 26m · A$250–370
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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 Parramatta
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 Parramatta. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inin Wentworth Point, operated by Transport for New South Wales, is on the Parramatta River and is usually served with the F3 Parramatta River line with ferries from Parramatta, Barangaroo and Circular Quay among other locations.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Sydney Olympic Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Parramatta
Parramatta is 20 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.