Point Piper
Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.
Point Piper is a small, harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of the Sydney CBD, in the local government area known as the Municipality of Woollahra.
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Worth seeing in and around Point Piper
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.
- 012025 Bondi Beach shooting
On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic and Islamic State –inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, allegedly shot dead 15 people, including 11 men, 3 women, and a 10-year-old girl.
3.3 km · mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2025 · Wikipedia - 02Australian 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.
3.5 km · museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 03Taronga 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.
3.2 km · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia - 04Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a stadium located in the Sydney suburb of Moore Park. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.
3.4 km · Cricket stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Art 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.
3.1 km · public art gallery and museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Sydney Football Stadium II
Sydney Football Stadium is a stadium located in the Sydney suburb of Moore Park. It is primarily used for rugby league, rugby union, and soccer as the home ground of the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, the New South Wales Waratahs in Super Rugby, and Sydney FC in the A-League Men.
3.1 km · football stadium built 2022 in Moore Park, Sydney · Wikipedia - 07Chifley 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.
3.7 km · skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08St 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.
3.5 km · cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Hyde 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.
3.7 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Anzac Memorial
The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Art Deco monument was designed by C. Bruce Dellit, with the exterior adorned with monumental figural reliefs and sculptures by Rayner Hoff, and built from 1932 to 1934 by Kell & Rigby.
3.7 km · memorial and museum in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Point Piper
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 11 km · Newcastle (NTL), 131 km
- Stations
- Port Jackson, 2.1 km · Bondi Junction railway station, 2.3 km · Mrs Macquarie's Chair, 2.9 km
- Williamtown → Point Piper129 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · A$21–29
- Gold Coast → Point Piper685 km · quickest by air, 5h 9m · A$230–340
- Toowoomba → Point Piper704 km · quickest by air, 4h 57m · A$220–330
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No local-transport research exists yet for Point Piper
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 Point Piper. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries connect various most parts of the mainland sections from Circular Quay.
- Get inIf you use public transport, the routes to the various sections are as follows: Bradleys Head – from Circular Quay wharf 4, use the Taronga ferry line to Taronga Zoo.
- Get inThis area has no ferry connection, so from Circular Quay, take the line to Manly, and use bus route 162.
- Get inTo reach Mosman by ferry, use the line from Circular Quay.
- Get inNorth Head – from Circular Quay, take the Circular Quay to Manly ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney Harbour National Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Point Piper
Point Piper is 4 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sydneycapital city of New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Bondi Beachsuburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.1 km
- Circular Quaylocality in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.8 km
- Bondi Junctionsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.5 km
- Paddingtonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Woolloomooloosuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km