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Rivett

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Worth seeing in and around Rivett

4 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.

  1. 01
    Mount Stromlo

    Mount Stromlo is a mountain with an elevation of 770 metres AHD that is situated in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The mountain is notable as the location of the Mount Stromlo Observatory and Stromlo Forest Park.

    3.9 km · mountain in the Australian Capital Territory · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Oakey Hill, Canberra

    Oakey Hill is a hill near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It rises 80 metres above the adjacent south Canberra suburbs of Lyons, Curtin and Weston, and its 66 hectares is one of 33 areas which form Canberra Nature Reserve.

    2.9 km · hill in Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Stromlo Forest Park

    Stromlo Forest Park is an outdoor recreation facility supported by the Australian Capital Territory government. The park is located in western area of the ACT, adjacent to the Molonglo Valley, and about 15 minutes' drive from Canberra's Central Business District.

    3.3 km · bike park in Canberra · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cooleman Court

    Cooleman Court, sometimes known colloquially as "Coolo", is a sub-regional shopping centre located in the Weston Creek suburb of Weston, Australia. Cooleman Court offers a total of 80 stores and facilities, spanning indoor and outdoor space, replicating something of a town square.

    1.5 km · Australian sub-regional shopping centre · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Rivett

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 250 km
  • Sydney (Mascot) → Rivett
    250 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · A$35–47
  • Williamtown → Rivett
    382 km · quickest by road, 7h 4m · A$55–75
  • Melbourne → Rivett
    456 km · quickest by road, 9h 58m · A$80–105
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Rivett

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 Rivett. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt is possible to use Canberra's off-road cycleway network to reach the airport.
  • Get inOn some days, it is possible to make a day trip by train from Sydney and spend 5–6 hours in Canberra.
  • Get aroundBicycles are a practical way to get around Canberra while visiting, and will get you to most attractions using a well-developed network of off-road cycle paths and bike freeways.

From Wikivoyage: Canberra, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    897 km
  2. 02
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,067 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,193 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,907 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,237 km

If you know how people move in Rivett – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Rivett

Rivett is 11 km from Canberra, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Weston Creekdistrict in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia2 km
  • Chapmansuburb of Canberra, Australia1.1 km
  • Duffysuburb of Canberra, Australia1.2 km
  • Fishersuburb of Canberra, Australia2.3 km
  • Molonglo Valleydistrict in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia3.1 km
  • Holdersuburb of Canberra, Australia1.4 km