Rockdale
Worth seeing in and around Rockdale
9 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.
- 01Al-Zahra Mosque
The Al Zahra Mosque, more commonly known as the Al Zahra Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque located in Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1980, it is Australia's first and largest Shia mosque and also one of the Australia's largest mosques.
2.4 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Jubilee Oval
Jubilee Stadium is a stadium located in Carlton, a suburb of the St. George region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia..
2.5 km · Stadium in Carlton, Sydney, 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.
3.2 km · canal in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Lady Robinsons Beach
Lady Robinsons Beach is the stretch of beach between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Originally known as Seven Mile Beach, it was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson.
3.3 km · beach in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Westfield Hurstville
Westfield Hurstville is a shopping centre in the suburb of Hurstville in the St George area of Sydney, Australia.
3.2 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Timber Slab Cottage, Tempe
Timber Slab Cottage is a heritage-listed residence at 44 Barden Street, Tempe, Inner West Council, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1840 to 1850.
3.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Bicentennial Park South
Bicentennial Park South, currently known as Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre, is a soccer stadium in Rockdale, a suburb of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The venue is owned by Bayside Council and is currently leased and operated by the Rockdale Ilinden Football Club who compete in various local competitions, along with the top tier of men's football in the state, the National Premier Leagues NSW. The stadium was an open field prior to a redevelopment which began in October 2008 and completed with an official opening in December 2009.
1.9 km · football stadium in Rockdale, Australia · Wikipedia - 08Hurstville Oval
Hurstville Oval is a multi-use sporting ground, located in the suburb of Hurstville, in Sydney's southern suburbs. Since its opening, it has held various sports at the venue – including Cricket, Rugby League, Cycling and Football.
3.4 km · sports ground in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Hurstville Central
Hurstville Central is a shopping centre in the suburb of Hurstville in the St George area of Sydney, Australia. It is located above Hurstville railway station and features a Coles supermarket and around 39 speciality stores.
3.4 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rockdale
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 4 km · Newcastle (NTL), 144 km
- Stations
- Sydney Airport, 4 km · Allawah railway station, 2.8 km · Carlton railway station, 2.2 km · Hurstville railway station, 3.4 km · Wolli Creek railway station, 3.1 km
- Williamtown → Rockdale142 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Rockdale697 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · A$210–310
- Melbourne → Rockdale702 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · A$210–320
- 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 Rockdale
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 Rockdale. 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 Rockdale
Rockdale is 11 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hurstvillesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
- Penshurstsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Arncliffesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.8 km
- Montereysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Earlwoodsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Brighton-Le-Sandssuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.3 km