Rose Bay
Rose Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Rose Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rose Bay is located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Municipality of Woollahra and Waverley Council.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Rose Bay
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.
2.6 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.
3.9 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.
3.8 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.
3.6 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.
3.2 km · football stadium built 2022 in Moore Park, Sydney · 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.
3.9 km · cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08The Domain
The Domain is a heritage-listed 34-hectare area of open space on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district, Australia. Separating the central business district from Woolloomooloo, The Domain adjoins the Royal Botanic Garden and is managed by The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, a division of the Office of Environment & Heritage.
3.8 km · park in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 09Macquarie Lighthouse
The Macquarie Lighthouse, also known as South Head Upper Light, is the first, and is the longest serving, lighthouse site in Australia. It is located on Dunbar Head, on Old South Head Road, Vaucluse in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
3.6 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10El Alamein Fountain
The El Alamein Memorial Fountain is a heritage-listed fountain and war memorial located at Macleay Street in the inner Sydney locale of Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Australian architects Robert Woodward and Phill Taranto as employed by architectural firm Woodward and Woodward.
2.8 km · WWII memorial fountain in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rose Bay
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 11 km · Newcastle (NTL), 132 km
- Stations
- Port Jackson, 2.8 km · Bondi Junction railway station, 1.9 km · Mrs Macquarie's Chair, 3.5 km · Kings Cross railway station, 3.1 km · Edgecliff railway station, 1.8 km
- Williamtown → Rose Bay129 km · quickest by road, 3h 4m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Rose Bay684 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · A$230–340
- Toowoomba → Rose Bay704 km · quickest by air, 5h · A$220–340
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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 Rose Bay
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 Rose Bay. 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 Rose Bay
Rose Bay is 5 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Paddingtonsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.9 km
- Bondisuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.1 km
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