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Worth seeing in and around Seaforth

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.

  1. 01
    Manly Dam

    The Manly Dam is a heritage-listed dam near King Street, Manly Vale with a reservoir extending into Allambie Heights, both in the Northern Beaches Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is often used as a place to have recreational activities.

    2.7 km · dam in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Grotto Point Light

    Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light, is an active lighthouse located at Grotto Point, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia, on the north side of Sydney Harbour. It serves as the front range light, Rosherville Light serving as the rear light, into Port Jackson.

    2.7 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Tania Park

    Tania Park is an urban park located at 2 Bareena Drive, Balgowlah Heights, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Administered by the Northern Beaches Council, the park functions as a suburban park containing large dog exercise areas, sporting facilities and play equipment.

    2.7 km · Park in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Alma House

    Alma House is a heritage-listed former childcare centre, nursing school and offices and now residence located at 114 Belmont Road, Mosman, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. The property is privately owned.

    3 km · house in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Obelisk Beach

    Obelisk Beach is a nude beach in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. The beach is on the southern side of Middle Head in Sydney Harbour and is part of Sydney Harbour National Park.

    3.7 km · nude beach in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Manly Art Gallery and Museum

    The Manly Art Gallery and Museum, located in Manly, New South Wales, Australia, was the first metropolitan-based regional gallery in New South Wales and holds an extensive collection of Australian ceramics and 130 works by Antonio Dattilo Rubbo. Since 1982, MAGAM has also been a museum of beach culture and the history of Manly and the Northern Beaches.

    3.8 km · Museum in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Igloo House

    The Igloo House is a heritage-listed dwelling located at 65 Parriwi Road, Mosman, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Harry Seidler and built from 1952 to 1953 by G. L. Williamson.

    1.2 km · heritage-listed dwelling in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Spit Bridge

    The Spit Bridge is a steel and concrete girder bridge with a bascule lift span across Middle Harbour, the bridge is located 10 kilometres north-east of the central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after The Spit, a sand peninsula extending into Middle Harbour from its southern bank.

    600 m · bascule bridge · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Balmoral Bathers Pavilion

    The Balmoral Bathers Pavilion is a heritage-listed former bathers' pavilion and now retail building, cafe and restaurant located at The Esplanade, Balmoral, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Alfred H. Hale, the Mosman Council Architect and Building Surveyor and built from 1928 to 1929 by Girvan Brothers, Master Builders.

    2.5 km · heritage item located at The Esplanade, Balmoral, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Fishwick House

    The Fishwick House is a heritage-listed private residence located at 15 The Citadel, Castlecrag, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin and built during 1929.

    1.7 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Seaforth

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 17 km · Newcastle (NTL), 125 km
Stations
Middle Harbour, 900 m
  • Williamtown → Seaforth
    123 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · A$21–28
  • Gold Coast → Seaforth
    678 km · quickest by air, 5h 26m · A$240–360
  • Toowoomba → Seaforth
    697 km · quickest by air, 5h 14m · A$240–350
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Seaforth

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBoth wharfs provide access to North Sydney for ferry travellers.
  • Get inThe rest of the eastern area of the region also has ferry services, to Mosman, Cremorne, Neutral Bay and Taronga Zoo services.
  • Get inTo the far west, a little known private ferry operation connects the Lane Cove River to Circular Quay and Darling Harbour by Captain Cook ferries.
  • Get inThe ferry may be a slower way of travelling around the region.
  • Get aroundAway from the railway line and ferries, a car can be a good option for getting around the Lower North Shore.

From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Lower North Shore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

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  2. 02
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  3. 03
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    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

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  4. 04
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    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

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  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

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

Around it

Next door to Seaforth

Seaforth is 8 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Principality of Wymicronation based in the Sydney suburb of Mosman2.1 km
  • Mosmansuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.1 km
  • Balgowlahsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.1 km
  • Fairlightsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.3 km
  • Clontarfsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.5 km
  • Cammeraysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km