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South Turramurra

South Turramurra is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council.

South Turramurra
South Turramurra · Wikimedia Commons
The place

South Turramurra is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council. Turramurra and North Turramurra are separate suburbs.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around South Turramurra

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
    Macquarie University

    Macquarie University is a public research university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the Sydney metropolitan area.

    2.3 km · university in Sydney, New South Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Macquarie Centre

    Macquarie Centre is a shopping centre in the suburb of Macquarie Park in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney and is located opposite the main campus of Macquarie University.

    2.6 km · shopping mall in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Australian School of Advanced Medicine

    The Australian School of Advanced Medicine is the first and only medical school in Australia to award degrees for sub-specialties in surgery in addition to PhD research opportunities for doctors. The school is based within the University Clinic Building adjacent and connected to the Macquarie University Hospital.

    2.1 km · medical school associated with Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Macquarie University Library

    Waranara Library, also known as Macquarie University Library, is the campus library of Macquarie University and the largest academic library in Northern Sydney. The library holds over 1.8 million print and electronic items, including books, journals, newspapers, reports, conference proceedings, working papers, maps, Macquarie postgraduate theses, computer software, multimedia, microfilm, microfiche and additional non-print resources.

    2.2 km · academic library · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tulkiyan

    Tulkiyan is a heritage-listed former suburban residence and former house museum at 707 Pacific Highway, in the Sydney suburb of Gordon in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Bertrand James Waterhouse of Waterhouse and Lake, and built by Mr Ochs; garden laid out by Mr Mottram.

    3.8 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ahimsa, Cheltenham

    Ahimsa is a heritage-listed residence and meditation meeting place located at 67 Cobran Road, Cheltenham, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney in Australia. It was designed by and built by Marie Byles during 1937.

    2.7 km · heritage-listed residence in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Gilligaloola

    Gilligaloola is a heritage-listed residence located at 82-84 Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was designed by Norman Selfe who was involved in the design, and built in 1893.

    3.7 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Purulia

    Purulia is a heritage-listed residence at 16 Fox Valley Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by William Hardy Wilson and built from 1912 to 1913.

    3 km · heritage-listed residence in Wahroonga, Sydney · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mahratta, Wahroonga

    Mahratta is a heritage-listed former residence and bank executive training facility and now is the community group headquarters for the School of Practical Philosophy. It is located at 1526 Pacific Highway, Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai Council, New South Wales, Australia.

    3.1 km · Heritage listed building in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Simpson-Lee House I

    Simpson-Lee House I is a heritage-listed residence located at 23 Roland Avenue, in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Baldwinson and built from 1958 to 1962 by George M. Koch.

    2.7 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · 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 South Turramurra

Airports
Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 22 km · Newcastle (NTL), 126 km
Stations
Epping railway station, 3.5 km · Turramurra railway station, 2.9 km · Cheltenham railway station, 3.2 km · Gordon railway station, 3.8 km · Pymble railway station, 2.9 km
  • Williamtown → South Turramurra
    124 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · A$19–25
  • Gold Coast → South Turramurra
    676 km · quickest by air, 5h 41m · A$260–380
  • Toowoomba → South Turramurra
    693 km · quickest by air, 5h 29m · A$250–380
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for South Turramurra

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextWisemans Ferry is a nice pleasant picnic spot on the Hawkesbury.

From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Upper North Shore, 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
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    970 km
  2. 02
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    1,112 km
  3. 03
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,285 km
  4. 04
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,884 km
  5. 05
    WakatobiID

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    4,250 km

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

Around it

Next door to South Turramurra

South Turramurra is 15 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Eppingsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
  • Macquarie Parksuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.7 km
  • Marsfieldsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.6 km
  • Pymblesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
  • Normanhurstsuburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
  • North Eppingsuburb of Sydney, Australia1.8 km