Sydenham
Worth seeing in and around Sydenham
5 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.
- 01Organ Pipes National Park
The Organ Pipes National Park, abbreviated as OPNP, is a national park located in the Central region of Victoria, Australia. The 121-hectare protected area was established with the focus on conservation of the native flora and fauna, and preservation of the geological features in the Jacksons Creek, a part of the Maribyrnong valley, north-west of Melbourne.
3.5 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Sydenham
The Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary is a Macedonian Orthodox cathedral church located in Sydenham, a suburb of northwestern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
900 m · church in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia - 03City Vista Recreation Reserve
The City Vista Recreation Reserve is a soccer stadium in Fraser Rise, Melbourne, Australia. It has been the home stadium of Caroline Springs George Cross Football Club since its opening in 2019 and was the temporary base of Western United Women from 2022 to 2024, as well as the men's and women's training base.
4 km · soccer stadium in Plumpton, Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Gilson College
Gilson College is a Christian school located in the Melbourne suburbs of Mernda and Taylors Hill, Victoria, Australia. It is a private co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary day school.
2.7 km · independent primary and secondary school in Taylors Hill, VIC, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Watergardens Town Centre
Watergardens Town Centre is a super regional shopping centre located in Taylors Lakes, 24 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1997, and is owned by the Queensland Investment Corporation.
800 m · shopping centre and homemaker complex in Taylors Lakes, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sydenham
- Airports
- Melbourne (MEL), 7 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 46 km
- Stations
- Watergardens, 600 m
- Geelong/Melbourne → Sydenham26 km · quickest by road, 52 min · A$4–5
- Hobart (Cambridge) → Sydenham617 km · quickest by air, 4h 8m · A$170–250
- Adelaide → Sydenham633 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · A$180–270
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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 Sydenham
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 Sydenham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe route from Port Melbourne is slightly more convoluted and includes a ferry (see below for more details).
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Next door to Sydenham
Sydenham is 21 km from Melbourne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Taylors Lakessuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.6 km
- Delaheysuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.3 km
- Hillsidesuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.5 km
- Taylors Hillsuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.2 km
- Burnside Heightslocality in Victoria, Australia3.3 km
- Keilor Lodgesuburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia2.2 km