Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council.
Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council. It is commonly known as Olympic Park but officially named Sydney Olympic Park. The area was part of the suburb of Lidcombe and known as "North Lidcombe", but between 1989 and 2009 was named "Homebush Bay". The names "Homebush Bay" and, sometimes, "Homebush" are still used colloquially as a metonym for Stadium Australia as well as the Olympic Park precinct as a whole, but Homebush is an older, separate suburb to the southeast, in the Municipality of Strathfield.
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Worth seeing in and around Sydney Olympic Park
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.
- 01Accor Stadium
Stadium Australia is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney. The stadium is primarily used for rugby league as the home ground of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League as well as the New South Wales Blues in State of Origin and the venue for the NRL Grand Final.
200 m · stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 02Sydney SuperDome
The Sydney SuperDome, currently known as the Afterpay Arena under a naming rights deal, is a multipurpose arena in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia. It was completed in 1999 as part of the facilities for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
400 m · large multipurpose arena located in Sydney · Wikipedia - 03Rookwood Necropolis
Rookwood Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery in Rookwood, Sydney, Australia. It is the largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere and is the world's largest remaining operating cemetery from the Victorian era.
3.1 km · cemetery in Sydney, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Sydney Showground Stadium
Sydney Showground Stadium is a sports and events stadium located at the Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney. It is primarily used for Australian rules football and cricket as the home ground of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League and the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.
600 m · stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Sydney Showground
The Sydney Showground is a purpose-built venue used each year for the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Located at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, it was opened in 1998, as a venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics and to replace the former Sydney Showground at Moore Park.
400 m · arena at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Bicentennial Park, Homebush Bay
Bicentennial Park is a 40-hectare suburban parkland located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, in the local government area of City of Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Bicentennial Park is situated on the shores of Homebush Bay and is a part of the Sydney Olympic Park.
1.2 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre
Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre is a multi-use stadium in the Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the stadium is 5,000 spectators.
300 m · stadium in Sydney, New South Wales · Wikipedia - 08Peter and Paul Cathedral
St Peter and St Paul Russian Orthodox Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral church at 3–5 Vernon Street, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The cathedral was built from 1951 to 1954.
3.8 km · Peter and Paul Cathedral in Sydney · Wikipedia - 09Archer Park
Archer Park is a park in Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
3.4 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10George Kendall Riverside Park
George Kendall Riverside Park is a 27.2-hectare recreational park in Ermington, New South Wales, on the northern bank of the Parramatta River. The park is named after George Frederick Kendall, an alderman of the Ermington/Rydalmere Municipality from 1944–1948.
2.9 km · park in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Locals usually go to Sydney Olympic Park to see events such as sporting matches, music acts, or conventions. They are held at one of the following venues. Some venues may have tours.
- 01Stadium Australia
- 02Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre
Rod Laver Drive, Local Rate)Country code missing, tennisworldsop@tennis.com.au.
- 03Sydney Showground
A collection of convention halls and pavilions mainly used for the Sydney Royal Easter Show, although used for other events throughout the year.
- 04Sydney Super Dome
- 05Brickpit Ring Walk
Homebush Bay was an industrial site before it was remodelled as Sydney Olympic Park.
- 06Newington Armory
This was an anarmament depot for over 100 years, before being decommissioned in 1996 to be used as part of the athletes' village for the 2000 Olympic Games.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney Olympic Park, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Archery
- 02Badminton
- 03Cycle
Sydney Olympic Park offers possibly the most extensive and pleasant recreational cycling opportunities in Sydney, with water and park views, and some interesting historical sites to explore.
- 04Monster Skatepark
Cnr Grand Pde & Orana Parade, skate@monsterpark.com.au.
- 05Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre
Cnr Olympic Boulevard & Shane Gould Ave, fax: +61 2 9752 3699, swim@sopac.nsw.gov.au.
- 06Surfing
From Wikivoyage: Sydney Olympic Park, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
In the way of fast food, there is a McDonald's, Subway, Oporto's and a Gloria Jeans coffee shop in the stadium area, and not much else. Gloria Jeans has seating and a courtyard area often not crowded when there are queues at the other fast food places. These can close before some evening events finish. The Brewery serves food until a bit later.
- 01Bacar Restaurant Bar Lounge
Lobby of the 5-star Pullman at Sydney Olympic Park hotel, corner of Olympic Boulevard and Herb Elliott Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park.
- 02Boulevard Brasserie & Bar
- 03Food Alert
A Turkish take away shop selling kebabs, salads, fish and chips and burgers.
- 04Ribs & Rumps
8 Dawn Fraser Ave,.
- 05Thai Palate
A bit of a walk, but still a good local Thai restaurant that also does pick up delivery.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney Olympic Park, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Sydney Olympic Park
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 15 km · Newcastle (NTL), 137 km
- Stations
- Strathfield railway station, 3.8 km · Auburn railway station, 3 km · Lidcombe railway station, 2.6 km · Flemington railway station, 2 km · Homebush railway station, 3 km
- Williamtown → Sydney Olympic Park136 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · A$21–27
- Gold Coast → Sydney Olympic Park688 km · quickest by air, 5h 19m · A$240–350
- Toowoomba → Sydney Olympic Park704 km · quickest by air, 5h 7m · A$230–350
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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 Sydney Olympic Park
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 Sydney Olympic Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inin Wentworth Point, operated by Transport for New South Wales, is on the Parramatta River and is usually served with the F3 Parramatta River line with ferries from Parramatta, Barangaroo and Circular Quay among other locations.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney/Sydney Olympic Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney Olympic Park is 13 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Auburnsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.8 km
- Concordsuburb of Canada Bay, New South Wales, Australia4 km
- Lidcombesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1.6 km
- Concord Westsuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.4 km
- Mortlakesuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.9 km
- Rhodessuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.5 km