Thornbury

Worth seeing in and around Thornbury

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
   Islamic Museum of Australia

   The Islamic Museum of Australia is a community museum in Thornbury, Melbourne, Australia. It began as a not-for-profit foundation founded in May 2010 with the purpose of establishing the first Islamic museum in Australia.

   2.2 km · museum in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Preston Mosque

   The Preston Mosque, officially the Umar bin Al-Khattab Mosque, is a mosque located in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The mosque is run by the Islamic Society of Victoria Inc and, between 2007 and 2011, was the seat of the late Muslim cleric, Sheik Fehmi Naji El-Imam, who was appointed as Grand Mufti of Australia.

   2.4 km · mosque in Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Coburg City Oval

   Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg. It is home to the Coburg Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club.

   3.7 km · stadium in Coburg, Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Truby King Baby Health Centre

   The Truby King Baby Health Centre is a child health care centre, located on City of Merri-bek Council property on Elm Grove, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. The facilities in the centre are shared with the local brass band.

   3.8 km · heritage-listed child health care centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Holy Trinity Anglican Church Complex

   The Holy Trinity Anglican Church is an Anglican parish church located at 520 Sydney Road, in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in stages between 1848 and 1883, the church was designed in the Gothic Revival style.

   3.9 km · Heritage-listed Anglican church and associated buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Murray Road Bridge

   The Murray Road Bridge, also known as the Merri Creek Bridge, is an arch stone road bridge across the Merri Creek and its associated trail, constructed by Victorian convicts, that carries Murray Road, located in Coburg, an inner northern suburb of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia. Built in 1871, the bridge was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 19 September 1996 in recognition of its architectural, historic and scientific importance.

   3.6 km · heritage-listed bridge over the Merri Creek in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   CERES Community Environment Park

   CERES Community Environment Park is a 4.5-hectare not-for-profit environmental education centre and social enterprise hub located in urban Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1982 on a former rubbish dump, CERES Park operates on land owned by Merri-Bek City Council.

   2.2 km · community environmental park in Melbourne, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Fairfield Industrial Dog Object

   The Fairfield Industrial Dog Object is a large sculpture in hardwood of a canine in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. It was part of the Darebin City Council's Public Art Program, and is located beside the Fairfield railway station.

   2.6 km · sculpture by Ian Sinclair, Jackie Staude, David Davies and Alistair Knox · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Artists Space Gallery

   Artists Space Gallery was an Australian art gallery showing mainly photography, as well as other media, through the 1980s in Melbourne.

   3.2 km · Australian Art Gallery · Wikipedia
10. 10
    John Cain Memorial Park

    John Cain Memorial Park is an Australian association football ground in Thornbury, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The ground is named after John Cain 'Senior' former Victorian Premier and father of John Cain former Premier of Victoria 1982–90.

    2 km · park in Victoria, Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Thornbury

Airports

Melbourne (MEL), 18 km · Melbourne Avalon (AVV), 57 km

Stations

Bell, 1.5 km · Croxton, 1 km · Moreland, 3.9 km · Anstey, 4 km · Merri, 2.4 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Thornbury

  9 km · quickest by road, 30 min · A$1.5–2
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• Hobart (Cambridge) → Thornbury

  603 km · quickest by air, 4h 37m · A$190–290
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• Adelaide → Thornbury

  654 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · A$210–310
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