Upper Sturt

Worth seeing in and around Upper Sturt

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
   Flinders University

   Flinders University, established as the Flinders University of South Australia, is an Australian public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of the British navigator Matthew Flinders, who had explored and surveyed the Australian coastline in the early 19th century.

   10 km · public university in Adelaide, South Australia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mount Lofty

   Mount Lofty AHD) is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 15 km east of the Adelaide city centre, within the Cleland National Park in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia.

   6.7 km · mountain in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Belair National Park

   Belair National Park is a protected area in Belair, South Australia, 9 kilometres southeast of Adelaide city centre; it covers an area of 835 hectares. It was proclaimed in 1891 and was the first national park in South Australia, second in Australia and the tenth in the world.

   2.8 km · national park in Australia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Brown Hill, Mitcham

   Brown Hill is a hill in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western edge of the Mount Lofty Ranges, 7 kilometres southeast of the centre of Adelaide, in the suburb of Brown Hill Creek. Brown Hill rises to 312 metres above sea level.

   6.1 km · mountain in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Mount Bonython

   Mount Bonython above sea level) is one of two major peaks in the Adelaide Hills visible from Adelaide. The other, about a kilometre to the south and some 50 m higher, is Mount Lofty.

   6.7 km · mountain in Australia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Mount Lofty Botanic Garden

   First opened in 1977, the crescent-shaped Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is situated on 100 hectares on the eastern slopes of Mount Lofty in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide in South Australia. The cooler, wetter location suits plants from temperate climates which are difficult to grow on the Adelaide Plains.

   4.9 km · botanical garden at Mount Lofty, South Australia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Beaumont House

   Beaumont House, occasionally known as Claremont, is an eclectic Romanesque-Classical brick residence located at 631 Glynburn Road in Beaumont, South Australia. Beaumont House was constructed for Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide and founder of St Peter's Cathedral.

   8.6 km · house in South Australia, Australia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Concordia College

   Concordia College is an ELC–12 independent, co-educational, Lutheran school with campuses located in the Highgate and Blackwood areas of Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1890, the college is a school of the Lutheran Church of Australia and has been an International Baccalaureate World School since January 2001, offering the IB Primary Years and Middle Years Programmes.

   9.4 km · college in South Australia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Australian Science and Mathematics School

   The Australian Science and Mathematics School is a coeducational public senior high school for Years 10–12 located on the Sturt campus of Flinders University in Bedford Park, a southern suburb of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. As the school is unzoned, it attracts students from all across the Adelaide metropolitan area as well as some regional and interstate locations, in addition to international students.

   9.8 km · government secondary school in Bedford Park, SA, Australia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Wittunga Botanic Garden

    The Wittunga Botanic Garden is one of three botanic gardens in Adelaide, South Australia administered by the Botanic Gardens of South Australia, a State Government statutory authority; the other two are the Adelaide Botanic Garden, located in the inner city's parklands, and the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden. The Wittunga garden is located on Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood, on the western scarp of the Adelaide Hills.

    6.6 km · botanical garden in Blackwood, South Australia · Wikipedia

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Getting to Upper Sturt

Airports

Adelaide (ADL), 16 km

Stations

Mount Lofty railway station, 3.2 km · Pinera railway station, 6 km · Torrens Park railway station, 7.9 km · Belair railway station, 5.4 km · Clapham railway station, 7.8 km

• Geelong/Melbourne → Upper Sturt

  647 km · quickest by air, 5h 34m · A$250–370
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  642 km · quickest by air, 5h 19m · A$240–350
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  1153 km · quickest by air, 5h 15m · A$240–370
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