Vaucluse
Worth seeing in and around Vaucluse
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.
- 012025 Bondi Beach shooting
On 14 December 2025, an antisemitic and Islamic State –inspired terrorist attack occurred at the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, during a celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah attended by around 1,000 people. Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, allegedly shot dead 15 people, including 11 men, 3 women, and a 10-year-old girl.
3.8 km · mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2025 · Wikipedia - 02Taronga Zoo
Taronga Zoo Sydney is a government-run public zoo located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in the Lower North Shore suburb of Mosman, on the shores of Sydney Harbour. It has views of Sydney Harbour and the city.
3.6 km · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia - 03Macquarie Lighthouse
The Macquarie Lighthouse, also known as South Head Upper Light, is the first, and is the longest serving, lighthouse site in Australia. It is located on Dunbar Head, on Old South Head Road, Vaucluse in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia.
700 m · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 04Hornby Lighthouse
Hornby Lighthouse, also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay. It marks the southern entrance to Port Jackson, as well as lighting the South Reef, a ledge of submerged rocks.
2.5 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 05Nielsen Park
Nielsen Park is a heritage-listed historic site, park and nature reserve located at Greycliffe Avenue, Vaucluse in the Municipality of Woollahra local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The traditional lands of the Birrabirragal people, the park was designed by John Frederick Hilly, James Barnet and the Office of the New South Wales Government Architect.
1.1 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Greycliffe House
Greycliffe House is an historic, two-storey residential dwelling situated in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in c. 1852 in the Victorian Rustic Gothic style, Greycliffe House is listed on the now defunct Australian Register of the National Estate and on the State Heritage Inventory.
1.1 km · house in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Bradleys Head Fortification Complex
The Bradleys Head Fortification Complex is a heritage-listed former mast and defensive battery and military fortification and now war memorial and recreational area located at Bradleys Head Road within the Sydney Harbour National Park in the Sydney suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Government engineers and built from 1840 to 1934.
2.9 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 08The Hermitage, Vaucluse
The Hermitage is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. It is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate as well as the Municipality of Woollahra local government heritage list.
900 m · historic house in Sydney · Wikipedia - 09Strickland House, Vaucluse
Strickland House is a heritage-listed former residence and convalescent home and now functions, film studio, urban park and visitor attraction located at 52 Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Frederick Hilly and built from 1830 to 1858 by William Wentworth.
900 m · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Fernleigh Castle
Fernleigh Castle is a historic house in the Sydney suburb of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Completed in the Victorian architectural style, the house is listed on the Australian Register of the National Estate and the Woollahra local government heritage database.
1.5 km · historic house in the Sydney · Wikipedia
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Getting to Vaucluse
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 14 km · Newcastle (NTL), 129 km
- Stations
- The Gap, 1.5 km · HMAS Watson, 2.1 km · Sydney Heads, 2.1 km · Dunbar, 1.1 km · Steel Point Battery, 1.3 km
- Williamtown → Vaucluse127 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Vaucluse683 km · quickest by air, 5h 16m · A$230–350
- Toowoomba → Vaucluse703 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · A$230–340
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No local-transport research exists yet for Vaucluse
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 Vaucluse. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries connect various most parts of the mainland sections from Circular Quay.
- Get inIf you use public transport, the routes to the various sections are as follows: Bradleys Head – from Circular Quay wharf 4, use the Taronga ferry line to Taronga Zoo.
- Get inThis area has no ferry connection, so from Circular Quay, take the line to Manly, and use bus route 162.
- Get inTo reach Mosman by ferry, use the line from Circular Quay.
- Get inNorth Head – from Circular Quay, take the Circular Quay to Manly ferry.
From Wikivoyage: Sydney Harbour National Park, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Vaucluse
Vaucluse is 7 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Q2900790suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia3.4 km
- Rose Baysuburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia2.2 km