Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Watsons Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Watsons Bay is located 11 km north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra.
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Worth seeing in and around Watsons Bay
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.
- 01Taronga 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.
3.7 km · zoo in Australia · Wikipedia - 02Sydney Harbour National Park
The Sydney Harbour National Park is an Australian national park comprising parts of Port Jackson, Sydney and its foreshores and various islands. The 392-hectare national park lies in New South Wales and was created progressively, from 1975.
3.4 km · National Park in New South Wales, 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.
1.3 km · 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.
1 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.
1.6 km · park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 06Bradleys 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.
3.4 km · historic site in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 07Greycliffe 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.
1.7 km · house 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.
2.2 km · historic house in Sydney · Wikipedia - 09Grotto Point Light
Grotto Point Light, also known as Port Jackson Entrance Range Front Light, is an active lighthouse located at Grotto Point, a rocky headland at the southernmost tip of Balgowlah Heights, New South Wales, Australia, on the north side of Sydney Harbour. It serves as the front range light, Rosherville Light serving as the rear light, into Port Jackson.
3.3 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia - 10Bradleys Head Light
The Bradleys Head Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse at Bradleys Head, a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. It is the sibling of Robertson Point Light.
3.4 km · lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Watsons Bay
- Airports
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD), 15 km · Newcastle (NTL), 127 km
- Stations
- The Gap, 300 m · Sydney Heads, 700 m · HMAS Watson, 700 m · Dunbar, 1 km · Steel Point Battery, 1.8 km
- Williamtown → Watsons Bay126 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · A$22–29
- Gold Coast → Watsons Bay681 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · A$240–350
- Toowoomba → Watsons Bay702 km · quickest by air, 5h 8m · A$230–350
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No local-transport research exists yet for Watsons Bay
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 Watsons Bay. 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 Watsons Bay
Watsons Bay is 7 km from Sydney, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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