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# Araluen

Araluen is a small town near Braidwood in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.

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## Every way there

- Sydney (Mascot) → Araluen 229 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · A$34–45 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sydney-mascot-to-araluen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sydney+%28Mascot%29&to=Araluen)
- Williamtown → Araluen 366 km · quickest by road, 6h 6m · A$55–75 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/williamtown-to-araluen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Williamtown&to=Araluen)
- Melbourne → Araluen 495 km · quickest by air, 5h 15m · A$330–480 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/melbourne-to-araluen) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Melbourne&to=Araluen)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Araluen, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Araluen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/araluen)

What Araluen has

- N Scheduled flights nearest airport SYD is 227 km away
- F Trains and coaches 34 feeds listed in the Mobility Database, not compiled yet (Translink Magnetic Island, TransLink Maryborough-Hervey Bay, TransLink North Stradbroke Island)
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Tuggeranong, 72 km.

-35.650°, 149.817°

It lies in the valley of Araluen Creek, that joins the Deua River at roughly the midpoint in its course. At the 2021 census, Araluen had a population of 209 people.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araluen%2C_New_South_Wales), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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