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Botany Bay
Open ocean bay in Sydney, Australia

Botany Bay

Botany Bay is an open oceanic embayment, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district.

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Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and Sans Souci as well as the Cooks River at Kyeemagh, which flows 10 km (6 mi) to the east before meeting its mouth at the Tasman Sea, midpoint between the suburbs of La Perouse and Kurnell. The northern headland of the entrance to the bay from the Tasman Sea is Cape Banks, and, on the southern side, the outer headland is Cape Solander, and the inner headland is Sutherland Point.

Get in

Getting to Botany Bay

A number of train lines and buses service the area. Consult Transport Info to find the best route. The 320 runs from Central Railway Square to Green Square and Mascot as well. The Brighton-Le-Sands and Botany Bay foreshore is best accessed by the 303 bus from the city.

See

Worth seeing

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    Mascot

    A mixed developmental area on the northwestern shores of Botany Bay.

Do

Things to do

Planespotting from the carpark behind the old control tower on the shore of Botany Bay adjacent to the main north-south runway. The carpark is closed after dark. There is a small beach and access to the security fence only metres from the main runway. At dawn you may see some of Sydney's racehorses being led into the water here for a swim.

Eat

Where to eat

Hong Ha, 1151 Botany Rd, Mascot, honghabakery@gmail.com. 6AM – 4:30PM. This tiny Vietnamese bakery is an institution. Visit the original store, which gets queues down the street at lunchtime, and order their famous chicken roll (with optional fresh chilli).

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    The Grounds of Alexandria

    7a/2 Huntley St, Alexandria (depart at Green Square Station, and follow Bourke Road southwest (approx 10 minute walk)).

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    The Goni's Schnitzelria

    After 12 years at The White Cockatoo Hotel, Goni's has now relocated with the same old menu.

How locals move

Getting around Botany Bay the local way

  • Get inThere is no ferry to La Perouse, but there is a plan to reinstate a ferry service (F10) to Kurnell which was ceased in 1974 due to a storm.

From Wikivoyage: La Perouse, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-02.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.