racetrack
Sandown Raceway
A fast, flat 3.1km circuit inside a Melbourne horse racing course, running since 1962 and one of the last surviving old-school Australian touring car venues.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Victoria, Australia · Oceania
Croydon works well as a base: 5 minutes from Mooroolbark, 20km from Sandown Raceway.
Croydon is in Victoria, Australia, with about 27,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Mooroolbark, about 4 km away.
Croydon Cinemas is a closed, quad-screen picture theatre complex located above the Hewmart Shopping Arcade at Hewish Road in Croydon, Victoria, Australia. It opened on 26 December 1977 and closed indefinitely on 29 March 2023 after 45 consecutive years of operation by numerous different companies.
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Within an hour or so of Croydon: Sandown Raceway (20 km), Pellegrini's Espresso Bar (27 km), Petrol Circus (28 km), Albert Park Circuit (28 km).
Croydon is in Victoria, Australia, about 4 km from Mooroolbark.
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112 works from mobiles. Distances between fuel stops in the outback can exceed 200 km: plan ahead. Wildlife is most active at dawn/dusk.
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racetrack
A fast, flat 3.1km circuit inside a Melbourne horse racing course, running since 1962 and one of the last surviving old-school Australian touring car venues.
20 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
Melbourne's oldest espresso bar, opened in 1954 on Bourke Street with the city's first commercial espresso machine and an unchanged Formica bar. Order at the counter and eat standing or in the back kitchen.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Melbourne's automotive culture and lifestyle brand hosting regular car meets, rides, and community events across the city.
28 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Melbourne's lakeside street circuit, traditional F1 season opener
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Historic St Kilda amusement park opened in 1912 with its iconic laughing face entrance on the waterfront.
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Australia's oldest zoo established in 1862, home to over 320 animal species in the heart of Melbourne.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Melbourne's premier aquarium on the Yarra River featuring Antarctic ice displays and an oceanarium with sharks and rays.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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