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Australian Museum
Australia's oldest museum, specializing in natural history and Indigenous Australian culture with world-class collections.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Haymarket
New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
About Haymarket
Haymarket works well as a base: 1km from Australian Museum.
Haymarket is in New South Wales, Australia, with about 9,600 people. You drive on the left here.
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What is there to see near Haymarket?
Within an hour or so of Haymarket: Australian Museum (1 km), SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium (1 km), Cafe de Wheels (Woolloomooloo) (2 km), Deus Ex Machina Camperdown (3 km).
Are there any good drives near Haymarket?
The nearest famous roads are Grand Pacific Drive and Macquarie Pass.
Where is Haymarket?
Haymarket is in New South Wales, Australia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,587
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- New South Wales
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -33.8787, 151.2053
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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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Worth the detour from Haymarket
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Darling Harbour aquarium showcasing Australia's unique marine life including platypus, dugongs, and Great Barrier Reef displays.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Cafe de Wheels (Woolloomooloo)
A legendary Sydney pie cart that has served hot pies and peas to locals, sailors, and road trippers from its harbourside van since 1945.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Deus Ex Machina Camperdown
The original Temple of Enthusiasm in Sydney, a pioneering cafe-motorcycle-surfboard-fashion concept that spawned a global cult following.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Massive steel arch bridge spanning Sydney Harbour, affectionately nicknamed 'the Coathanger' and open for bridge climbs.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Sydney Opera House Forecourt
Harbourside promenade at Bennelong Point offering the classic combined view of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge together.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Rising Sun Workshop
A motorcycle workshop, cafe, and barbershop in Newtown, Sydney, fusing Japanese aesthetics with Australian moto culture.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Luna Park Sydney
Iconic harbourside amusement park at Milsons Point with stunning views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
3 km · about 5 min drive
Driving roads near Haymarket
- Right hereSydney Harbour TunnelA 2.3 km immersed-tube tunnel opened in 1992 that dives beneath Sydney Harbour, the underwater twin to the Harbour Bridge linking the CBD with North Sydney.
- 43 kmBald Hill LookoutClifftop lookout and hang-gliding launch at Stanwell Tops overlooking the Sea Cliff Bridge and Illawarra coastline, with roadside parking.
- 44 kmGrand Pacific Drive140 km coastal route from the Royal National Park to Wollongong and beyond, sweeping past Bald Hill's hang-glider lookout, seaside villages and the famous Sea Cliff Bridge.
- 47 kmSea Cliff BridgeA 665 m balanced-cantilever bridge that curves off the Illawarra escarpment and hangs over the Pacific, the photogenic centrepiece of Grand Pacific Drive south of Sydney.
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