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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.
1 km · about 5 min drive
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Sydney
New South Wales, Australia · Oceania
About Sydney
Sydney works well as a base: 7km from Bondi Beach.
Sydney is in New South Wales, Australia, with about 5.6 million people. You drive on the left here.
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What is there to see near Sydney?
Within an hour or so of Sydney: Cafe de Wheels (Woolloomooloo) (1 km), Australian Museum (1 km), Luna Park Sydney (2 km), Deus Ex Machina Camperdown (3 km).
Are there any good drives near Sydney?
The nearest famous roads are Grand Pacific Drive and Macquarie Pass.
Where is Sydney?
Sydney is in New South Wales, Australia.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,557,233
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- New South Wales
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -33.8678, 151.2073
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Worth the detour from Sydney
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Australian Museum
Australia's oldest museum, specializing in natural history and Indigenous Australian culture with world-class collections.
1 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Luna Park Sydney
Iconic harbourside amusement park at Milsons Point with stunning views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
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
cafe
Rising Sun Workshop
A motorcycle workshop, cafe, and barbershop in Newtown, Sydney, fusing Japanese aesthetics with Australian moto culture.
4 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Taronga Zoo Sydney
Harbourside zoo with spectacular views of the Sydney skyline housing over 4,000 animals from around the world.
4 km · about 10 min drive
beach
Bondi Beach
Sydney's most iconic beach, a golden crescent of sand famous for its surf culture and vibrant coastal lifestyle.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Pie in the Sky
A legendary biker and car enthusiast cafe on the Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney, the essential pit stop on Australia's most popular motorcycle road.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Sydney
- 45 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.
- 45 kmBald Hill LookoutClifftop lookout and hang-gliding launch at Stanwell Tops overlooking the Sea Cliff Bridge and Illawarra coastline, with roadside parking.
- 48 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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