Sydney Park in St Peters

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Sydney Park

Newtown & the Inner West


Full of dog walkers, kite flyers and stragglers from last night’s party, 40-hectare Sydney Park is a great place to chill out. From the bald hilltop you can see the city rising like a volcanic island from a sea of suburbia, while to the south there are views over the airport to Botany Bay. Much of the land has been reclaimed from swamps, clay pits and brickworks. Some land is being shaved off it though, for the locally controversial WestConnex motorway project.


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Nearby Newtown & the Inner West attractions

1. Camperdown Cemetery

1.11 MILES

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2. Carriageworks

1.2 MILES

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3. Verge Gallery

1.52 MILES

Part of the University of Sydney, this gallery has two exhibition spaces that show challenging, often avant-garde exhibitions by contemporary artists…

4. Nicholson Museum

1.66 MILES

Within the University of Sydney's quadrangle, this is a great under-the-radar attraction. Combining modern ideas with ancient artefacts, it's an…

5. Victoria Park

1.68 MILES

The green gateway to the Inner West and the University of Sydney, Victoria Park is a 9-hectare grassy wedge revolving around pondlike Lake Northam and…

6. University of Sydney

1.7 MILES

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7. Chau Chak Wing Museum

1.76 MILES

This new museum at the University of Sydney is scheduled to open in mid-2020. It will combine the three former university museums and greatly expand the…

8. White Rabbit

1.87 MILES

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