Australia
A week in Australia
Seven days across Australia: Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. Each day is a walk through the best-known places in one city, and the cities follow in the order that keeps the travel between them short.
Day 1: Sydney
One day in Sydney, New South Wales
- Museum of Contemporary Art AustraliaMuseum · On the map
- Sydney Opera HouseLandmark · 0.6 km on from Museum of Contemporary Art Australia · On the map
- Royal Botanic Gardens, SydneyGarden · 0.6 km on from Sydney Opera House · On the map
- Art Gallery of New South WalesMuseum · 0.7 km on from Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney · On the map
- St Mary’s CathedralCathedral · 0.5 km on from Art Gallery of New South Wales · On the map
- Hyde ParkPark · 0.3 km on from St Mary’s Cathedral · On the map
6 stops, about 2.7 km between them in straight lines.
Day 2: Sydney
One day in Sydney, New South Wales
- Anzac MemorialMuseum · On the map
- Australian MuseumMuseum · 0.2 km on from Anzac Memorial · On the map
- Hyde Park BarracksMuseum · 0.5 km on from Australian Museum · On the map
- Sea Life Sydney AquariumZoo or aquarium · 1 km on from Hyde Park Barracks · On the map
- Australian National Maritime MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Sea Life Sydney Aquarium · On the map
- Sydney ObservatoryMuseum · 1.2 km on from Australian National Maritime Museum · On the map
6 stops, about 3.2 km between them in straight lines.
Day 3: Canberra
One day in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Parliament HouseMuseum · On the map
- Old Parliament HouseMuseum · 0.8 km on from Parliament House · On the map
- National Gallery of AustraliaMuseum · 0.6 km on from Old Parliament House · On the map
- National Portrait GalleryMuseum · 0.2 km on from National Gallery of Australia · On the map
- National Library of AustraliaMuseum · 0.6 km on from National Portrait Gallery · On the map
- National Museum of AustraliaMuseum · 0.8 km on from National Library of Australia · On the map
6 stops, about 3.1 km between them in straight lines.
Day 4: Canberra
One day in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Australian War MemorialMuseum · On the map
- ANZAC ParadeMonument · 0.8 km on from Australian War Memorial · On the map
- Commonwealth ParkPark · 0.7 km on from ANZAC Parade · On the map
- City HillGarden · 1.2 km on from Commonwealth Park · On the map
- Haig ParkPark · 1.4 km on from City Hill · On the map
- Corroboree ParkGarden · 1.1 km on from Haig Park · On the map
6 stops, about 5.1 km between them in straight lines.
Day 5: Melbourne
One day in Melbourne, Victoria
- Melbourne MuseumMuseum · On the map
- Carlton GardensGarden · 0.3 km on from Melbourne Museum · On the map
- St Patrick's CathedralCathedral · 0.7 km on from Carlton Gardens · On the map
- St Paul's CathedralCathedral · 1.1 km on from St Patrick's Cathedral · On the map
- Federation SquareSquare · 0.2 km on from St Paul's Cathedral · On the map
- Shrine of RemembranceMonument · 1.5 km on from Federation Square · On the map
6 stops, about 3.7 km between them in straight lines.
Day 6: Melbourne
One day in Melbourne, Victoria
- Melbourne AquariumZoo or aquarium · On the map
- Immigration MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Melbourne Aquarium · On the map
- National Gallery of VictoriaMuseum · 0.8 km on from Immigration Museum · On the map
- Cooks' CottageMuseum · 1.3 km on from National Gallery of Victoria · On the map
- Old Melbourne GaolMuseum · 1.4 km on from Cooks' Cottage · On the map
- Museums VictoriaMuseum · 0.8 km on from Old Melbourne Gaol · On the map
6 stops, about 4.6 km between them in straight lines.
Day 7: Adelaide
One day in Adelaide, South Australia
- St Francis Xavier's CathedralCathedral · On the map
- South Australian MuseumMuseum · 1 km on from St Francis Xavier's Cathedral · On the map
- Art Gallery of South AustraliaMuseum · 0.1 km on from South Australian Museum · On the map
- Adelaide Botanic GardenGarden · 0.9 km on from Art Gallery of South Australia · On the map
- Adelaide ZooZoo or aquarium · 0.7 km on from Adelaide Botanic Garden · On the map
- St Peter's CathedralCathedral · 0.7 km on from Adelaide Zoo · On the map
6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines.
More for Australia
- Things to do in Australia · 35 places to see, led by Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Opera House
Photo credits
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia: Greg O'Beirne, CC BY 2.5
- Sydney Opera House: Roybb95~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney: Pavel, CC BY 2.0
- Art Gallery of New South Wales: Siegfried Nugent, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Mary’s Cathedral: https://www.flickr.com/people/8721758@N06, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hyde Park: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0
- Anzac Memorial: Digital fuel, Public domain
- Australian Museum: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hyde Park Barracks: J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sea Life Sydney Aquarium: Moatazayman, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Australian National Maritime Museum: Saberwyn, Public domain
- Sydney Observatory: Greg O'Beirne, CC BY 2.5
- Parliament House: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Old Parliament House: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0
- National Gallery of Australia: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Portrait Gallery: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Library of Australia: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Museum of Australia: Myk Dowling, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Australian War Memorial: Capital photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ANZAC Parade: Mitch Ames, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Commonwealth Park: Lorienismo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- City Hill: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.5 au
- Haig Park: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Corroboree Park: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Melbourne Museum: fir0002, GFDL 1.2
- Carlton Gardens: Andrew Lukaris, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Patrick's Cathedral: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Paul's Cathedral: Adam.J.W.C., CC BY-SA 2.5
- Federation Square: AussieNickuss, Public domain
- Shrine of Remembrance: Adam Carr, Public domain
- Melbourne Aquarium: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Immigration Museum: Kensarlance, Public domain
- National Gallery of Victoria: Lakeyboy, Public domain
- Cooks' Cottage: CloudSurfer, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Old Melbourne Gaol: Charlie Brewer, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Museums Victoria: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0
- St Francis Xavier's Cathedral: Honeykanakkary, Public domain
- South Australian Museum: Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Art Gallery of South Australia: Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Adelaide Botanic Garden: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Adelaide Zoo: Kevin, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Peter's Cathedral: Mike Switzerland, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.