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Potts Point to Opera House + Back
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Potts Point to Opera House + Back

Length5.1 mi
Elev. Gain206.6 ft
Est. Steps12000
Scenic views
City walk
Historic site
No shade
Created by eleanormcleaygood

Potts Point to Opera House + Back Introduction

Potts Point to Opera House + Back is a 5.1 mile (12,000-step) route located near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. This route has an elevation gain of about 206.6 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Potts Point to Opera House + Back

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Mrs Macquarie's Chair

Historical
Mrs Macquarie's Chair (also known as Lady Macquarie's Chair) is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in Sydney Harbour. It was hand carved by convicts in 1810, for Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales. The peninsula itself was known to the Gadigal as Yurong Point, and is now widely known as Mrs Macquarie's Point, and is part of The Domain, near the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Bennelong Point

Place
Bennelong Point, a former island in Sydney Harbour, is a headland that, since the 1970s is the location of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Andrew "Boy" Charlton Pool

Place
Andrew "Boy" Charlton Pool is an eight-lane outdoor heated salt-water 50-metre (55 yd) swimming pool on the shore of Woolloomooloo Bay in The Domain in Sydney, Australia, near the Royal Botanic Gardens. The pool is typically closed for four months in the colder period of the year - May through August.

Artspace Sydney

Place
The Artspace Sydney Visual Arts Centre is a leading international residency-based contemporary art centre, housed in the historic Gunnery Building in Woolloomooloo, fronting Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Devoted to the development of certain new ideas and practices in contemporary art and culture, since the early 1980s Artspace has been building a critical context for Australian and international artists, curators and writers.

55 Victoria Street, Potts Point

Place
55 Victoria Street is a heritage-listed residence and former boarding house and Catholic Women's Association hostel located at 55 Victoria Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Potts Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1875. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Place
Harry's Cafe de Wheels is an iconic pie cart located in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on Cowper Wharf Road, near the Finger Wharf and Fleet Base East of Garden Island Navy Base, opposite the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel.They are best known for their dish "Tiger Pie", a type of Australian meat pie named after the original founder of Harry's.

Kings Cross railway station, Sydney

Building
Kings Cross railway station is located on the Eastern Suburbs line, serving the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. It is served by Sydney Trains T4 Eastern Suburbs & Illawarra Line services and NSW TrainLink South Coast Line services.

Juanita Nielsen's House

Place
Juanita Nielsen's House is the heritage-listed former house of murdered activist and journalist Juanita Nielsen at 202 Victoria Street in the inner city Sydney suburb of Potts Point in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1855. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 27 June 2014.

Downunder Hostel fire

Place
The Downunder Hostel Fire was a lethal fire on 17 September 1989, set shortly before 5:00 am in a backpackers hostel on Darlinghurst Road in the Kings Cross area of Sydney, Australia. Kings Cross is a very popular destination with international backpackers visiting Australia. The fire was the fifth most deadly disaster in Australia in 1989.

The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo

Place
The Gunnery, Woolloomooloo is a heritage-listed historic site located at 43-51 Cowper Wharf Road, in the inner city Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as The Gunnery. The property is owned by the Housing NSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales.
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

5.1 mi

Elev. Gain

206.6 ft

Est. Steps

12000
Created by
eleanormcleaygood
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