Beaches, the harbour, national parks on the city edge and the university campuses. Every place below is reachable from Central Station without a car; times are typical weekday-morning journeys measured on the published timetable.
| Destination | Typical time | Changes | By | Last mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bondi Beach Eastern Suburbs, Sydney · by train · by bus · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay · from Parramatta |
37 min | 2 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Manly Beach Northern Beaches, Sydney · from Circular Quay · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
46 min | 1 | train and ferry | at the stop |
| Coogee Beach Eastern Suburbs, Sydney · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay |
45 min | 0 | bus | at the stop |
| Cronulla Beach Sutherland Shire, Sydney · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay · from Parramatta |
56 min | 1 | train | at the stop |
| Palm Beach Northern Beaches, Sydney · by bus · from Town Hall |
1h 53m | 2 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Watsons Bay Eastern Suburbs, Sydney · by ferry · by bus · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay · from Parramatta |
51 min | 1 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Taronga Zoo Mosman, Sydney · by ferry · by bus · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
51 min | 2 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Cockatoo Island Sydney Harbour · from Circular Quay · from Parramatta |
37 min | 1 | train and ferry | at the stop |
| Sydney Olympic Park Homebush Bay, Sydney · by train · from Town Hall · from Circular Quay · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
43 min | 1 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Sydney Airport International terminal, Mascot |
15 min | 0 | train | at the stop |
| Royal National Park South of Sydney · from Parramatta |
53 min | 0 | train | taxi 14.6 km |
| Bundeena Royal National Park, Sydney · from Parramatta |
1h 01m | 0 | train | taxi 24.2 km |
| Figure Eight Pools Royal National Park |
1h 08m | 0 | train | taxi 12.7 km |
| Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park North of Sydney · from Sydney Airport |
1h 50m | 2 | train and bus | taxi 9.9 km |
| Featherdale Wildlife Park Doonside, Western Sydney · from Town Hall · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
1h 07m | 0 | train | at the stop |
| Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan Macarthur, Sydney |
1h 52m | 2 | train and bus | at the stop |
| UNSW Sydney Kensington campus · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
38 min | 1 | bus | at the stop |
| University of Sydney Camperdown campus · from Town Hall · from Sydney Airport |
20 min | 0 | bus | at the stop |
| Macquarie University Macquarie Park · by train · by bus · from Town Hall · from Sydney Airport · from Parramatta |
55 min | 1 | train and bus | at the stop |
| Bents Basin Wallacia, western Sydney |
2h 02m | 5 | train and bus | taxi 7.8 km |