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Tramsheds Growers & Artisan Market — Image credit: Tramsheds Growers Market

Shopping and Markets

Tramsheds Growers & Artisan Market

Tramsheds Growers Markets is a weekly market held each and every Saturday and Sunday. This thriving marketplace hosts many and varied local vendors including fresh produce, winemakers, cheesemakers, artisans and craft makers, bakers, food pop-ups and many more. Being indoors, this is a weather-friendly marketplace and is a perfect weekend activity in the Inner West for all age groups. Located just steps away are Harold Park as well as Jubilee Park, making it a great family weekend destination! Nestled inside the Tramshed famous dining precinct, it is the perfect place to stay for a delicious breakfast, lunch or dinner, with several quality restaurants and cafes to choose from while exploring. Access via public transport is easily done with the Jubilee Park light rail station located just outside the front doors, and plenty of onsite parking in the undercover and outdoor car park. Tramsheds Growers Markets is run by the community for the community!

Forest Lodge NSW

0.1 km away

Dorothy Drain Blue Plaque — Image credit: Heritage NSW

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Dorothy Drain Blue Plaque

Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known. This blue plaque commemorates Dorothy Drain who was a trailblazer in Australian journalism, serving as one of the country's first female war correspondents. She worked with the Australian Women's Weekly for 38 years before retiring as editor in 1975.

Glebe NSW

0.3 km away

Albert (Tibby) Cotter Blue Plaque — Image credit: Heritage NSW

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Albert (Tibby) Cotter Blue Plaque

Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known. This blue plaque commemorates Albert (Tibby) Cotter who was an Australian test cricketer and one of Australia's earliest masters of the art of fast bowling. Visit the blue plaque at 'Monteith' 266 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, Sydney NSW 2037 and scan the QR code there to learn more.

Glebe NSW

0.4 km away

Glebe Foreshore Walk — Image credit: Destination NSW

Parks and Gardens

Glebe Foreshore Walk

The Glebe Foreshore Walk from Bicentennial Park to the Sydney Fish Markets at Pyrmont links over 27 hectares of open space and gives visitors unimpeded public access to Rozelle Bay and Blackwattle Bay. The walk is accessible for pedestrians and cyclists, and includes high quality parkland with diverse settings, easy access to the water for passive recreational craft, protection of heritage sea walls and stone docks, and Indigenous native plants. There is off-leash access for dogs from Pope Paul Reserve to Ferry Road at all times.

Glebe NSW

0.5 km away

Blackwattle Bay Park

Parks and Gardens

Blackwattle Bay Park

Nestled between Rozelle Bay and Blackwattle Bay, Blackwattle Bay Park is a quiet, dog-friendly park that stretches along the Glebe foreshore. With picnic areas, barbecue facilities, and a shared walking and cycling track, Blackwattle Bay Park makes an ideal day out for the whole family. Plus, with an off-leash dog policy all year round, your four-legged friends are welcome to join in the fun. Blackwattle Bay Park includes the beautiful Glebe Foreshore Walk, which meanders along Blackwattle Bay. The park also offers stunning views of ANZAC Bridge and the city skyline; put down a picnic blanket and watch the dogs play, the sun set, and the lights of the Sydney Central Business District come to life. Sydney’s famous fish market, where some of the city’s freshest seafood is bought and sold, lies just on the other side of Blackwattle Bay. There are also plenty of restaurants, bars, and a popular weekly market just a short stroll away on Glebe Point Road.

Glebe NSW

0.7 km away

Glebe Point Road — Image credit: James Horan; Destination NSW

Shopping and Markets

Glebe Point Road

This shopping strip has lots of choices with plenty of great coffee stops along the way. Some of Sydney's best bookshops are here so spend some time exploring Gleebooks, Sappho Books and Cornstalk Bookshop which boasts 4000 hardback crime titles. Popular homeware shops, Ruby Star Traders and Orient House are just off Glebe Point Road. Glebe Markets are a Sydney institution, great for hand-made jewellery and fashion from up-and-coming designers. Don't miss the Glass Artists' Gallery which has some of the most beautiful pieces of contemporary glass art in Australia.

Glebe NSW

0.8 km away

Indian Jali Side Table, African Mud Cloth Cushion, Brass Indian Tiffin and Lunch Boxes — Image credit: Orient House

Shopping and Markets

Orient House

Discover Sydney's lifestyle store for global decorative pieces and tribal treasures. Just a 300-metre stroll from the new Sydney Fish Market and the vibrant Blackwattle Bay foreshore. Orient House is a breathtaking 1,200-square-metre store, set across two expansive levels in the heart of Glebe. The collection is sourced directly from Africa, India, China, Bali, and Turkiye. Orient House specialise in authentic, one-of-a-kind furniture, rare architectural pieces, small decorative gifts and soulful tribal art that you won't find anywhere else. Whether you are a homemaker, decorator or a curious traveller, the ever-evolving space offers a peaceful escape from the bustling city. After enjoying a seafood lunch at the New Sydney Fish Market, take a three minute walk ( just around the corner) to explore the amazing collection of handicrafts and treasures.

Glebe NSW

0.9 km away

Nomad Bouldering — Image credit: Nomad Bouldering

Sports and Recreation Facilities

Nomad Bouldering

A large bouldering gym in Annandale, Nomad has 980sqm of innovative climbing walls, and an intricately set spray wall. There's a training gym with cutting-edge technology and innovative systems unlike some others: find Olympic bars, hangboards, ski-ergs and a three-cell rig. They also have an in-house physio to work out any aches and pains.

Annandale NSW

1.0 km away

Sydney Fish Markets — Image credit: Destination NSW

Shopping and Markets

Sydney Fish Market

Designed to evoke gleaming white fish scales, the timber-and-aluminium roof that floats above the Sydney Fish Market spans a spectacular 200 metres. It's an engineering feat that took seven years to complete, and it's a fitting crown for this reimagining of the largest seafood market in the Southern Hemisphere. Come to the market with an empty stomach. Get a kilo of pipis or a whole snapper to steam for supper from the retail stalls or pick from eateries that span casual takeaway joints and upmarket venues with cracking views. That could mean classic fish and chips at Fish Market Cafe, Malaysian-style chilli mud crab at Tam Jiak or snagging one of the eight coveted seats at Sushi Oe to witness the artistry of celebrated chef Toshihiko Oe. Beyond tucking into seafood lunches, filling your shopping bags with gourmet deli offerings and taking in the views of Blackwattle Bay, there's plenty to do. Expand your culinary repertoire learning how to fillet fish or cook with Australian native flavours at the Sydney Seafood School. And for early birds willing to hit the market at 4:30am, the wholesale auction puts on a show trading over 50 tonnes of seafood representing 100 different species every day.

Glebe NSW

1.1 km away

Dr Charles Perkins Blue Plaque — Image credit: Heritage NSW

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Dr Charles Perkins Blue Plaque

Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known. This blue plaque commemorates Dr Charles Perkins who dedicated his life to civil rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and was the first Indigenous man to graduate from an Australian university.

Camperdown NSW

1.4 km away

Gleebooks

Shopping and Markets

Gleebooks

Gleebooks is the 2008 Independent Bookseller of the Year and has over 30 years of experience stocking a huge range of books, journals periodicals, music and DVDs. It has an active lecture and book talks program, hosting both Australian and international writers upstairs over wine and cheese at 49 Glebe Point Road. Gleebooks has a diverse range of specialist DVDs including mainstream film and music titles, arthouse and hard-to-find cinema classics.

Glebe NSW

1.5 km away

The entrance to the new Chau Chak Wing Musem

Galleries, Museums and Collections

The Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney

Located in the heart of the University of Sydney, the Chau Chak Wing Museum was designed to bring the Nicholson, Macleay and Art collections under one roof to share with the broader community. The Nicholson Collection is the largest collection of antiquities in the Southern Hemisphere. The Macleay collection includes some of Australia's most significant natural history objects. The University Art Collection comprises more than 8,000 historical and contemporary works spanning millennia. Offering two thousand square metres of exhibition space over four levels, this public museum will allow three per cent of the collections to go on show at any given time, tripling previous exhibition space. The new museum also includes a temporary exhibition space. The museum is a partner at the 24th Biennale of Sydney, 'Ten Thousand Suns', a free exhibition which runs from 9 March to 10 June 2024. Some of the artists exhibiting include Arthur Bropho, Alma Cuttabut, Parnell Dempster, Phillip Jackson, Gregory Kelly and Edie Wallam. The museum will also be a valuable research and learning space for students and staff from across the university. Seven of the museum's opening exhibitions have already been announced. Entry to the museum will be free however, registration is essential. The museum sits at the main entrance to the university's Camperdown campus, on University Avenue, opposite the Quadrangle.

Camperdown NSW

1.5 km away

Upcycle Antique Warehouse

Shopping and Markets

Upcycle Sydney

They are the Aladdins Cave of antiques and curiosities in Sydney with a huge antique warehouse just down the road from the new Sydney Fish Markets. They have everything from gorgeous one-off marble topped lamp tables to mid-century sideboards and bookshelves. Everything is unique and second hand. Their ethos is sustainability keeping furniture from landfill and giving it a second life.

Ultimo NSW

1.5 km away

New Gallery Wing - Kate Owen Gallery — Image credit: Kate Owen Gallery

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Kate Owen Gallery - Contemporary Aboriginal Art

Step into the world's oldest living culture at Kate Owen Gallery, Sydney's premier destination for Aboriginal art. Established in 2007, the gallery showcases over 2,000 works by more than 200 artists, from independent creatives to art centre collectives across Australia - from the Western Desert and Arnhem Land to the East Coast. Spread across three light-filled levels, the gallery presents major exhibitions of celebrated masters and emerging talent alike. Visitors can browse at their own pace, using our unique rack system to explore hundreds of works from the gallery's extensive stock. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned collector, our expert Aboriginal art consultants provide as much guidance as you need in a welcoming, relaxed environment. Kate Owen Gallery is committed to the highest ethical standards, proudly upholding the Aboriginal Art Code and holding membership with the Aboriginal Art Association of Australia (AAAA). Every artwork comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, ensuring artists are respected, fairly represented, and their cultural heritage safeguarded. Discover the stories, traditions, and vibrancy of Aboriginal culture, through art that connects past, present, and future at Kate Owen Gallery.

Rozelle NSW

1.5 km away

The Star Sydney

Entertainment Venues

The Star Sydney

Travel to the Sydney Harbour foreshore, just moments from Darling Harbour and the central business district and you'll discover The Star, Sydney's premier entertainment destination. Featuring award-winning restaurants, bars and cafes, five-star accommodations, a luxury spa, and a world-class casino, it's easy to see why The Star has become Sydney's favourite playground. Dining here is an experience not to be missed. The Star's internationally acclaimed line-up of Signature Restaurants is home to some of the biggest names in the business. The Star is also home to Sydney's Lyric Theatre and The Star Event Centre.

Pyrmont NSW

1.7 km away

Artsite Building — Image credit: Artsite

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Artsite Contemporary

Artsite Contemporary is committed to showcasing the finest in local and Australian artistic talent, providing a platform for both established and emerging artists. With a carefully curated approach to contemporary visual arts, Artsite is an independent Sydney gallery known for its dynamic program of solo and group exhibitions. These exhibitions take place throughout the year, culminating in the highly anticipated Collector's Choice exhibition, which features both gallery artists and invited contributors. The artists represented by Artsite are professionals in the Australian art scene, with works held in significant public, corporate, and private collections both in Australia and internationally. Our artists consistently feature in prestigious art prizes and are frequently selected as finalists for leading art awards across the country. For those interested in further exploration, Artsite offers an accessible browsing stockroom, featuring both the latest works and a curated back catalogue of exceptional pieces from our represented artists and associates. Located in the heart of Camperdown, Sydney, Artsite has been a cornerstone of Inner Sydney's vibrant art community since 1994.

Camperdown NSW

1.7 km away

iPlay Broadway

Amusement and Theme Parks

iPlay Broadway

Happydays Broadway is getting a major refresh and becoming iPlay Broadway, bringing a new-look arcade experience and even more ways to play to Broadway Sydney in Glebe. Located on Level 2 of Broadway Sydney, iPlay Broadway will be an entertainment destination for arcade games, interactive experiences, and plenty of friendly competition. Whether you're visiting Broadway Sydney for a day of shopping, catching up with friends, spending time with the family or looking for something fun to do between classes, there'll be plenty of reasons to stay and play. Get ready for a huge range of arcade action, from classic favourites to the latest games, plus PIXEL, an interactive gaming experience that puts you right in the middle of the action. Step onto the interactive floor, challenge your friends, test your skills and see if you can beat the game. Planning a family day out, a catch-up with friends or simply searching for fun indoor activities in Sydney? iPlay Broadway will bring arcade entertainment and interactive fun together in one convenient location, just moments from Sydney's CBD. The countdown is on, with more details about the new iPlay Broadway experience still to come. Reopening as iPlay Broadway in late 2026. Stay tuned, Sydney!

Glebe NSW

1.7 km away

Landsdowne Hotel, Chippendale — Image credit: Destination NSW

Entertainment Venues

The Lansdowne Hotel

The Lansdowne Hotel has been rocking this corner of the inner city since the 1930s, until it shut in 2015. The duo behind Mary's, the hip Newtown burger bar, reopened it in 2017 and reclaimed the popular rock n' roll live music venue. It's not gentrification, but rather a revamp. Pub fare has been swapped for American deep-dish pan pizza as well as those burgers, so it's still junk food but done to a high standard. But what people come here for is the live music. There's a small dance floor complete with disco ball downstairs while upstairs is home to space that can fit 250 frantically-moshing fans and hosts everything from record label launch parties to solo acts and band tours. Tickets are affordable, with the majority hovering around 30 dollars and under.

Chippendale NSW

1.8 km away

Sydney Bus Museum Entrance — Image credit: Steve Burrows

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Sydney Bus Museum

The Sydney Bus Museum is a not-for-profit organization first established in 1986 at Tempe and now permanently based within the Old Tramshed at Leichhardt in Sydney's inner-west. The Sydney Bus Museum is a working museum made up of over 250 members who help preserve a rare, invaluable collection of historic buses dating from the 1920s to the 1980s. Their organization has continued to exist for over 25 years thanks to our entirely voluntary workforce, who ensure their vehicles are regularly made available for various community and charitable events.

Leichhardt NSW

1.8 km away

Arthur Malcolm Stace Blue Plaque — Image credit: Heritage NSW

Historical Sites and Heritage Locations

Arthur Malcolm Stace Blue Plaque

Visitors can discover the stories behind the people, places and events that have helped shape NSW - where the history happened. A Blue Plaque visit offers more than sightseeing. It creates a direct connection between place and story, turning everyday locations into places of discovery. Each plaque reveals a unique piece of history, encouraging visitors to explore local areas from a new perspective and uncover stories they may never have known. This blue plaque commemorates Arthur Malcolm Stace or 'Mr Eternity', who, for 35 years, wrote 'Eternity' in copperplate script on Sydney's footpaths and doorsteps and became a part of the folklore of Sydney. Visit the blue plaque at St Barnabas Anglican Church, 57–61 Mountain Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 and scan the QR code there to learn more.

Ultimo NSW

1.8 km away

Foundry Theatre — Image credit: Foundry Theatre

Entertainment Venues

Foundry Theatre

Operating in the back of the Sydney Lyric Theatre in Pyrmont, Foundry Theatre is an intimate space showcasing a diverse range of performances. Seating 360 or 630 standing, it’s able to transform into a theatre, seminar or concert set up. The February 2025 launch saw Australian musical comedy legend Tim Minchin grace the stage, followed by a program including comedians like Akmal and Lawrence Mooney, and international sell-out musical No Love Songs.

Pyrmont NSW

1.9 km away

Seymour Centre exterior — Image credit: Seymour Centre

Entertainment Venues

Seymour Centre

Seymour Centre is the University of Sydney’s multi-venue performing arts centre. Their work champions new voices, questions the status quo and inspires wide-ranging audiences through the creative expression of big ideas. To achieve this, they commission, produce and present major performances within the annual curated Seymour Season, with a focus on showcasing leading Australian independent theatre companies. They drive youth engagement in the arts through our comprehensive Arts Education Program for primary and secondary schools. They enliven the artistic life of the city through presenting partnerships with major cultural events such as the Sydney Festival and Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. And they foster the next generation of artists and audiences through emerging artist initiatives and student performances.

Chippendale NSW

1.9 km away

Sofitel SPA Darling Harbour — Image credit: Sofitel SPA Darling Harbour

Spas and Retreats

Sofitel Spa Darling Harbour

Sofitel Spa Darling Harbour is a discreet sanctuary from daily activities, centrally located in the heart of Sydney’s Darling Harbour and steps away from the central business district. Their commitment to well-being focuses on a sensorial journey with the seasons for a holistic yet indulgent sojourn. Guests commence their wellness journey on entry, welcomed with a calming palette of soft timbers, sandstone and marble finishes, and Australian-made furnishings. With seven spacious treatment rooms, including two suites beautifully designed by award-winning design firm PikeWithers, one of which features a bespoke bath overlooking Darling Harbour. The two-level space is ‘quintessentially Sydney’ featuring sandstone-inspired tiles and marble accents that resemble Sydney Harbour. Awaken your senses, view the extensive menu and experiences available at Sofitel Spa Darling Harbour, and allow their team to support your wellness journey.

Sydney NSW

1.9 km away

Powerhouse Museum and Sydney city skyline at night

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Powerhouse Ultimo

PLEASE NOTE: Powerhouse Ultimo is temporarily closed as it undergoes a significant heritage revitalisation. Powerhouse Parramatta is under construction and is due to open in 2025 or 2026. Powerhouse will continue to present programs at Powerhouse Castle Hill and Sydney Observatory during this time. Powerhouse is the largest museum group in Australia. It sits at the intersection of art, design, science and technology, and plays a critical role in engaging communities with contemporary ideas and issues. It is the custodian of more than half a million objects of national and international significance that is considered one of the finest and most diverse collections in Australia. Established in 1879, its venues include Powerhouse Ultimo, Sydney Observatory, Powerhouse Castle Hill and Powerhouse Parramatta. Since its inception, Powerhouse Museum has been connected to community and industry. In August 2024, the museum group launched Powerhouse Food: Producers, a monthly event taking you behind the scenes of Western Sydney's farms, factories, restaurants and neighbourhoods. Taste a set menu based around the flavours of the world of insects, see the workings and stories of Sydney's markets on location, hunt for truffles, and explore Harris Park's Little India with a local expert.

Ultimo NSW

1.9 km away

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