Visiting Australia

• Visas and Immigration: provides information on visa requirements for people to visit Australia.
• Immigration Offices outside Australia: provides information on contacting immigration offices outside Australia.

Visiting Sydney

• The NSW Tourist Bureau for Sydney
• The Official Site for Australian Travel and Tourism Australia
• Tourism in New South Wales


• City of Sydney: What's On - Sydney Event Calendar
• There's no place in the world like Sydney, Australia
• www.sydney.com.au

Visiting Macquarie University

• Macquarie University Campus: provides maps and facility guides on Macauarie University campus.
• Transport and Timetables: Visit the site and use the links in the pink box on the right hand side of the page.


• Ryde Council
  
  • Tourist information: http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/ryde/tourism.htm
    
  • Things to do in Ryde
    
    • Lane Cove National Park: The river is the focus of most activities, including riverside walking tracks, rowing boats for hire, picnic areas, camping sites, fire trails for cycling. Visit http://www2.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/WebMgmt/HTMLPages+Homepage for National Parks information
      
    • Historic buildings: Visit: http://www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/ryde/historic_buildings.htm
      
    • Cinema: Greater Union cinema complex at Macquarie Centre

Transport

Airport

Sydney Airport is located approximately 8 km outside the CBD, and about 20km from the University. It is easily accessible by car, train, and taxi, and less so by bus.

Taxi is probably the most convenient way to travel to and from the airport, particularly if there is more than one person or if you have luggage. Taxi ranks are located outside the both the international and domestic terminal buildings, and fares are about $70 to the University, and about $12 to the CBD.

Shuttle buses to the University cost about $44 per person (less for bookings of three or more people) and can be booked by contacting Hills Airport Shuttle.

The airport is also on the (green) Airport and East Hills train line. A trip from the Airport to Central Station takes about 15 minutes and costs $13.80. To travel to Macquarie University from the airport, one should change at Central for a train to Epping Station, which takes about 50 minutes and costs $15.40. Buses run between Epping Station and Macquarie University (see below).

Trains

The nearest train station to Macquarie University is Epping Station, which is serviced by the (red) Northern and Newcastle & Central Coast lines. Ticket costs to city are $4.40 single / $8.80 return, and trains depart approximately every 15 minutes from platform 1.

Macquarie University is a ten minute bus ride from Epping Station (cost $1.80 for 2 sections). The bus stop is located on Pembroke St and is well signposted. Buses back to the train station depart from University Drive, and bus numbers 288, 290, 295 and 296 all travel to the train station. All but the 295 terminate at Epping station.

Buses

There are regular buses from Macquarie University to the CBD which can be boarded from Macquarie Drive outside building E3A (see map). Bus numbers 288, 290, 292 and 294 all head towards the city, and these depart regularly. The buses travel over the Harbour Bridge and drop passengers on York St at either Wynyard or Town Hall stations.

Bus fares to the city are $4.80 for a single adult fare. The bus travel time to the city is about 50 minutes, but can be up to an hour in peak times. For more information, please visit http://www.131500.com.au/